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DWR Releases Integrated Water Resources Information System

Posted By Christina in Planning and Management

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released a new water resources data management tool called the Integrated Water Resources Information System (IWRIS).

IWRIS is a Web-based Geographic Information System application that allows users to access, integrate, query, and visualize multiple sets of data from diverse sources.

Some of the databases cu http://www.businesswire.com -
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Integrated Water Resources Management: A Reassessment

Posted By kevinthemann in Planning and Management

The concept of integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been around for some 60 years. It was rediscovered by some in the 1990s. While at a first glance, the concept of IWRM looks attractive, a deeper analysis brings out many problems, both in concept and implementation, especially for meso- to macro-scale projects. The definition of IWRM continues to be amorphous, and there is no agreeme http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk -
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Global distribution of world's water

Posted By Kaveh in Hydrology

This image shows the distribution of world's water resources. http://www.unep.org -
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Water As Precious Resource

Posted By goopsgoops in Miscellaneous

People used to think about water as an infinite resource. They could use it, abuse it, pollute it and sink their garbage into it with impunity, it would never run dry and would somehow clean itself of sewage and chemicals and industrial waste. This short-sighted view of life's most precious and necessary resource justified the great post-war “turf boom” expansion of the population into designed s http://www.wiselivingjournal.com -
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Hydropower on the Nu: one river, many perspectives

Posted By rivluv in Planning and Management

A cascade of proposed hydroelectric projects on one of Asia's longest undammed rivers has caused great controversy in southwest China. Kristen McDonald reports from the Upper Nu River. http://www.chinadialogue.net -
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The Disappearance of Lake Chad in Africa

Posted By rivluv in Hydrology

This article briefly describes the changing conditions of Lake Chad, an important shared lake in Africa. http://www.grida.no -
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City of Roseville, California - Activates Stage One Water Conservation Level

Posted By ahraryh in Planning and Management

This article provides information on how City of Roseville, CA is trying to battle the shortage of water supply. They are taking measures to help this problem including sending letters to their customers and let them know of the decreased water levels. http://www.roseville.ca.us -
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Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England

Posted By drhein in Planning and Management

This is a very good book about the history of the control and use of water resources in New England during the industrial revolution. The emphasis is on the use of water by the textile mills and the legal and environmental aspects of that use. http://books.google.com -
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How the World Is Realizing that Water Is "Blue Gold"

Posted By Kaveh in Planning and Management

Increasingly it is being asked: Which countries are water rich, which are water poor, and who should manage water resources? http://www.alternet.org -
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