State Water Projects Plan

June 1990.Hawaii water plan

Improving water resource management in Bangladesh

As populations expand and make various uses of water, its growing scarcity becomes a serious issue in developing countries such as Bangladesh. Water can no longer be considered a totally free resource and plans must be developed for its efficient use through better management and rules that preserve everybody's access to it and interest in its development. Because it is a common resource, its development and management should involve all beneficiaries. The government's role in this process is to establish the ground rules for water use and conservation through a policy and legal framework and a monitoring system that ensure its continued safety of supply to--and responsible water use by--every sector and user in the economy. National water policy must set the ground rules for allocation to different users, water rights, pricing, and environmental safety. Bangladesh's water strategy should start with a national water policy that spells out key objectives such as priority of use by critical economic sectors, approaches to water pricing and cost recovery for development, and shared public- and private-sector water management. An apex public planning organization is needed to perform overall planning for water resources and to advise the National Water Counsel on policy and legislation. Also needed are agencies to implement public water plans for the development of infrastructure, the monitoring of water regimes, and the enforcement of regulations.Water Conservation,Water Resources Law,Water and Industry,Environmental Economics&Policies,Decentralization,Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions,Town Water Supply and Sanitation,Water and Industry,Water Conservation,Environmental Economics&Policies

Isotopes in hydrology and hydrogeology

The structure, status, and processes of the groundwater system, which can only be acquired through scientific research efforts, are critical aspects of water resource management. Isotope hydrology and hydrogeology is a genuinely interdisciplinary science. It developed from the application of methods evolved in physics (analytical techniques) to problems of Earth and the environmental sciences since around the 1950s. In this regard, starting from hydrogeochemical data, stable and radioactive isotope data provide essential tools in support of water resource management. The inventory of stable isotopes, which has significant implications for water resources management, has grown in recent years. Methodologies based on the use of isotopes in a full spectrum of hydrological problems encountered in water resource assessment, development, and management activities are already scientifically established and are an integral part of many water resource investigations and environmental studies. The driving force behind this Special Issue was the need to point the hydrological and water resource management societies in the direction of up-to-date research and best practices

Development of effective water-management institutions: final report, volume I, executive summary

Water resources development / Water resource management / Institutional development / Development plans

Planning and managing water resources at the river-basin level: emergence and evolution of a concept

River basin development / Legislation / Environmental effects / Water resource management / Watersheds

Indigenous and institutional profile: Limpopo River Basin

River basins / Water resource management / History / Institutions / Social aspects / Legal aspects

IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere

Water resource management / Institutional development / Tube wells / Economic aspects / Policy / India

Why Watershed-Based Water Management Makes Sense

Due to the alarming increase in the scarcity of water in various parts of the world, there is a growing recognition from the supply side that efforts to manage the water resources should not only focus on the infrastructure that provides water but also on the ecosystems, in particular, the watersheds, that support said infrastructure. To this end, this Policy Notes argues that the most logical unit for planning water resource management is at the watershed level.watershed, water resource management

Water Figures Africa: news of IWMI’s work in Africa

Water resource management, Water use, Governance, Food security, Irrigated farming, Africa

Institutions for integrated water-resources management in river basins: A synthesis of IWMI research

River basin development / Water resource management / Poverty / Irrigation management / Farmers’ associations / Institutional development