Urban Watersheds

Watershesd, Catchment Areas and Basin Management

The issues of managing urban water supply, wastewater and stormwater can be examined from a broad, integrated perspective, by looking at cities as 'urban watersheds' (including pollution of water resources, surface run-off, rainwater harvesting from urban structures, etc.). This will also help in studying cities as 'metabolic units' - defined in terms of inputs/outputs and material balance, as well as life cycle costs.

Documents
• An Introduction to Urban Watersheds
• Urban Water Pollution
• ICLEI's Watershed Agenda
• CWP's Watershed Stewardship
• Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters: Management Measures for Urban Area
• Managing Urban Runoff
• Distance Learning Modules on Key Watershed Management Topics
• Slide show: Introduction to Watershed Planning

  Institutions and Organizations

• Center for Watershed Protection
• The Watershed Management Council
• Stormwater Manager's Resource Center

  Initiatives, Programmes and Projects

• Watershed Information Network

If you have any resources that can be included above, please send an email to Hari Srinivas at hsrinivas@gdrc.org