Objectives
Field SitesKnowledge ManagementScience for GovernanceTraining and EducationThemes
Coastal HazardsCoastal PeopleCritical Coastal HabitatsFisheriesMaricultureTourismUrban CoastsWater Quality and SupplyApproaches
Capacity BuildingCoastal Plans & PoliciesConstituency BuildingEcosystem GovernanceEvaluation for LearningIncorporating ScienceProtected Areas
Water Quality and Supply
The quality and supply of fresh water to coastal ecosystems and the effects of land based sources of pollution on both human uses, estuaries and the ecological functioning of nearshore waters are vital concerns of coastal managers. Reducing the quantity or availability of fresh water or creating contaminanted flows of water into coastal ecosystems produces benefits for a few sectors or users at the expense of many others. Solving quality and supply issues requires integrated approaches that may involve difficult societal trade-offs and complex negotiations among competing groups. In addition to creating the institutional capacity to deal with water problems, coastal managers need to assemble good scientific data and arguments that can give full weight to the marine and coastal needs for the appropriately timed flow of clean water to sustain fisheries, ecosystem functions and human uses.
Cross Portfolio Learning Topics
Linking Coastal and Freshwater Resources Management
The quality, quantity and pulsing of fresh water to riverine and coastal ecosystems are influenced by water management decisions and the effects of land based sources of pollution. These choices have an impact on human uses, estuaries and the ecological functioning of nearshore waters that are vital concerns of coastal managers. Reducing the quantity or availability of fresh water or creating contaminated flows of water into coastal ecosystems produces benefits for a few sectors or users at the expense of many others.
CRC is working in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development, The Nature Conservancy and others to address this global challenge. Click here to link to the Guide to Managing Freshwater Inflows to Estuaries, and access related documents and information sources.
View a video of authors Brian Richter and Stephen Olsen, along with USAID's Richard Volk discussing the issue and presenting a summary of their proposed strategy at the Woodrow Wilson Center as part of its ongoing series "Fishing for a Secure Future".
Current CRC Activities linked to this Theme
A. Improve community access to sustainable improved water and sanitation services
B. Environmental Management Systems to Reduce Private Sector Pollution
C. Conduct an environmental flow assessment of the Wami River Basin
D. Strengthen government information management systems for water resources management
These activities are part of project: Improving Local Community Livelihoods and Strengthening Capacity for Implementing Tanzania’s Water Sector Development Strategy
Seascape-landscape scale conservation practiced in targeted areas through local level governance
These activities are part of project: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Tanzania
Older CRC Activities linked to this Theme
Review of US Northeast Management of Coastal Ecosystems and Natural Hazards
These activities are part of project: Review of US Northeast Management of Coastal Ecosystems and Natural Hazards Project ended: 1-15-2008
5. Coastal Institute Asia 2007
These activities are part of project: Thailand Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program Project ended: 9-30-2007
Establishing a Baseline for Participating Programs Using Outcome Mapping Tools
Develop Tools and Good Practices on Themes of Common Interest
Build a Platform for Regional Leadership in Sustainable Coastal Development
Sharing Knowledge to Improve the Design and Implementation of Integrated Coastal Management Programs
These activities are part of project: Latin American Leadership Network for Collective Learning and Action on Coastal Management Project ended: 12-31-2006
Issue Profile for Terminos Lagoon
These activities are part of project: Impacts of altered freshwater flows to estuaries: Development and application of methods to characterize current and future conditions Project ended: 9-30-2006
These activities are part of project: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2006
The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP)
Indicators and Methods for Assessing Progress in ICM
The Common Methodology for Learning: A Manual for Assessing Progress in Coastal Management
These activities are part of project: Common Methodologies for Learning Project ended: 6-30-2006
Governance Capacity Assessment
These activities are part of project: Project and Program Evaluations Project ended: 6-30-2006
Managing Growth for a Sustainable Future
These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Community Development Program Project ended: 2-28-2006
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP)
These activities are part of project: Coastal Land and Estuary Protection for RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005
Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay
These activities are part of project: Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005
Washington County Regional Planning Council
Washington County Technical Information
Water Management in Washington County
These activities are part of project: Washington County Regional Planning Council Project ended: 6-30-2004
RI Rivers Council Workshop Series
These activities are part of project: Building Watershed Councils in RI and MA with a RI Rivers Council Workshop Series Project ended: 12-31-2003
Designing Web-Based Advisory Support for Coral Reef Management
These activities are part of project: Network Capacity Building: Providing the Tools for Communities to Manage Coral Reefs in SE Asia Project ended: 12-30-2003
Implementation Strategy to Obtain Endorsement
These activities are part of project: Principles, Management Goals and A Vision for the Stewardship of Narragansett Bay, coastal RI and their watersheds in RI, MA, CT, USA Project ended: 10-1-2003
Strategic Provincial Planning in Lampung Province
Developing the Balikpapan Bay and Watershed Management Plan
These activities are part of project: Indonesia Coastal Resources Management Project (Proyek Pesisir) Project ended: 9-30-2003
Integrated Water Resource Management for Mombasa
Kenya Coastal Management Initiative Phase 2 (2002-2003)
These activities are part of project: Kenya Coastal Management Initiative Project ended: 9-30-2003
These activities are part of project: Conserving Critical Coastal Ecosystems in Mexico Project ended: 9-30-2003
These activities are part of project: The Narragansett Bay Watershed Coastal Training Program Project ended: 6-30-2003
Design of a Loan Proposal to Implement the Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program
Technical Assistance to Implement Components #1 and #2 of IDB Loan Operation 913, the Ecuador PMRC
These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program Implementation Project ended: 9-30-2000
Coastal 2000: A Resource Management Strategy for Sri Lanka's Coastal Region
These activities are part of project: Sri Lanka Coastal Zone Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1996
Analyzing Priority Coastal Resources Management Issues
Improve How Priority Coastal Issues are Dealt with at the National and Local Levels
The Evolving Structure of the Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program
Creating National Level Policies for Coastal Issues
Special Area Management Plans for Five Priority Areas of the Mainland Coast
These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1994
River Rescue Water Monitoring Project
These activities are part of project: Volunteer Monitoring of Blackstone, Woonasquatucket, Moshassuck, Pawtuxet Rivers Project ended: 6-30-1994
Creating the Coastal Resources Institute at the Prince of Songkhla University in Southern Thailand
Coastal Management in Pak Phanang, an Ecological History.
These activities are part of project: Coastal Resources Institute at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Project ended: 6-30-1991
Phuket Action Planning and Implementation
Marine Park Demonstration Projects in Phi Phi Island and Tarutao National Parks