Hot Topics !... Red River water wars: four states battle over water access
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Water Hub
From Guardian Sustainable Business Water is the oil of the 21st century. The more water resources continue to deplete along the Red River, the fiercer the fight over who has access...
Water powered trade-offs in the Indus River Basin ( CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE))
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Rio Grande Basin Roundtable
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Water in the Rio Grande Basin is currently over appropriated (and has been since the 1890s). All of the waters of the Rio Grande and Conejos River and their tributaries are subject to the terms of the Rio Grande Compact. The Valley’s groundwater resources have been over drafted and the areas face depleted groundwater levels throughout much of the basin.
Water war roiling Pecos River Valley
San Pedro river, Arizona: Threatened Desert River
Watering the Oregon Desert
Watering the Oregon Desert from EarthFix on Vimeo.
In eastern Oregon, water is often the source of tension between farmers and environmentalists: the ongoing battle of fields versus fish. But now the two groups are working together to find more water for the arid region.
Platte River Plan Update: Converting irrigation from surface water to groundwater
Colorado River Basin Study Overview
IWRM-MoMo Project: Exemplary concepts for efficient water use in a semi-arid region of Mongolia (Lake Baikal)
IWRM-MoMo project overview from IWRM-MoMo on Vimeo.
Lessons From Mono Lake tells one of environmental activisms greatest success stories.
Mono Lake Committee
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The Mono Lake Committee is a non-profit citizens' group dedicated to protecting and restoring the Mono Basin ecosystem, educating the public about Mono Lake and the impacts on the environment of excessive water use, and promoting cooperative solutions that protect Mono Lake and meet real water needs without transferring environmental problems to other areas.
Macquarie River Food & Fibre: to achieve a sustainable irrigation industry that meets the environmental, economic and social needs
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Macquarie River Food & Fibre is the peak industry group for irrigated agriculture in the Macquarie Valley, Central West NSW. We are a non-profit, non-political organisation supporting our members to achieve a sustainable irrigation industry that meets the environmental, economic and social needs of our local communities.
Assessing the Water Demand Implications of Development Plans in Central Viet Nam - Yali dam (from CGIAR)
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How do you promote better management of water from a reservoir that provides services to two independently managed, and rapidly growing, provinces?
Better use of water of the Inner Niger Delta in a changing climate
This video shows images from the Inner Niger Delta in Mali, Africa and interviews with local farmers and fishermen andwomen on how the water of the Nioger River can be better used and how climate change has an impact on their livelihoods.
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Managing water in the Bow river...(Saskatchewan Basin)
Planning in the basin of the Büyük Menderes River
Spatial planning in the basin of the Büyük Menderes River - Henk Sterk
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Büyük Menderes River Basin Management Plan - NED?M YE??L, Eng. (M.Sc.)
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Decision Center for a Desert City : Phoenix Arizona - Colorado Basin - WaterSim model
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Conducting climate, water, and decision research and developing innovative tools to bridge the boundary between scientists and decision makers and put our work into the hands of those whose concern is for the sustainable future of Greater Phoenix. To better understand how these uncertainties affect the complex tasks of water resources management, the Decision Center for a Desert City has been using a water and supply demand model, called WaterSim