After a period of stagnation, the story of hydropower infrastructure is changing. Emerging global dynamics are … recasting the role and value of hydropower in development, recognizing its potential contribution to a complex web of energy … security, water security and regional development and integration. In addition to bringing electricity to the 1.6 billion …

by developing its considerable hydropower potential, but the regulatory process that governs the approval of new … reasons, has created a shortage of investment in otherwise viable hydropower projects in favor of less efficient and more …

Eighty percent of Kenya is arid and semi-arid land; yet despite chronic water scarcity, the country has developed only … 15 percent of its available safe water resources. Demand for water is expected to rise, owing to population increases and … growing requirements for irrigated agriculture, urban and rural populations, industries, livestock, and hydropower. Meanwhile …

governance of natural resources. SEAs share many concepts and characteristics as integrated water resources management (IWRM …), the accepted paradigm for efficient, equitable, and sustainable management of water resources since the 1990s. IWRM … recognizes the dual nature of the environment as both a water using sector and a provider of services that maintains water …

The impact of climate change is increasingly important for the design, construction, and maintenance of water sector … common; seawater levels are rising; and many locations are considerably drier, impacting water sources such as lakes and … water systems must meet the demands of expanding industry needs and rapid population growth. Pollution adds to the growing …

Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises …, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by … 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation …

China's water resources are scarce and unevenly distributed. It has the sixth largest amount of renewable resources in … country. The country is under serious water stress, and its problems are made more severe by the fact that resources are … unevenly distributed, both spatially and temporally. Per capita water availability in northern China is less than one …

water. Agricultural water management (AWM) encompasses irrigation on both a large and small scale, drainage of irrigated and … rain fed areas, watershed restoration, recycling of water, rainwater harvesting, and better in-field water management … practices. There is considerable scope for improving returns on water from agricultural use. The key economic challenge is to …

The Tanzania Water Resources Assistance Strategy (TWRAS) illustrates that food security, energy security, environmental … security, health security, industrial security, and social and economic security all hinge directly or indirectly on water … that equitable and sustainable management and development of water resources is a fundamental prerequisite for achieving …

People have clustered at the water's edge throughout civilization for the most fundamental of reasons: without water … there is no life. Every major city in the world has a body of water or aquifer nearby, since rivers and lakes predetermined … where people would gather and dwell, groundwater constitutes about 98 percent of the fresh water on our planet (excepting …