While much has been said and written about the water crisis in recent years, the real crisis stems not from an absolute scarcity of water but from inadequate water management process and practices.… Read More
The new InWEnt programme for the water sector in the Middle East and North Africa focuses on countries with similar social, economic, legal and cultural conditions, brings together stakeholders from government, academia, private sector and NGOs, and will constitute a mutual learning endeavour for all concerned.… Read More
Two initiatives of the Third World Centre for Water Management. A project report to Sasakawa Peace Foundation.… Read More
The Third World Centre for Water Management recently conducted a study to evaluate the impact of global mega conferences which have become so common in recent years. Do these mega conferences actually achieve anything or are they merely global extravaganzas?… Read More
While integrated river basin management has become a popular paradigm in Latin America, an objective analysis will indicate that countries have generally failed to use this concept to increase the efficiency of water management in the region on a sustained basis.… Read More
Just because a paradigm is conceptually or intellectually attractive and most international institutions are promoting it does not mean that it can be operational in the entire world.… Read More
Proponents and opponents of dams have both taken extreme and opposite positions. But does their debate withstand scientific scrutiny?… Read More
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board of Sri Lanka is likely to be a good example of an evolving paradigm of institutional arrangements for water supply and wastewater management of the future in the developing world.… Read More
Effluent discharges fees provide a powerful incentive to reduce wastewater discharges – if only wastewater management laws in Mexico were clear, consistent and enforced.… Read More
The Aswan High Dam across the mighty river Nile is perhaps one of the most controversial of the existing big dams in the world. Political, economic and environmental arguments have been raised against it ever since its construction in the early 1960s. Asit K. Biswas, after a careful evaluation of the dam’s impact on Egypt, concludes that it has been overwhelmingly beneficial to the country.… Read More