Water/Irrigation Links

• http://www.rubicon.com.au
  Rubicon System
  
  
• http://www.unesco.org/science/waterday2000/
  water_use_in_the_world.htm#Forcasting
  Water use in the world: present situation/future needs.
  
  
• http://www.worldwater.org/waterData.htm
  Contains a lot of information about water supply in general. Also legal issues and other social issues, as well as conflicts are covered.
  
  
• http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/atlas/atlas.htm
  A digital atlas of water data, also modeling of river basins and related soures.
  
  
• http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/aquastat/main/index.htm
  General information about water usage in several regions, most notably Asia and Africa.
  
  
• http://www.clw.csiro.au/
  CSIRO division concerned with land and water usage in Australia.
  
  
• http://audit.ea.gov.au/anra/water/docs/national/Water_Availability.html
  Assessment of water resources in Australia (2000 report).
  
  
• http://audit.ea.gov.au/anra/water/docs/national/Water_Use.html
  Assessment of water use. Indication of return on investment of irrigated land. Irrigation is responsible for about 75% of all water use in Australia. This % is increasing. (see Table 14) In the last two decades, Australia recorded a 75% increase in irrigation water usage (see Table 16). Irrigated crops are responsible for about A$ 8 billion in economic returns. Food is indeed packaged water!.
  
  
• http://audit.ea.gov.au/anra/water/docs/national/Water_App4.html
  In this report water distribution efficiency is estimated at 24%, and that the target set under improved management conditions for 2020 is 97%. (This appears unrealistic.)
  
  
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/bdgt.rxml
  This is a unit from the university of illinois on the water cycle, it has a good overview how it actually happens.