The Ayeyarwady River is Myanmar’s largest and most commercially important river but its water resources are not well understood. With the support of the Australian Water Partnership, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar commissioned the first integrated assessment of the natural resources of the Ayeyarwady Basin. eWater lead the surface water […]
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Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan
The Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) project is a two year collaboration between the governments of Afghanistan and Australia through the CSIRO. eWater, in collaboration with the CSIRO has supported the initiative through: Developing a Kabul Basin Model. Developing a Whole-of-Afghanistan water availability model. Capacity building in water resource modelling with eWater Source. […]
Partnering with the Mekong River Commission
eWater has worked with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) since 2013. Established in 1995 under the Mekong Agreement. The MRC is an inter-governmental agency working with the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam with the goal of jointly managing the shared water resource and the sustainable development of the Mekong River. Since 2013, eWater […]
Integrated Water Resources Management in Lao PDR
Water is essential to life and culture in the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao. More than third of GDP and 75% of employment comes from subsistence agriculture, which is heavily dependent on rainfall and Lao’s rivers. Traditionally, the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao (Lao PDR) was considered a water rich country, but increasing demand for […]
Arghandab Integrated Water Resource Management Project – Afghanistan
Decades of war and political instability have decimated most of Afghanistan’s water infrastructure and reduced the technical capacity of the water resources sector. In response, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is undertaking a range of initiatives to invest in new infrastructure, improve water resource management and increase capability. One such initiative is […]
River Basin Models and Water Sharing Policy in the upper Godavari Sub-Basin, Maharashtra, India
eWater assisted the Maharashtra Department of Water Resources to develop a modelling framework to test water management options and to support the development of an integrated water resources management (IWRM) plan for the Upper Godavari sub-basin.
Using Australian water tools to develop new drought metrics for Cambodia
eWater, in partnership with UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) implemented a pilot using space-based data to help water users in drought prone countries to better understand and manage droughts.
