In recent years, irrigation projects worldwide, and in the Andean region of Bolivia in particular, have besides solving water problems also generated water conflicts. Historically, most irrigation systems in Bolivia have been set up by peasant communities, and only more recently…
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Fresh water or wai was an integral aspect of ancient Hawaiian culture. For thousands of years, water was collected, stored, and directed throughout the land from the mountains to the ocean through a sequence of rivers, lakes, or streams. Today, the Board of Water Supply (BWS) se…
In the contiguous United States (CONUS), there are over 52,000 reservoirs ranging from 0.5 to 243 meters high. Collectively they hold 600,000 MCM of water. These structures have dramatically affected the river dynamics of every major watershed in the country. The operations of t…
The Columbia River basin is a large transboundary basin located in the Pacific Northwest, straddling the US-Canadian border. The basin spans seven US states and one Canadian province, encompassing a diverse range of hydroclimates. Strong seasonality and complex topography, combi…
Historical and future climate change is likely to be one of the key drivers of alterations seen in catchments globally. The implications of changing precipitation patterns in particular range from increased seasonality of flows, to changing frequency, duration, and severity of e…
This thesis investigates the social, economic and political impact of the Great War (1914-1918) on the Northern Territory (NT), although for the most part the thesis concentrates on Darwin and the top end of the NT as that is where the Commonwealth’s efforts at developing the so…
Urban Water Security (UWS) will remain a hugely important issue over the next decades and is a matter that will be exacerbated by climate change and related hazards, food insecurity and social instability. Despite attempts made by many researchers and water professionals to stud…
Background: Despite the importance of smart Water Distribution Systems (WDSs) operation in obtaining energy-saving and environmentally friendly strategies, in many cases, the operation is still done according to expert opinion and rules of thumb which use local control schemes o…
The dissertation studies the linkages between agricultural policy and the optimal allocation of water resources in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia. Farming in the Riyadh region entirely dependent on its limited groundwater, much of it nonrenewable, drawn from aquifers that hav…
The 1996 urban water sector reform in Senegal is not the sustainable development success claimed by its proponents. Privatization and cost-recovery management resulted in poor water and sanitation services unaffordable to many, increased access inequalities, and accelerated wate…
The world is facing a growing challenge in maintaining water quality and meeting increasing demands for water resources. This trend is evident in the Middle East where water scarcity has reached critical levels. To cope with shortage, many Middle Eastern countries are exploring …
While the potential efficiency gains to be realized through water utility privatization have been extolled, the impacts of such programs on different categories of service users are not well understood or closely scrutinized in the literature. Along with efficiency, do privatiza…
The water supply and sanitation situation in the developing world is still very inadequate. In Africa, for example, more than 47 percent of urban households are without access to safe water. The condition is even worse in rural areas. This study reports a meta-analysis of more t…
Knowledge concerning various aspects of drought and water scarcity is required to predict, and to articulate strategies to minimize the effects of future events. This thesis investigated different aspects of droughts and rainfall variability at several time scales and described …
Irrigation water shortages have lately been a main area of concern for policy makers and planners in Pakistan. Current literature on the country's water resources predicts an alarming situation regarding the availability of irrigation water in the future due to declining water t…
Spate irrigation is a flood-based irrigation, a special type of irrigated agriculture that has been practiced in arid and semi-arid regions for centuries. The irrigation is based on diverting into the low lands the highly variable and unpredictable flash floods from valleys and …
Surface water contamination has been a global concern for years, especially in the developing world where high-quality centralized water treatment systems are often lacking. An alternative point-of-use household water treatment technology widely adopted in many developing countr…