water management Articles
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IWRM and Water Efficiency Plans by 2005: Why, What and How? (GWP 2004)
This paper is targeted at senior managers in ministries and agencies responsible for addressing national water resources management issues, and its principal aim is to help stakeholders implement reform processes in water resources management and to guide development towards more integrated approaches. Continue reading the full ...
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Sustainability of societal water management practices
For sustainable water management in water scarce areas available quantity of water is consumptively used and saved water is conjunctively supplied in addition to insufficient quantity available in water deficit months. Such storages are generated season wise and selecting suitable technique of aquifer storage as against preservation in a surface water body is a vital issue. Conjunctive planning ...
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WaterScope presentation in the Smart City Ambassador Program
On September 27, 2021, we participated in the Smart City Ambassador Program organized by the Digital Economy Promotion Agency. It is a postgraduate training which aim is to make the thai participants into a ‘smart city ambassadors’. Our company also joined to the program as a presenter about our smart city products in an online presentation. At the event, 4 professionals, including our colleague ...
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Why isn't IWRM working in the Caribbean?
At the global level, it appears that acceptance for integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been growing. In a status report by the United Nations in 2012, 82% of the 134 nations which responded indicated that they had embarked on reforms to achieve integrated approaches to water resources management. Over the last decade in the Caribbean there have been similar IWRM agendas. ...
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Getting things done: bureaucratic and entrepreneurial approaches to the practice of participatory water management reforms in Brazil and India
Based on field investigations of initiatives to increase stakeholder participation in water management in Brazil and India, this paper provides insights into the practice of water sector reforms. Looking at the pace of reforms across both countries, we find that the process of creating institutions to facilitate stakeholder participation is proceeding rapidly but greater attention is required on ...
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WaterScope Inc. at the Civitas Sapiens Smart City Conference
Civitas Sapiens Smart City Conference has been hold at the University of Public Serveces, Ludovika Arena, Budapest at 21 and 22 of September. The host of this year's event was the Czech Republic. Within the framework of the event, presentations has been hold by the experts in the field, also visitors could meet us and other innovative companies. They could see our S2N Smart Hydrant, made in ...
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Radar Level Measurement In Open Channels - Case study
The inlet and outlet levels of a test facility of the Federal Office for Water Management are to be continuously monitored and ...
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Estimation of pan evaporation using soft computing tools
Estimation of evaporation plays a key role in managing water resources projects. Traditionally, evaporation is determined using theoretical and empirical techniques as well as by pan observations. Practically, it is difficult to install evaporation pans at every location and empirical approach like Penman's equation is data intensive. This necessitates the use of an alternative approach, which ...
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IWC Masters Scholarships now open
I wanted to bring to your attention that the International WaterCentre (IWC) based in Brisbane is currently offering full-tuition scholarships to study the Master of Integrated Water Management next year (in Australia). Using problem-based and experiential learning, IWC students create and implement integrated solutions to real-world water and climate change challenges. The degree is co-badged ...
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Water Managers Must Look `Beyond Privatization`
Untitled Document Institute Finds the Six Questions Worth Asking; Privatization Not the Efficiency Silver Bullet Water managers face significant challenges meeting the water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, and stormwater management needs of the communities they serve. Numerous solutions have been proposed, including privatization—the controversial action of ...
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Capacity attributes of future urban water management regimes: projections from Australian sustainability practitioners
Transitioning to more sustainable urban water management is widely accepted as an essential societal objective. While there has been significant progress in developing technical solutions to the challenges faced, numerous barriers remain at the regime level, indicating that further investigation into the regime is required. This paper reports on a social research project aimed at identifying ...
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Arguments for involving the public in water management: evidence from local and regional water plans in the Netherlands
Public participation has become increasingly important in the water sector. However, the question remains as to what exactly is meant by participation. This paper explores the different ways that participation is understood in local and regional water plans and visions in the Dutch water sector. Partly driven by the key role played by participatory water management under the European Water ...
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From vagueness to precision: raising the volume on social issues for the water sector
The paper raises the volume on complex social issues that affect water management. The paper proposes Amartya Sen's capability approach (CA) as a suitable framework against which to consider these complex ideals. This is because the CA is attentive to issues of social justice and it addresses a range of intangible goods that contribute to human well-being which are critical if the gap ...
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A bridge over troubled water – public participation as a possibility for success in water management
Public participation in local water councils is one method to involve different actors in the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. In this study we investigate which beliefs explain why the public participate and also how motives to participate are related to willingness to comply with decisions related to the water management framework. In total 910 respondents answered a web ...
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Working towards sustainable urban water management: the vulnerability blind spot
The unprecedented water scarcity in Australia coincides with the adoption of a new urban water rhetoric. The ‘Security through Diversity’ strategy has been adopted in a number of Australian cities as a new and innovative approach to urban water management. Although this strategy offers a more holistic approach to urban water management, in practice, the Security through Diversity strategy is ...
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The future of urban water management in South Africa: achieving water sensitivity
South Africa (RSA) is a water scarce country challenged with transforming its unsustainably resource-intensive economy whilst also addressing the legacy of Apartheid. The adequate provision of water to RSA's citizens is one of the most significant challenges facing the country – and if a water crisis is to be averted, existing systems will need to be managed effectively. This will ...
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Sharing Water: Engaging Buisiness
Business has a critical role to play in applying its expertise and experience in developing, implementing and scaling-up, through partnerships, watershed focused solutions. Over the next 20 years, a broader focus on water management beyond the “fence-line” – outside the company – is needed by businesses to ensure the sustainable use of one of the world’s finite ...
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Parts of a Flume
In water management operations across the world, the most popular measurement tool is a flume. However, while these tools are commonly used, many people don’t understand the many crucial parts of this complicated device. To get the most out of the flumes in your water management system, it’s important to understand all of the different flume parts and how they work. Here are a few ...
By TRACOM Inc.
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Stakeholder involvement in water management: the role of the stakeholder analysis within participatory processes
Water is a central resource supporting human activities and ecosystems and it is required for different purposes and uses that are often conflicting. Existing water-related problems are expected to increase and conventional water resource management systems are not likely to be able to face future challenges. There is the need for an integrated water resources management, which should be ...
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Energy, climate change, and sustainable water management
The prevailing analysis of a truly sustainable water system or utility has both expanded and deepened within the industry and at the Environmental Protection Agency. The author cites water resources as one of many areas that already manifest profound effects from climate change and says it is time to start planning and building for a very different future if we are to avoid disruptions to our ...
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