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  • July

    Figure 1. Connections Between Different Types of Models for Supporting Ecologically Sustainable Water Management.

    Models and Software for Supporting Ecologically Sustainable Water Management

    Models and software for supporting ecologically sustainable water management - As awareness leads to improved scientific understanding (and vice versa), more strategies linking water and ecosystem management will be identified, which will in turn become new analytical challenges for software tools.
  • Figure 2. Process for Defining and Implementing Environmental Flows Within an Adaptive Management Context (the “Savannah Process”) (modified from Richter et al., 2006).

    Incorporating Environmental Flows into Water Management

    Feature: Incorporating environmental flows into water management - Environmental flows defined using the Savannah Process explicitly ignore all real or perceived constraints to their immediate implementation, including those that are physical, legal, social, political, or financial.
  • This issue of Water Resources IMPACT focuses on environmental flows and sustainable water management.

    Water: One Resource, Many Uses

    This originally appeared in a collaborative effort issue of IMPACT with The Nature Conservancy’s Sustainable Waters Program to highlight the cutting-edge work and research the program is conducting. I would like to give a big thanks to Nicole Silk and Andrew Warner of The Nature Conservancy for their hard work in organizing this unique and informative issue as well as their continued dedication to river protection.
  • This issue of Water Resources IMPACT focuses on environmental flows and sustainable water management.

    Introduction: Environmental Flows

    Introduction: Environmental Flows - Allocating water for diverse and often competing traditional uses for water (e.g., industry, agriculture, urban, energy, etc.) is now even more complex due to the implications of climate change. Society’s expectation that ecosystem health receive adequate attention and accommodation has expanded this equation even further.

  • April

    When completed, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.

    Joint team travels to China

    Stan Simpson, a Corps water manager for the Savannah River Basin, recently joined a team from the Conservancy and traveled to China, where a series of dams on the Yangtze are planned. The Conservancy is conducting a series of workshops, led by Andy Warner, to define the environmental flow needs of the river and to find a way to meet the needs of nature and the growing Chinese population, so both can continue to thrive.