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Hydropower - Dams - Infrastructure

• How do issues of equity and development impact the identification of stakeholders in cases involving hydropower or other revenue generating water infrastructure?
• What calculations and considerations should be investigated by countries looking to harness additional hydropower? Which potential outcomes should be investigated or identified?
• What role(s) can hydropower play in a nation's energy strategy?
• Where does the benefit “flow” from a hydropower project and how does that affect implementation and sustainability of the project?

Integration across Sectors

• How can consultation and cooperation among stakeholders and development partners be better facilitated/managed/fostered?

Power and Politics

• How can government be dis/incentivized to offer an inclusive planning process?
• How do national policies influence water use at the local level?
• How does asymmetry of power influence water negotiations and how can the negative effects be mitigated?
• To what extent can international actors and movements from civil society influence water management? How and when is this beneficial/detrimental and how can these effects be supported/mitigated?
• What effective mechanisms can downstream riparians use to protect their water related interests/rights?
• What role can agricultural subsidies play in finding solutions to complex water management problems?

Technological Innovation

• What roles can desalination play in a country's national water policy and what energy ecological and water quality considerations ought to go into making such a decision?
• What types of benefit sharing models can be used to make desalination more economically feasible and beneficial in water-scarce regions?

Transboundary Water Issues

• How can mutual trust amongst riparians be nurtured? What actions erode that trust?
• How can packages or options that link issues creatively or build on possible technology innovations be employed to create non-zero sum choices within negotiations that include water resources?
• What considerations can be given to incorporating collaborative adaptive management (CAM)? What efforts have the parties made to review and adjust a solution or decision over time in light of changing conditions?
• What kinds of water treaties or agreements between countries can provide sufficient structure and stability to ensure enforceability but also be flexible and adaptable given future uncertainties?
• What mechanisms beyond simple allocation can be incorporated into transboundary water agreements to add value and facilitate resolution?

Urban Water Systems and Water Treatment

• How can increasing urban water demand be balanced between the needs of the urban population and industry?
• What approaches are most beneficial for rapidly growing cities in the developing world to link water management to sustainable urban growth strategy?

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Case Studies

• 2008 Kosi Flood
• A Salty Affair: An Analysis of U.S. – Mexico Water Diplomacy in the Colorado River
• Addressing Declining Groundwater Supply in Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
• Addressing the Transboundary Water Conflict Between the Blue Nile Riparian States
• Arctic Ocean Ice Meltdown - Emerging Issues in Energy, Environment and Sustainability
• Baglihar Hydroelectric Plant - Issue between Pakistan and India
• Case Study
• Case Study of Transboundary Dispute Resolution: Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources (Middle East)
• Case Study of Transboundary Dispute Resolution: the Tigris-Euphrates Basin
• China: The Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Project
• Colorado River Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
• Competing Demands Among Water Uses in the Apalachicola- Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
• Conflict Management Strategies Among Riparians Within the Indus River Basin
• Conflicts over development in India's Narmada River Basin
• Creative Options and Value Creation to Address Water Security in the Eastern Nile Basin

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Agreements

• 1944 US-Mexico Water Treaty
• 1948 Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
• 1956 Colorado River Storage Project Act
• 1973 Helmand River Water Treaty
• 1977 Ganges Water Agreement
• 1992 Agreement on Cooperation in the Area of Joint Management
• 2007 Interim Guidelines for Colorado River Operations
• Adana Agreement
• African convention on the conservation of nature and natural resources
• Agreement Between Canada and Denmark Relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Between Greenland and Canada, 17 December 1973
• Agreement between Finland and Sweden concerning frontier waters
• Agreement between Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning frontier watercourses, Helsinki
• Agreement between His Majesty's government of Nepal and the government of India on the Gandak Irrigation and Power Project
• Agreement Between Norway and Denmark Together with the Home Rule Government of Greenland Concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf and the Fisheries Zones in the Area Between Greenland and Svalbard, 20 February 2006
• Agreement between Pakistan and India on West Pakistan-India border disputes

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Riparians

• Afghanistan
• Alabama
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Argentina
• Arizona (U.S.)
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize

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Water Features

• Akpa Basin
• Alsek Basin
• Amacuro Basin
• Amazon Basin
• Amu Darya (River)
• Amur Basin
• An Nahr Al Kabir Basin
• Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
• Aral Sea
• Arctic Ocean
• Arroyo Seco
• Artibonite Basin
• Asi (Orontes) Basin
• Astara Chay Basin
• Atlantic Ocean

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Water Project

• Administrative Commission for the Rio de la Plata
• Amur River Basin Coordination Committee
• Aral Sea Basin Programme
• Autonomous Binational Authority of Lake Titicaca (ALT)
• Baglihar Hydroelectric Plant - Issue between Pakistan and India + Case Study of Transboundary Dispute Resolution: Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources (Middle East)
• Binational Autonomous Authority of the Lake Titicaca (ALT)
• Binational Commission for the Development of the Upper Bermejo and Grande de Tarija Rivers
• California Groundwater Sustainability Agency
• Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission
• Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
• Colorado River Storage Project
• Commission for the Development of the Mirim Lagoon Basin (CLM)
• Danjiangjou Reservoir/Dam
• Devils Lake Outlet
• Estonian Russian Joint Transboundary Waters Commission

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