Sustainable management of this critical resource requires an understanding of the nature and scope of the problems to be managed in general and to acquire useful information which enables the stakeholders to identify and assess existing and potential future water … Read More
The Astana City Akimat/Government (ACA) has been investing increasingly to its water infrastructure, including construction of flood dykes, wastewater treatment plants, and water supply networks. However, flood risks remain serious due to a bottle neck for flood flows in the … Read More
The Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for the Aral Sea Basin (CAMP4ASB) aims to enhance regional access to improved climate change knowledge and climate services for project stakeholders. Under this program, the main objective of the project is to build … Read More
Tajikistan is a hydropower net exporter in Central Asia. 90 % of the nation’s electric power generation capacity is produced by the hydroelectric dams found along the Vakhsh River. This cascade of dams includes the world’s second tallest dam, Nurek … Read More
The entire wetland of Machar Marshes depends on the hydrology of the Baro Akobo Sobat (BAS) sub-basin. The sizes of the wetlands vary with floods and the rain seasons but they store lots of water which could run off before … Read More
The Nile and its main tributaries flow through several large wetlands of great relevance for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the NBI and the riparian states for the management … Read More
Navigability of South Sudanese rivers is only roughly known and highly dependent on the river flow conditions. A more exact assessment is needed of where and when which ships (between 20t and 100t of cargo) can sail and provide river … Read More
Water Practice wished to explore intervention options for implementation in the south of Somalia. As such, sand dam and sub surface dam site selection is crucial and the World Bank has undertaken a pre-feasibility study for developing wadis in the … Read More
The project carries out a coarse environmental flow assessment in the entire Nile Basin based on existing data, applying the NBI environmental flow methodology that has been previously developed by HYDROC for the NBI under a GIZ funded project. The … Read More
Peer review of the hydrological component (hydrological data collection and modelling) of a USAID project evaluation. The evaluation is examining the Sumur Resapan (SR) sub-activity of the USAID Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (SR-IUWASH) project. Sumur Resapans are infiltration … Read More
The project aims to reduce vulnerability of the mountain communities of the Greater Caucasus region of Azerbaijan to climate change induced water stress and flood hazards by improved water and flood management through addressing the management framework at the legislative … Read More
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are increasingly affected by the consequences of advancing natural resource degradation in form of deteriorating land productivity and rising disaster risks. Deforestation, extensive animal grazing and other degrading practices have contributed to increase erosion and disintegrate the … Read More
Macro level study on the integrated development potential of sand-river wadis of Somaliland and Puntland. The study aims to define the hydrological principles that should be followed for improved planning, operation, maintenance and management of water resources in Somaliland and … Read More
The project expanded the Zambezi Water Resources Decision Support System (ZDSS: hosted at http://hydro.poyry.at/zambezi/) developed by Hydroc under INGC Phase II to include flood inundation mapping and zoning under a variety of potential development options and climate change scenarios, … Read More
Munda Dam is a multipurpose project catering for hydropower, irrigation water and flood protection purposes. The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility for constructing a hydropower dam in Munda, Pakistan. Works focus on climate change adaptation and … Read More
Malawi is under significant pressure from population growth and climate change. It is foreseeable that land and water resources will become scarce and water allocation and water quality aspects will be key for the future sustainable development of the country. … Read More
Through the project “Responding to Climate Change” the Government of Mozambique wants to prepare the country for the negative impacts of climate change while at the same time create opportunities for sustainable growth and investment. The project focuses on identifying … Read More
The project entails collecting and collating necessary information (geological, hydro-meteorological and physiographic data) in order to analyse the impacts of climate change and variability consequences, e.g. changes in precipitation and temperature on water and agricultural sectors, including runoff, irrigation, flooding, … Read More