ICIWaRM
International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management Under the Auspices of UNESCO

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Projects

Latin American and the Caribbean

Photo of Guillermo Mendoza shows modeling results at a 2009 workshop in Lima, Peru. Source: Aleix Serrat Capdevila, ICIWaRM.

Water Resources Management Modernization Project of Peru
ICIWaRM is helping Peru implement their new water law at a watershed scale using shared vision planning principles.
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Graphic of Monthly rainfall "box plot" for the Almendral meteorological station. Source: CAZALAC.

Drought Atlas in Pilot Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean
ICIWaRM is helping provide decision-makers in several countries with information on future droughts.
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Graphic of Depth to groundwater in North Andros Island, The Bahamas. Source: Water and Sewerage Corporation.

 

Enhancing Water Security in The Bahamas - Infrastructure and Capacity Building for Freshwater Management: North Andros Island
The U.S. Geological Survey and ICIWaRM are helping The Commonwealth of The Bahamas to enhance its fragile water security.
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Africa

Senegal River Basin

 

Forecasting streamflows in the International Senegal River Basin
ICIWaRM is developing a near real-time streamflow forecasting system using satellite precipitation measurements in the International Senegal River Basin.
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Photo of Participants in May 2007 workshop on watershed hydrology and modeling, Nairobi, Kenya. Source: ICIWaRM/Hydrologic Engineering Center.

 

East Africa Technical Training
ICIWaRM trains water ministry personnel in Kenya and Ethiopia on hydrology, hydraulics and modeling.
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Worldwide

 

Pilot Study on Indicators for the World Water Assessment Programme
ICIWaRM helps develop indicators for WWAP's authoritative assessment of the state of the world's freshwater resources.
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Global Water News Watch and Water News Tracker
ICIWaRM sponsors a water news service containing more than 21,000 summaries of news items published in eight languages from 200 countries.
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UNESCO's Water Family

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