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1 March 2007
FutureWater introduces innovative model calibration
During 2006 and part of 2007 FutureWater has worked together with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)on a joint project in India. The project was financially supported by the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (NIVR) in the framework of their User Support programme. The project introduced an innovative methodology of integrating remotely sensed evapotranspiration data...
1 November 2006
Green Water Credits
FutureWater is involved in the introduction of a new innovative concept in water management; Green Water Credits (GWC). GWC is a mechanism for transfer of cash to rural people in return for water management activities that determine the supply of all fresh water at source – these activities are presently unrecognised and un-rewarded. Direct payment...
1 August 2006
WatManSup: Integrated Water Management Support Methodologies
The coming year FutureWater will be working on a new Partners for Water project. Together with our research partners in this project, the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Free University Amsterdam (IVM) and the Waterboard Hunze en Aa's, we will assist organisations in Kenya and Turkey in a paradigm-shift towards a pro-active water management....
1 June 2006
The water cycle in the Krishna basin (India)
FutureWater has recently been granted a subsidy from the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (NIVR) for a research project in the Krishna basin in India. Together with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) FutureWater has embarked on an endeavor to systematically link simulation models and Remote Sensing derived information to successfully support water resources planning...
1 March 2006
Collaboration between FutureWater and Tterra (Portugal)
Tterra e FutureWater trabalham em parceria, reunindo o conhecimento local com os métodos mais modernos de avaliação de disponibilidade de água. A parceria Tterra-FutureWater tem como interlocutor uma engenheira da FutureWater que trabalha em estreita ligação com a Tterra, em Portugal. Para actividades a concretizar em Portugal, técnicos especialistas da FutureWater permanecerão por um período...
1 February 2006
Hydrological assessment of Rio Bravo
FutureWater has provided an assessment of the hydrological characteristics of the Rio Bravo in Mexico for the World Bank. The basin drains an area of over 600000 km2 about 50% of which lies in Mexico. The basin suffers heavily from overexploited aquifers and surface waters due to intensive irrigation and a rapidly growing (urban) population....
1 January 2006
Positive and negative effects of drainage in Fryslân
Client: Waterboard Fryslân Developments in agriculture and climate change will influence the amount and intensity of drainage in the Province of Fryslân in the Netherlands. The impact on (peak) discharges is yet unknown. FutureWater investigated the impact of changes in drainage on discharges with the FutureView methodology. The impact is of changes in drainage on...
1 December 2005
FutureWater contributes to profession development workshop in Uganda
SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute) and ASARECA (Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa) organized a Joint Learning Platform and Profession Development Workshop in Entebbe, Uganda. The theme of the workshop was on the “Green Water Paradigm”. Peter Droogers from FutureWater contributed to this workshop by providing specific training on tools, such as...
1 November 2005
Ronald Loeve visits High Level Dialogue in China
Ronald Loeve visits High Level Dialogue on the Project Results of “Increasing Water Productivity in Rice-bases Cropping Systems” in Zhengzhou, China. Government officials from Henan and Hubei Province and from the Central Government in Beijing visited the dialogue to exchange ideas and learn from the project results. Before the High Level Dialogue a modeling and...
1 July 2005
Exploring evaporation reduction options in the Hai Basin; Analysis using the SWAT model
FutureWater has built a SWAT model for the Hai basin in China. The Bohai Sea, located in the northwest corner of the Yellow Sea, is one of the worldís most ecologically important and stressed bodies of water. The Bohai Sea suffers ecologically from over-fishing, pollution, and reduced inflow of freshwater from upstream basins. The Hai...
