Search results: Main themes: Water quality
- Asian Water Development Outlook 2013. Measuring Water Security in Asia and the Pacific
- Asian Development Bank (ADB). March 2013
- This second edition of the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) provides a quantitative and comprehensive view of water security in the countries of Asia and the Pacific. By focusing on critical water issues, AWDO 2013 provides finance and planning leaders with recommendations on policy actions to improve water governance and guidance on investments to increase their country's water security. AWDO 2013 is presented in three parts. - Part I introduces the five key dimensions of water security and presents the combination of indicators for assessment of nati...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Asia, Pacific Islands
- Main themes: Disaster prevention, Disasters, Drought, Environment, Floods, Hygiene, Resilience, Risk management, Sanitation, Urban areas, Urbanization, Water governance, Water policy, Water quality, Water security, Water supply
- TUNZA magazine: Freshwater
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). February 2013
- At the start of 2013, International Year of Water Cooperation, the February issue of Tunza magazine, the UNEP magazine for youth, focuses on freshwater issues.
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Environment, Food security, Glaciers, Groundwater, Millennium Development Goals (MDG), Pollution, Sanitation, Water availability, Water cooperation, Water quality, Water saving
- Trends in groundwater pollution: loss of groundwater quality and related aquifers services
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Global Environmental Facility (GEF), International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme (IHP), World Bank. 2012
- The purpose of this Thematic Paper is to review the trends in groundwater quality and pollution, taking into account the physical, environmental, institutional and social actors involved in groundwater quality governance. The final goal is to diagnose historical and current issues related to groundwater use under the threat of pollution, and to identify prospects for improved and sustainable aquifer governance through prevention and mitigation of the factors that may impact water quality.
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Arid zones, Groundwater, Pollution, Water governance, Water management, Water quality
- Water Safety Plans - Training package. Facilitator handbook
- International Water Association (IWA), World Health Organization (WHO). December 2012
- This handbook is one third of a water safety plan (WSP) training package. It accompanies the WSP training workbook and WSP training PowerPoint presentations. The handbook is designed to be used by professional and non-professional trainers, who should have prior knowledge and understanding of WSPs, and who are facilitating WSP training based on the 2009 WSP manual of the International Water Association (IWA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The training is targeted at all professionals involved in the management of drinking-water safety. The handbook ...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Water quality, Water safety plans (WSPs)
- Water Safety Plans - Training package. Participant workbook
- International Water Association (IWA), World Health Organization (WHO). December 2012
- This workbook is designed to be used by participants attending a water safety plan (WSP) training workshop that has been organized around the materials developed by the International Water Association (IWA) and World Health Organization (WHO). The learning material included in this workbook relates explicitly to the theory sessions that will be presented and the designed exercises. It therefore cannot be used as a standalone document to train people on all WSP aspects.
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Water quality, Water safety plans (WSPs)
- (A) toolkit for monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage programmes
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO). November 2012
- This document is intended to address the lack of harmonized relevant tools and indicators to assist in the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) programmes. The document delineates a step-by-step guidance to conduct monitoring and evaluation, including descriptions on how to 1) understand the context within which the HWTS programme is operating; 2) develop the M&E question(s); 3) select the appropriate indicator(s) to answer the question(s); 4) develop an M&E plan; 5) develop the M&E tools; 6) sel...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Drinking water, Health, Monitoring, Water quality, Water supply, Water treatment
- Environmental Atlas of the of the Dniester Basin
- Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/GRID-Arendal. November 2012
- The Environmental Atlas of the Dniester is the first attempt to present the environmental state of this transboundary river in a visual format which includes over 30 thematic maps of the basin, graphics, diagrams and pictures. The target groups for the Atlas are specialists in environmental protection, as well as authorities and population in the Dniester basin.
- Geographical coverage (region): Europe
- Main themes: Dams, Ecosystems, Environment, Rivers, Transboundary waters, Wastewater, Water availability, Water governance, Water quality, Watersheds
- First Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). November 2012
- The first Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan covers 13 issues of importance to Turkmenistan related to policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors, in particular the sustainable management and protection of water resources, waste management, air pollution, forestry, biodiversity and protected areas, energy and climate change.
- Geographical coverage (region): Asia
- Main themes: Biodiversity, Climate change, Development cooperation, Economic instruments, Education, Environment, Financing, Legal aspects, Monitoring, Participation, Wastewater, Water management, Water policy, Water quality
- First Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan. Synopsis
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). November 2012
- Synopsis of first Environmental Performance Review of Turkmenistan.
- Geographical coverage (region): Asia
- Main themes: Biodiversity, Climate change, Development cooperation, Economic instruments, Education, Environment, Financing, Legal aspects, Monitoring, Participation, Wastewater, Water management, Water policy, Water quality
- Second Environmental Performance Review of Albania
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). November 2012
- The second Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Albania takes stock of the progress made by Albania in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 2002. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the first review. This second EPR also covers 10 issues of importance to Albania related to policymaking framework for environmental protection and sustainable development compliance and enforcement mechanisms; monitoring, information, public participation and education; environmental international agreements...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Europe
- Main themes: Biodiversity, Climate change, Development cooperation, Economic instruments, Education, Environment, Financing, Legal aspects, Monitoring, Participation, Wastewater, Water management, Water policy, Water quality