Water Management

Water is a critical component of all ecosystems, and the management of national and international fresh water resources is an ongoing challenge. Balancing the competing demands of water for agriculture, domestic, industrial, environmental and recreational uses is an increasingly difficult challenge. Dealing with current rainfall variability is a social and political challenge in many regions, which will be amplified by increases in variability and extreme weather events projected under future climate change scenarios.

Issues relating to water resource demand, supply, and equity (i.e. the sharing of water resources) are all set against projections of high population growth in many developing countries. There is little doubt that increased demand (due to greater absolute numbers of people and to changes in the spatial distribution of people through accelerated urbanisation) is a certainty. The management of this increase in demand will become more important, as local and national demands are likely to exceed environmentally sustainable limits. Water resource management challenges remain a key priority in international development. 

Harewelle is active in a number of key interventions related to national and international water resource management. This includes provision of a wide range of water resource management services to the DFID Water, Sanitation and Environment Resource Centre.

Examples of water management projects include:

Falkland Islands - Provision of a Water Chemist

Kazakhstan - Irrigation and Drainage Project