Top Four Recommended Resources

1. Addressing Our Global Water Future
2. Human Development Report 2006: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis
3. United Nations World Water Development Report
4. The World's Water 2006-2007

From CSIS

• Addressing Our Global Water Future
  From the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Sandia National Laboratories, 2005
• Asia’s Coming Water Wars
  A report by research associate Chietigj Bajpaee of the CSIS International Security Program
• Global Water Challenges and U.S. Foreign Policy: Taking Stock
  Future Watch article from CSIS Global Strategy Institute
• India: Running on Empty
  South Asia Monitor article from the CSIS South Asia Program
• U.S.-Mexico Binational Council Reports - U.S-Mexico Transboundary Water Management, The Case of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Recommendations for Policymakers for the Medium and Long Term

From the U.S. Government

• U.S. Agency for International Development
  USAID is the primary agency responsible for providing safe drinking water and sanitation services to the developing world.
• Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005: Report to Congress June 2006
  A report submitted in compliance with the Water for the Poor Act detailing U.S. government activities and strategies for providing safe drinking water and sanitation to the developing world.
• Freshwater Programs: Federal Agencies’ Funding in the United States and Abroad
  Report to Congressional Requesters from the United States Government Accountability Office, March 2005
• EPA - Water
  The EPA is concerned with public education, water monitoring and transboundary water issues. It engages in a wide variety of domestic activities related to water and pollution, and also works with other countries.

From International Organizations

• Human Development Report 2006: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis Latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Program.

• UNESCO World Water Assessment Program Website
  The World Water Assessment Program is part of a collective United Nations system-wide continuing assessment process of water-related issues.
• United Nations World Water Development Report
  Coordinated by WWAP, the WWDR is the result of collaboration between 24 UN agencies and convention secretariats. The Reports provide a mechanism for monitoring changes in the resource and its management and tracking progress towards achieving targets, particularly those of the Millennium Development Goals. This is the Third report.
• The 2nd UN World Water Development Report: Water, a Shared Responsibility, UNESCO
• The 1st UN World Water Development Report: Water for People, Water for Life, UNESCO

• WHO – Water, Sanitation and Health Website
  WHO works on aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene where the health burden is high, where interventions could make a major difference and where the present state of knowledge is poor.
• Water for Life - Making It Happen, WHO/UNICEF
  Joint report from WHO and UNICEF on the Decade for Action: 2005-2015
• Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress, UNICEF/WHO 2005
  A report outlining the current state of water and sanitation in the world.
• Progress for Children – a Report Card on Water and Sanitation
  September 2006 report from UNICEF

• Challenges of Water Scarcity: A Business Case for Financial Institutions
  A report from the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative, 2005
• Vital Water Graphics Website
  An overview of the state of the world’s fresh and marine water with many high quality illustrations.

• Water and Sanitation for the Urban poor (WSUP)
  WSUP's mission is to advance the Millennium Development Goals for water, sanitation, and associated health benefits through multi-sector, stakeholder partnerships delivering sustainable, equitable, and affordable water and sanitation services to the urban poor in developing countries.
• UN Millennium Project Report On Water and Sanitation: Health, Dignity and Development: What Will it Take?

• Water and Sanitation Program
  An international partnership to help the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services, run through the World Bank.
• Benchmarking Performance: Urban Water Sector in South Asia
  May 2006 report from the Water and Sanitation Project
• Making the Most of Scarcity: Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North Africa
  A report from the World Bank, 2007

Independent Research Organizations

• Final Reportof the 4th World Water Forum
  The theme for the Fourth World Water Forum, hosted by Mexico City in 2006, was “Local Actions for Global Change.”
• Financing Water for All
  Report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure, 2003, chaired by Michael Camdessus.

• The Pacific Institute is an independent, non-profit organization that conducts research and policy analysis in the areas of environment, sustainable development, and international security. The Institute also maintains the Water and Climate Bibliography, a comprehensive database of scientific literature pertaining to climate change and freshwater resources worldwide.
• The World's Water 2006-2007
  The fifth volume in the series from the Pacific Institute, this volume provides information on trends and events, as well as up-to-date data on water resources and their use.

• Navigating Peace: Water can be a pathway to peace, not war

• A Silent Tsunami: The Urgent Need for Clean Water and Sanitation
  This report provides a series of recommendations on international water challenges for governments, businesses, and other organizations.

• Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Website The WSSCC seeks to accelerate the achievement of sustainable sanitation, hygiene and water services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration and coordination of all sector stakeholders, nationally and internationally.
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Evidence Report: For Her it's the Big Picture - Putting Women at the center of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene
  A joint undertaking by the WSSCC and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) to collect and analyze noteworthy examples that demonstrate the widespread impacts of women’s contributions to WASH activities.

• Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database
  To aid in the assessment of the process of water conflict prevention and resolution, over the years we have developed this database and broader project exploring the intersections of water and conflict.

Humanitarian Aid Programs

• Global Water Challenge
  The GWC, launched by a diverse coalition of corporations, foundations, and aid organizations,is an initiative to save lives and reduce suffering in the developing world by providing safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene education to people who lack these basic services.
• Global Water
  Global Water is an international non-profit, non-sectarian, and non-governmental humanitarian organization committed to the development of safe water-related projects around the world.
• WaterAid
  WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated to providing safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.
• Water for People
  Water for People is an international nonprofit development organization committed to the long-term impact of increased access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation and health.
• Water for People: Special Report: 2006-2007

Networks

• WaterWeb.org
  WaterWeb is a consortium that has been created to promote the sharing of information concerning water and the earth’s environment. The organization seeks to create a global community, bringing together educational, governmental, nonprofit, & commercial entities interested in water research, conservation, and management.
• International Water Association
  IWA is a global network of water professionals, spanning the continuum between research and practice, and covering all facets of the water cycle.
• Global Water Research Coalition
  GWRC is a non-profit organization that serves as a collaborative mechanism for water research.
• Global Water Partnership
  The Global Water Partnership is a working partnership among all those involved in water management. It identifies knowledge needs at global, regional and national levels and helps design programs for meeting these needs, and serves as a mechanism for alliance building and information exchange on integrated water resources management.