water management
Controlling liquid resources
Water management is the deliberate control and distribution of water resources—for drinking, agriculture, industry, or flood prevention.
It encompasses reservoirs, irrigation systems, treatment facilities, and policies governing usage: The drought forced stricter water management across the region.
Good water management balances human needs against environmental sustainability.
- damsWater-blocking structures
- xeriscapingLow-irrigation garden design
- irrigation systemsFarm water distribution infrastructure
- reservoirsBodies storing water supply
- hydrologyScience of water distribution
aquifers · desalination plants · rainwater harvesting · leak detection · watershed · sluice · sustainable agriculture · drought relief · dry season · diversion · levee · floodplain · storm drain · storage · pipeline · irrigation · treatment · runoff
- crop farmingharvesting, planting, tractors, fertilizing, fertilizer
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- farm planscrop rotation, irrigation, soil testing, planting calendar, seed selection
- farming guidesplanting calendar, crop rotation, soil testing, seed selection, pest control
- soil conservationerosion control, cover crops, terracing, strip cropping, conservation tillage
- sustainable agricultureorganic farming, regenerative farming, sustainable farming, soil health, cover crops
water managementdeluge
Severe overflow of water
dam failure · levee breach · flash flooding · flooding · flash floods