On the Web: Water management
Freshwater
The United Nations Division of Sustainable Development provides a summary of international initiatives on water management, access to relevant documents and links to websites.
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
The International Water and Sanitation Centre provides news and information, advice, research and training, on low-cost water supply and sanitation in developing countries.
Integrated Water Resources Development and Management
Introduces Integrated Water Resources Development and Management in the context of Agenda 21. Prepared by the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
Water Environment Federation
The Water Environment Federation provides a range of materials for teaching and career management aids.
Water Sanitation and Health
The World Health Organization works on aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene where the health burden is high, where interventions could make a major difference and where the present state of knowledge is poor. Site contains briefing documents, policy statements, access to data and other resources.
Water and Sanitation Program
The World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program is an international partnership of the world's leading development agencies concerned with improving sector policies, practices and capacities to serve poor people, with the goal of alleviating poverty by helping the poor gain sustained access to water and sanitation services.
Water for Life Decade
The goal of the United Nations's Water for Life Decade is to meet the internationally agreed targets for water and sanitation by 2015, and to build the foundation for further progress in the years beyond. A briefing document and an advocacy guide can be downloaded. The Water for Life Decade is featured in a Tiempo Climate Newswatch article.
Water-L
The Water-L distribution list is intended to facilitate information exchange related to the World Water Forum and water policy issues. You can view recent posts and subscribe to other news services at this site.
World Water Day
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Autogenerated: 3 Jan 2006