Water Management

Water is a vital resource for human survival, health and dignity and is a fundamental component for human development. But it is a finite and vulnerable resource. Due to population growth, increasing economic activity and intensifying competition for water among users, the world’s freshwater resources are under increasing pressure and many regions of the world faces an impending water crisis.

Current concerns about climate change accentuate this issue and demand improved management of water resources to cope with more intense flood and drought events. Since the enacting of the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg Program of Implementation, the policies have increasingly addressed “integrated water resources management” (IWRM) as an issue of the utmost importance.

IWRM is a systematic process dealing with sustainable development by means of the allocation and monitoring of water resources use in the context of social, economic and environmental objectives. Optimally, IWRM should be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners and policymakers at all levels.

Typical Clients

• Water authorities at regional, national and supranational levels
• Water ministries

Consulting Experience

• Integrated water resources management
• Basin level and transboundary water management
• Aquifer reconnaissance maps
• Hydrological modelling
• Hydrogeological maps
• Integrated water resources GIS/database
• Reservoir and recharge estimate studies
• Groundwater availability
• In-SAR subsidence mapping