Hydraulic ram pumps and Sling Pumps

Welcome to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)African WaterInvestmentDrought AssessmentMalaria ControlProPoor InterventionsSmallholder SolutionsWater UserAssociationsIrrigationBenchmarkingPODIUMSim-ModelingWater & Climate AtlasRS/GIS DataStorehouseEco_HydrologicaldBaseResearch Report 84An Assessment of Small-scale Users' Inclusion in LargescaleWater Users Associations of South AfricaNicolas FaysseThe management of water resources is being transformed in SouthAfrica. All water users, especially the small-scale ones, are now invitedto participate in this movement. This report reviews the process ofinclusion of small-scale users in the new large-scale Water UserAssociations (WUA).Considering the difficulties encountered in thisprocess, this report also recommend external monitoring after thetransformation of an Irrigation Board into a WUA. This method may alsofacilitate assessment of the inclusion of small-scale users intocatchment management agencies, and water resource managementorganizations.Full report...Research Report 85The Use of Remote Sensing Data for Drought Assessmentand Monitoring in Southwest AsiaThenkabail, P. S., Gamage, M. S. D. N. and Smakhtin, V. U.This report describes the development of the near real-time droughtmonitoring and reporting system for the region, which currently includesAfghanistan, Pakistan and western parts of India. The system is basedon drought-related indices derived from high-resolution remote-sensingdata (MODIS). The unique feature of the study is the development ofregression relationships between drought-related indices obtained fromMODIS and AVHRR data, which have different pixel-resolution andoptical characteristics. The goal is to make the system available, viaInternet, to all stakeholders in the region.Full report...more research...http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ (2 of 2) [1/13/2005 12:50:42 PM]