A Review of Selected Hydrology Topics to Support Bank Operations

A Review of Selected Hydrology Topics to Support Bank Operations

The World Bank's 2004 Water Resources Sector Strategy focused on the need for both water resources management and development in dealing with growth and poverty alleviation. Planning and design of new hydraulic infrastructure for water supply...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION SYSTEM ANOXIC AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUIFER AQUIFERS AVAILABILITY OF WATER BASIC SANITATION BASIN DEVELOPMENT BASIN MANAGEMENT CANALS CAPACITY BUILDING CATCHMENT CATCHMENTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIABILITY COASTAL AREAS COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONES COMMERCIAL WATER COMPETITION FOR WATER CONJUNCTIVE USE CONSTRUCTION COST RECOVERY DAMS DECISION MAKERS DELTAS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM EFFICIENT WATER USE EFFLUENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FARMERS FARMING FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODS FLOW REGULATION FOOD PRODUCTION FRESHWATER FRESHWATER SYSTEMS FUTURE WATER NEEDS GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER POLLUTION GROUNDWATER SOURCES GROUNDWATER USE HOUSEHOLDS HYDROLOGIC CYCLE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGICAL UNIT HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL USERS INDUSTRIAL USES INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INVESTMENT PROGRAM IRRIGATION IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND USE LAND USE MANAGEMENT LARGE WATER USERS LEVEES LOCAL WATER MAINTENANCE COSTS MAINTENANCE OF WATER MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES MANGROVE MEASUREMENTS MONSOON CLIMATE NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES OVERDRAFTS PARTICIPATORY WATER MANAGEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL PONDS POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH POWER GENERATION PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION PROVISION OF WATER QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECHARGE REGULATORY SUPERVISION REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER · BASIN RIVERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINITY SCARCE WATER SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SERVICE PROVISION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL MOISTURE STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STORAGE CAPACITY STORAGE TANKS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER SYSTEMS THERMAL POWER TRANSPARENCY TUBE WELLS URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER VEGETATION COVER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER ABSTRACTION WATER ACTS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BOARD WATER CHARGES WATER CONDITIONS WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER DIVIDE WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER GOVERNANCE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LEGISLATION WATER LOGGING WATER LOSSES WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGERS WATER NEED WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER POLICY WATER PROFESSIONALS WATER PROJECTS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER QUANTITY WATER RATES WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SHARING WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLES WATER TARIFF WATER TARIFFS WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATERCOURSES WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELLS WETLANDS WITHDRAWAL OF WATER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16333141/review-selected-hydrology-topics-support-bank-operations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13047

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Summary:	The World Bank's 2004 Water Resources Sector Strategy focused on the need for both water resources management and development in dealing with growth and poverty alleviation. Planning and design of new hydraulic infrastructure for water supply and sanitation, food production, hydropower generation, flood protection, ecosystem restoration or other such purposes require dealing with all elements in the interaction among land, water, vegetation, human intervention and climate variability and change, with an emphasis on the end-user. They also require the simultaneous consideration of technical, economic, institutional (governance), political, financial, environmental and social factors, as called for in the Bank s 1993 Water Resources Management Policy. To provide high-level insight on the key hydrology issues involved, a group of world class experts gathered at a workshop held at World Bank Headquarters in November 2008. The workshop was organized by the Hydrology Expert Facility (HEF) of the Water Anchor. The presenters discussed advancements in key hydrologic topics that were selected for their relevance to Bank operations. The focus was on potential implications for the Bank s development assistance on water projects, programs and policies.