Water Allocation and Environmental Flows

Refereed Publications
Metcalfe, R.A.; Chang, C.; Smakhtin, V.U. 2005. Methods and tools to support the implementation of environmentally sustainable flow regimes at Ontario’s waterpower facilities. Canadian Journal of Water Resources, 30.

SMAKHTIN, V.U. (2007) Basin Closure and Environmental Flow Requirements. Water Resources Development (in press)

SMAKHTIN. V.U. (2007) Environmental Flows: a call for hydrology. Hydrological Processes 21: 701-703

Smakhtin, V.U. 2004. Synthesis of hydrological and mouth condition data for temporarily closed/open estuaries. Wetlands: 24 (1)

Smakhtin, Vladimir; Batchelor, A. L. 2005. Evaluating wetland flow regulating functions using discharge time-series. Hydrological Processes, 19:1293-1305.

Smakhtin, Vladimir; Shilpakar, R. L.; Hughes, D. A. 2006. Hydrology-based assessment of environmental flows: An example from Nepal. Hydrological Sciences, 51(2):207-222.

Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Piyankarage, Sujeewa C.; Stanzel, P.; Boelee, Eline. 2004. Simulating the hydrology of small coastal ecosystems in conditions of limited data. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. v, 28p. (IWMI research report 77)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub077/Report77.pdf

Smakhtin, Vladimir; Revenga, C.; Döll, P. 2004. A pilot global assessment of environmental water requirements and scarcity. Water International, 29(3):307-317.

Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Revenga, C.; Doll, P. 2004. Taking into account environmental water requirements in global-scale water resources assessments. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. v, 24p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 2)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Assessment/FILES/pdf/publications/ResearchReports/CARR2.pdf
Smakhtin, V.U., Shilpakar, R.L. 2005. Planning For Environmental Water Allocations: An Example Of Hydrology-Based Assessment In East Rapti River, Nepal. IWMI Research Report N 89, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Smakhtin, Vladimir; Anputhas, Markandu. 2006. An assessment of environmental flow requirements of Indian river basins. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. 36p. (IWMI research report 107) http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/PUB107/RR107.pdf

Conference Proceedings
Arthington, A. H.; Tharme, Rebecca E.; Brizga, S. O.; Pusey, B. J.; Kennard, M. J. 2004. Environmental flow assessment with emphasis on holistic methodologies. In Welcomme, R. L.; Petr, T. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries, Volume 2: Sustaining Livelihoods and Biodiversity in the New Millennium, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia,11-14 February 2003. Bangkok, Thailand: FAO. RAP. pp.37-65. (RAP publication 2004/17)

Smakhtin, V.U. 2004. Hydrological data provision for ungauged rivers in developing countries: use of pragmatic methods. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Managing Rivers in the 21st Century: Issues and Challenges” (Rivers’04). Penang, Malaysia.

Weragala, Neelanga; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2004. Simulating hydrological alterations in the conditions of limited data: Lessons from the Walawe River Basin in Sri Lanka. In Herath, S.; Pathirana, A.; Weerakoon, S. B. (Eds.). Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region. Bandaranaika Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17-19 November 2004. Vol.1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: National Water Resources Secretariat. pp.251-259.

Other
Dissanayake, P. and Smakhtin, V. Environmental and Social Values of River Water: Examples from the Menik Ganga, Sri Lanka. IWMI Working Paper 121, 15 pp  http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/working/WOR121.pdf

Illaszewicz, J., Tharme, R., Smakhtin, V., Dore, J. (eds). 2005. Environmental flows. Rapid environmental flow assessment for the Huong River Basin, Central Vietnam. IUCN Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam. xx + 82 pp. (Report published in English and Vietnamese).

Tharme, R.E.; Smakhtin, V.U. 2003. Environmental Flow Assessment in Asia: Capitalizing on existing momentum. In proceedings of the First Southeast Asia Water Forum, 17-21 November 2003, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Volume 2: p 301-313.

Databases of eco-hydrological information developed and accessible on-line. http://dw.iwmi.org/ehdb/wetland/index.asp

Newsletter on environmental flow management in Asia. http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/health/ef_news/index.htm
Smakhtin V.U. and Weragala, N. 2005. An assessment of hydrology and environmental flows in the Walawe river basin, Sri Lanka. IWMI Working paper 103 http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/working/WOR103.pdf
IWMI. 2005. Environmental flows: Planning for environmental water allocation. Caudales ambientales: Planificando la asignación del Agua para el Medioambiente. Water Policy Briefing, 15. 6p. http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/waterpolicybriefing/