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News Link The Wilson Center, USAID Sustainable Water Partnership, and Winrock International Podcast Series on Water Security The Wilson Center is partnering with the USAID Sustainable Water Partnership and Winrock International to share stories about global water security. |
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Event Hidden Forces: The Role of Water in Economic Prosperity Safe and accessible water is critical for a country’s successful economic development and for the health and well-being of its citizens. Ultimately, the journey to self-reliance cannot succeed without sustainable water resource management. |
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News Link USAID Sustainable Water Partnership - Water Security Requires Inclusiveness Over the life of the project, SWP expects to improve water security for 500,000 people. |
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Panel Discussion Water as a Tool for Resilience in Times of Crisis (Live Stream) About 90 percent of USAID’s water priority countries are conflict-affected or fragile. Last year, over 60 million people around the world were affected by more than 280 natural disasters. |
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Blog Water Security in an Uncertain Future: Enhancing Water Resources Management and Planning by Reducing Climate- and Weather-Related Risks This blog was first published in ClimateLinks. |
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Event Water as a Tool for Resilience in Times of Crisis About 90 percent of USAID’s water priority countries are conflict-affected or fragile. Last year, over 60 million people around the world were affected by more than 280 natural disasters. |
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Panel Discussion Feeding a Thirsty World: Harnessing the Connections Between Food and Water Security (Live Stream) Food and water security are deeply entwined. |
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Event Panel Discussion – Feeding a Thirsty World: Harnessing the Connections Between Food and Water Security Seventy percent of global water use is for agriculture, while more than 25 percent of the global population lives in areas facing severe water scarcity and more than 820 million people face chronic food deprivation. |
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News Link An Update on the USAID Sustainable Water Partnership Integrated Water Management Activity in Nepal Communication is Key - Through Nepal’s Integrated Watershed Management Activity, Suman Basnet aims to make more water available for the land that he loves. |
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Manual Environmental Flows Technical Guidance Manual This technical guidance manual was developed to assist Missions and partners in understanding the importance of environmental flow (E-flow) regimes and their benefits to water security and sustainable development outcomes. |
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News Link Sustainable Water Partnership - Translating Data into Action SWP’s Clara Bocchino fosters collaboration between governments, research institutions and USAID on transboundary water management and big data in Southern Africa. |
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Document Private Sector Engagement in the Water Security Improvement Process Improving the sustainability of a watershed requires active engagement with all major water users — particularly private sector actors, which can be large, impactful and politically influential water users. |
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Technical Brief Analytical Tools to Support Water Security Decision-Making This supporting paper presents local decision-makers and practitioners with various tools that can be used within the context of a Water Security Improvement (WSI) process. |
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Video Where Is Our Water Going How is the world’s water being used? And how can we manage it better? SWP Director Eric Viala explains in this new video. |
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Webinar How to Improve Water Security The Sustainable Water Partnership’s Water Security Improvement (WSI) process helps stakeholders address water-related risks in a specific geographic area. |
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Webinar Watershed Moments in the Mara New Beginnings in Transboundary Water Cooperation |
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Blog What is the Water Security Improvement Process? Improving water security means empowering everyone — water managers and users, businesses, and citizens — to regularly assess and address water risks. |
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Blog What is Water Security? Water fuels every aspect of life. It’s essential for basic health and hygiene, and it drives society’s most essential industries: agriculture, energy and transportation. Without water security there can be no national security. |
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Blog Making a Splash at World Water Week |
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Blog Water and Ecosystems: The Importance of Environmental Flows John Parker of SWP partner Tetra Tech explains how natural flows support the environment. |
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Blog The Challenge of Too Little Water SWP’s expert panel discusses issues surrounding water scarcity at D.C.’s Wilson Center. |
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Blog Link A Stepping Stone to Security A STEPPING STONE TO SECURITY |
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Blog Taking a Big Picture Look at Water Security Why water infrastructure isn’t always the answer. |
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Blog Saving Lives, Saving Livelihoods Flood resilience goes beyond mere survival, say panelists at Sustainable Water Partnership event. |
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Blog Staying Afloat How Cambodia’s erratic water conditions make it the perfect pilot for SWP |