An online tool on sustainable water management

Developing a Decision Support Tool for Sustainable Urban Water Management

Research in the area of sustainable urban infrastructure reflects the need to design and manage engineering systems in light of environmental, economic, social and technical considerations. In the water sector, the main challenge for the engineer is the development of practical tools for measuring and enhancing the sustainability of urban water infrastructure over its life cycle. The present st...

Groundwater Level Changes Due to Extreme Weather—An Evaluation Tool for Sustainable Water Management

In the past decade, extreme and exceptional droughts have significantly impacted many economic sectors in the US, especially in California, Oklahoma, and Texas. The record drought of 2011–2014 affected almost 90% of Texas areas and 95% of Oklahoma state areas. In 2011 alone, around $1.6 billion in agricultural production were lost as a result of drought in Oklahoma, and $7.6 billion in Texas. T...

Teaching sustainable resource management using an interactive research tool

Sustainable Water Management : an Operative Test for Monitoring

Monitoring water resources is a crucial issue for the sustainable development of Earth. Also in regions were water is abundant, like around European Alps, lower precipitation levels, raise of temperature, glacier retreat, anthropic pressure are factors that affect future availability of 'good' water; to avoid or at least mitigate socioeconomic impacts, methods to monitor ongoing processes are r...

Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factors affecting the sustainable management of agricultural water in Hamedan. The study population included all wheat farmers possessing irrigated farms in Hamedan city (N=1800). Of these farmers a sample of 317 people has been selected by using randomized multi-stage sampling method. The data were collected through a questionnaire's tool wi...