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Experts in water resources management point out the difficulties in water management projects in their publications and in their lectures at conferences.
Photo: Jürgen Baisch
Photo: Jürgen Baisch
They underline that national and international organisations of development cooperation often have the problem that no or insufficient hydrological and meteorological data are available. But these data are of great importance for reliable calculations in the areas of
- agriculture (irrigation and drainage, desalination of soil)
- housing water management (water supply and sanitation)
- erosion control
- flood protection
- water balance
- nature conservation (establishment of borders for marshlands, nature reserves, national parks)
- energy industry
- rural and urban measures (road and path construction, sewerage systems)
Water deposits usable for these purposes are often not recorded in quantity, quality, their geographical and seasonal allocation. Frequently, available data have gaps. Professor Dr.–Ing. H. Wildenhahn is describing this in his reference book “Wasserwirtschaftliche Meß- und Auswerteverfahren in Trockengebieten”, published by DVWK in 1990 [1].