The food polycrisis In a New York Times article on 28 July…
Reciprocal permits—a tool to achieve water security at scale
The water security principles for most rural catchments are straightforward: catch rainfall,…
Frameshift in Water Resources Management
Peter Drucker asserted that “doing the right thing is more important than…
A three-point checkup for WRM interventions
The contextual environment A previous post on this blog sketched the contextual…
Developing rating curves: the “hydraulic approach” versus complex statistical methods (for hydrographers only)
Researchers continue to investigate new methods to develop better rating curves. Examples…
The WRM context
This post will start with two observations from a recent blog post…
“Green is the new Blue”—increasing the productivity of rainfall
In an article in the Guardian on 4 March 2024, George Monbiot—an…
The permaculture principles – alias the permaculture heuristic
One of the principal themes of this blog is how to manage…
Defensible discharge data – only for hydrographers
In January 2024, we conducted a workshop on ADCP flow measurement at…
Contemporary paradoxes in water resources management
A paradox is a seemingly contradictory proposition that yet is perhaps true.…