Natural Resources Assessment in the Upper Rioni Pilot Watershed. Republic of Georgia
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Title:
Natural Resources Assessment in the Upper Rioni Pilot Watershed. Republic of Georgia
Abbreviated Title:
Technical Report Number 13
Creator:
Global Water for Sustainability Program (Florida International University)
Place of Publication:
Tbilisi, Georgia
Publisher:
Florida International University
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Language:
English

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Summary:
To identify the problems of the selected communities and villages within the framework of the INRMW program, a working meeting was held in Ambrolauri. Community trustees, community unions, and village representatives participated in the meeting. Participants completed evaluation score cards containing potential watershed issues listed with maximum attainable scores assigned per specially-elaborated environmental and socioeconomic criteria: 1. Negative impact on village health; 2. Negative impacts on the environment of the targeted villages and 8 their surroundings; 3. Negative socioeconomic conditions of the local population. Based on the scores, three priority problems were identified at the community level. The number one priority for all communities was drinking water quality and availability caused by an absent or poor water supply system, not by a shortage of resources or by their bad quality. Pollution of surface water and soil related to illegal landfills was also rated very important. Almost all communities identified natural catastrophes such as mudflows, landslides, and floods related to the nature of the rivers and the runoff that has been accumulating in the riverbeds and gorges for a long period of time as a priority.
Content Advice:
Funding for this publication was provided by the people of the United States of America through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under Agreement No.CA # AID-114-LA-10-00004, as a component of the Integrated Natural Resources Management for the Republic of Georgia Program. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Agency for International Development of the United States Government or Florida International University.
Citation/Reference:
GLOWS-FIU. 2011. Technical Report 13: Natural Resources Assessment of the Upper Rioni Watershed, Republic of Georgia. Global Water Sustainability Program, Florida International University. 267 p.

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