Source: DGP – RFA – Request for Applications No. M/OAA/GRO/EGAS-DGP-10-001
Under Water resources management (WRM) [in Water Sector at USAID’s Development Grants Program]
- Watershed, river basin, or lake resource management, planning and governance strengthening.
- Water resource management policy reform or legal/regulatory strengthening, including that related to decentralized resource management authority, water rights, stakeholder participation, water quality standards, etc.
- Information collection, analysis, and management related to water quantity and quality in support of sound decision-making and sustainable resource management, including hydrologic water balance assessment, flow modeling, water quality monitoring, remote sensing/GIS analysis, etc.
- Education, outreach and communications to promote the sustainable management of watersheds and surface water and groundwater resources.
- Best management practices in land use, vegetation, and soil and water management to ensure long-term water resource sustainability.
- Water quality management, including point and non-point source pollution prevention and control, groundwater/aquifer protection and management, and water safety planning and implementation.
- Protection of watersheds and water resources environmental services including establishment of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes to support such management.
- Hydrometeorological monitoring, modeling, forecasting, and early warning systems to improve disaster prediction, preparedness and response.
- Water harvesting and storage infrastructure design, construction, and management at all scales.
- Flood management and drought risk reduction activities.
- Water demand management and water conservation and promotion in the domestic, agricultural, industrial/commercial, or energy sector.
- Wastewater treatment infrastructure (domestic and industrial) to protect overall water quality. And prevent drinking water contamination
- Wastewater reuse to meet domestic, productive, or ecosystem water needs.
- Freshwater and coastal ecosystem management.
- Activities to strengthen adaptation to climate variability or change and reduce vulnerability to altered hydrology and water-related climate extremes.
Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WSSH)
Water productivity
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
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