"The chapter highlights the structure of the book, explains its approach and summarizes its main message. Increased water scarcity intensifies the tradeoffs inherent in allocating water to competing uses and turns the policy challenge of managing water resources ever more crucial. The book...

A detailed look at the water industry and the trends that can lead to investment opportunities Water has quickly grown into a big global business, with annual revenues in the United States alone reaching over 200 billion. In the years ahead, companies as well as governments must find innovative...

This volume reviews the experience of cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on the perceptions of risks and opportunities by decision makers in countries responding to a specific prospect of cooperation. For each basin, the analysis centered on "tipping points," or periods in...

Water Transfers in the West -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- THIRD PARTY IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES -- ASSESSING WATER TRANSFERS AND THEIR EFFECTS -- THE ROLE OF LAW IN THE TRANSFER PROCESS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Water Transfer Opportunities -- State and Tribal...

The Republic of Armenia is facing a number of emerging challenges in the water sector. Though overall waterresource availability in the country is good, the country's ability to monitor groundwater and surface water isdeteriorating, enforcement under the existing water permit system is weak,...

Intro -- NATIONAL WATER SUSTAINABILITY THE WATERSMART PROGRAM -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DOI WATERSMART STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN -- SECTION 1. A SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES FUTURE -- SECTION 2. PROGRAM COORDINATION -- SECTION 3....

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Executive Summary -- ORGANIZATION STAFFING -- Changes to Overall Staffing Levels -- Percentage Decrease in Staffing Levels -- Aging Workforce Programs and Policies -- Hiring Freezes -- SALARY PLANNING -- Salary Increase Practices for 2009 -- Length...

As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon....