Groundwater allocation (river based organisations)
The OECD recently released a report Groundwater Allocation: Managing Growing Pressures on Quantity and Quality that analyses how the distinctive features of groundwater (as compared to surface water) ...
Groundwater allocation (water utilities)
The OECD recently released a report Groundwater Allocation: Managing Growing Pressures on Quantity and Quality that analyses how the distinctive features of groundwater (as compared to surface water) ...
Resource guidelines for rainwater harvesting
The guidelines provide guidance on the design, installation of the catchment system and yield, and also how to select and size a storage tank taking into account different climatic zones and water ...
Weather Modification
Weather Modification: weather modification “is taken to mean artificially produced changes in the composition, motion, or dynamics of the atmosphere, whether or not such changes may be predictable ...
Water governance decentralization in Africa: a framework for reform process and performance analysis
Over the past 20 years most African countries reformed their water laws and restructured their institutional and governance framework accordingly. While much effort and good will was put into ...
Manual for the Rapid Ecological Reserve Determination of Inland Wetlands (Version 2.0)
The first step in the Water Resource Management cycle is the determination of a vision for the desired future state of the resource. This vision sets both the aspirations and constraints for the ...
Groundwater Management
According to a recent study by the Legislatvie Analyst’s Office, during years where surface water is not available and rainfall is scarce, groundwater may provide up to 100 percent of irrigation water ...
Fog and Mist Harvesting
Fog harvesting: An alternative source of water supply on the West Coast of South Africa. Various methods have been used to select the sites and design of fog water collection systems, with high ...
Decision support system and tool for selection and costing of potable water reuse systems
The REUSEDM is a decision support system that is desigend to assist in identifying, evaluating, comparing, and selecting appropriate water reclamation and reuse treatment train options, which can ...
Monitoring data on eutrophic state of surface water
Cyanolakes provides info on eutrophic state of lakes in near realtime Monitor abstractions points in near-real time for cyanobacteria and algae, total suspended mass and water clarity, with seasonal ...
On-line real-time water quality monitoring for bacterial contamination of water
ColiMinder® is a fully automated measurement system for detection of bacterial contamination in water created in Austria. ColiMinder CMI is able to detect ultra-sensitively faecal or total ...
Drinking water suppliers to adopt best industry practices for water efficiency, and new strategies that adjust for changes in water quantity and quality.
Best industry practices for water efficiency, such as System-wide water loss accounting, Leak detection and repair, and Pricing that encourages consumer water conservation. ...
Alternative drinking-water disinfectants
Disinfection of drinking-water supplies has been one of the most significant public health advancements of the last century with respect to reducing waterborne disease. Although chlorine has been used ...
Development of a revised desktop model for the determination of the ecological reserve for rivers
The previous version of the Reserve Desktop model was based on hydrology and regional parameters, which were largely based on seasonal distributions of stream flow. A recent development in EWR ...
Solutions
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