Capacity building, manpower development, technological trends, training and material for water resources assessment

Abstract

Water resources assessment (WRA) can be defined very broadly as a spectrum of water-resources studies including those that focus on water-resources problems and issue identification as well as water-resources studies that focus on collection and interpretation of basic physical data (Laura 1984). Indeed, Viessman, Jr. (1982) went beyond the data base model and problem identification and analysis model to include policy guidance model. This latter model ventures into the arena of recommending or outlining options for legislative and executive action, the guidance of investment schedules, the identification of needed institutional and policy changes, and programme review and assessment.