Water is now acknowledged as a major limiting factor in the socio-economic development of a world with rapidly expanding population where poverty... Read more...
This paper looks at a new approach to the efficient and cost-effective use of water, water demand management (WDM), which relies on socio-economic... Read more...
This video is part of a school programme (in Dutch) about drinking water facilities in the Moluccas. Although the film is linked to this material it... Read more...
This book, the first thematic update of the State of the environment in Southern Africa, published in 1994, looks at both freshwater and marine... Read more...
This publication focuses on water quality issues using examples from around the former Soviet Union. Read more...
At present 6 out of 10 people live within 60 km of the coast and by the year 2000 more than two-thirds of the population of developing countries will... Read more...
L'Eau pendant longtemps était considérée comme une ressource inépuisable. On s'accord maintenant sur sa diminution d'ou l'élaboration d'une gestion... Read more...
Au Bénin, dans le département de mono, il y a un accroissement de la population depuis quelques années, particulièrement dans la sous-préfecture de... Read more...
Dans la plupart des pays africains, l'insuffisance, l'inadaptation et le manque d'entretien des ouvrages d'eau et d'assainissement, ainsi que les... Read more...
In response to questions posed by some irrigation specialists concerning the importance of organizing water users as (an essential) part of a cost... Read more...
This book presents a literature review of data on water resources and water use from 45 countries in Asia and the Pacific. Read more...
Arsenic, a known carcinogen, finds its way into the water supply systems due to industrial discharges, geothermal activities and agricultural runoffs. Read more...
This publication provides decision makers and an interested public in Sweden, as well as concerned people in southern Africa (Angola, Botswana,... Read more...