Water Research Commission, South
Africa
IRC International Water and Sanitation
Centre -
Index Page.
The IRC
Documentation Unit a bibliographic database on water supply and sanitation
in developing countries. IRCDOC includes bibliographic descriptions of
documents held in the IRC
Reference Library and of a growing number of documents available on the
Internet
IRC Publications
World Bank Publications
UNDP - United Nations Documents
UNDP - Publications
FAO Publications
FAO Interactive catalogue
IDRC Books / Les Éditions du CRDI
IDRC Books is the publishing arm of Canada's International Development
Research Centre. Both online and in print, they publish the results of IDRC-supported
research on global and regional issues related to sustainable and equitable
development.
USGS -- Water Resources of the United States
Delft Hydraulics Publications
AWRA (Amercan Water Resources
Association) Publications
U.S. Water News Bookstore
The Legal Response to International Water Scarcity and Water Conflicts
- The UN Watercourses Convention and Beyond by Dr. Patricia Wouters,
(Director, Water Law and Policy Programme, CEPMLP, University of Dundee, Scotland
- see below for web site)
Geneva Strategy and Framework for monitoring compliance with Agreements on
Transboundary Waters: Elements of a proposed Compliance Review Procedure
(Word Document 92kb) Prepared by Dr. P. Wouters ( in
consultation with the group of invited experts and with the assistance of
the UN/ECE and UNEP/ROE secretariats)
The legal response to the world’s water crisis: What legacy from the Hague?
What future in Kyoto? (Word Document 51kb)
- Dr. Patricia Wouters, Dr. Salman m. A. Salman, Patricia Jones
Rio
Earth Summit Agenda 21, Chapter 18 - Water
Mekong River agreement between Cambodia,
Lao People's Republic, Thailand and Viet Nam
Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational
Uses of International Watercourses adopted
by the UN General Assembly May 1997
Press Release on the adoption of the Convention
on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses by the
UN General Assembly on 21 May 1997
Capacity Building for water supply and sanitation
development at local level - The Threshold Concept: Capacity building
and training is recognised as a critical requirement for sustainable development
in the water sector in Africa. However, there is very limited work being done
to develop a rational framework for effective capacity building implementation,
monitoring and evaluation. This is a paper presented at the UNDP / WORLD BANK
/ IHE 2nd International Symposium held in December 1996 in Delft, Netherlands.
The Mangochi Declaration - An initiative
for a Water Supply and Sanitation Programme for the unserved in developing
countries, 17-21 March 1997, Malawi
The Human Right to Water
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security (pdf
file)
Towards sustainable water resources management
- A Strategic Approach. The European Commission publishes
comprehensive Guidelines for water resources development co-operation in English,
French and Portuguese
Ministerial Declaration of The Hague on Water
Security in the 21st Century Agreed to on Wednesday 22 March, 2000, In
The Hague, The Netherlands
MPUMALANGA STATEMENT - Financing
of water services - Output of the 4th Country Level Collaboration Workshop
in East and Southern Africa (ESA)
Poverty and water supply and sanitation services
- A paper presented by Len Abrams at the 4th Country Level Collaboration
Workshop in East and Southern Africa (ESA)
SPREADING THE WORD: Practical Guidelines
for Research Dissemination Strategies Darren Saywell and Andrew Cotton This
document reviews the interim findings from Phase 1 of a Department for International
Development (DFID) funded project concerning the development of practical
guidelines for research dissemination strategies. Results from a review of
literature, case study analysis and interviews with key informants are discussed.
The International Water
Law Project website has a range of documents relating to international,
trans-boundary water issues.
Water Law and the Dublin Principles, produced
in association with the GWP by Miguel Solanes
Water Markets and Groundwater, produced
for a Seminar at the World Bank by Miguel Solanes
WS&S PROJECT RELATED EVALUATION REPORTS
WaterAid recently approached GARNET to host the publication of a series of
WS&S project related evaluation reports. Full text versions of these reports
can now be accessed at GARNET's website. The following summaries are
available: Sierra Leone 1989, Nepal
1990, Kenya 1991, Uganda (Busoga) 1992, Ghana 1993, South India 1995, Tanzania
1995, Ethiopia (Hitosa) 1996, Uganda (Kabarole) 1996, Nepal 1997, Zambia 1997,
Ethiopia (Adwa & North Gondar) 1997 and Bangladesh (VERC) 1998.
BERLIN RECOMMENDATIONS on Transboundary
Water Management -Experience of International River and Lake Commissions -
Lessons Learned, Challenges and Issues for the Future, Berlin, 27-30 September
1998.
PETERSBERG DECLARATION: Global
Water Politics
Development
Policy Forum/DSE of the
German Foundation for International
Development.
SANITATION
a new page featuring a number of documents.
SUSTAINABILITY
- a few myths exposed.
Water and Social Resource Scarcity.
ON-PLOT SANITATION IN LOW-INCOME URBAN
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
