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Water Scarcity Index

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This indicator is derived from national-level data from FAO ’s AQUASTAT . The indicator represents the overuse of water derived by subtracting the recommended use fraction (0.4) from the ratio of total freshwater withdrawals (including surface and both renewable and fossil ground water) to total renewable water resources (not including desalinated or treated waste water). This proportion is then multiplied by a weight which is the ratio of freshwater withdrawal to total withdrawals (freshwater, desalinated water and treated wastewater). The target is <=0 overuse. The purpose of the weighting is to recognize that some arid countries require desalinated water owing to a lack of freshwater. Read more...

Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q04/2010

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NOTE: The fouth issue of the quarterly notes on sustainable water management (Q04/2010) will be released mid of December this year. Please feel free to contribute with important information, news about upcoming events, etc., etc. Topics may range from pure scientific hydrological issues to practical water management solutions - in general focussing on sustainability - and may not be limited to industrial or municpal subjects. Contributions may, cover reviews of technical achievements, short presentation of water management concepts, announcements of conferences related to water/water management, etc. Statements should be kept concise (< 200 words) and be objective. Any contribution should be submitted by the end of November 2010 by the latest ( swm.group@gmx.net ).

Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q3/2010: released

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The third issue of the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q3/2010 has been released. Please feel free to download the Notes from here: http://swm-group.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html .  The Notes again contain highly informative material about ongoing developments in sustainable water management. In addition to this an Event Calender is now included informing you about upcoming events in the field of sustainable water management If you have trouble to download the notes you may request a free copy from swm.group@gmx.net . Optionally to the download procedure you may subscribe to the notes list by sending an e-mail to swm.group@gmx.net . Please subscribe here to stay informed. You may also join the Sustainable Water Management (SWM) group established on LinkedIN. Please visit the groups home page  SWM-Group or contact swm.group@gmx.net .