This web feed is provided to inform the user as soon as a change is introduced by AQUASTAT http://www.fao.org/nr/aquastat Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100Report on irrigation water requirement and withdrawal, based on the major review undertaken and put online in html last year, is now also available in PDF format.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use_agr/index.stm100000019 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100The 'click' functionality has been added back to the Google Earth dams files. Please click on a dam in Google Earth to see details.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/dams/index.stm100000018 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100The country profile template has been modified to increase ease of use and consistency between regions. Also, all country products are now accessible through a dropdown menu in the 'Country information' section on the Country, regions, transboundary river basins page.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/index.stm100000017 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100A major review of irrigation water requirement and withdrawal has been undertaken for 167 countries and detailed irrigated crop calendars have been prepared. The improved methodology used has made it possible to show additional variables in the database.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use_agr/index.stm100000016 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100Wastewater variables have been substantially reviewed and updated. Additional wastewater variables have been created in the database, new data included and existing data reviewed. Metadata will become available soon. A section on this website dedicated to the topic 'Wastewater' is also available. http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/wastewater/index.stm100000015 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100Water Report 37 'Irrigation in Southern and Eastern Asia in figures: AQUASTAT Survey – 2011' is now available.http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2809e/i2809e.pdf100000014 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100The AQUASTAT database now shows categorized data-point metadata. Metadata contains caveats and/or additional information for that specific data-point. This implementation can be considered to be in beta. Please let us know if you have any suggestions or identify any problems with this specific implementation.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/metadata/index.stm100000013 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100The Key Water Indicator Portal, developed by AQUASTAT for UN-Water, has been released. The portal provides a simple interface to view the latest values for UN-Water Indicators, which include AQUASTAT statistics. Visit the portal today!http://www.unwater.org/statistics_KWIP.html 100000012 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100The AQUASTAT database symbol scheme has changed to provide more information to users, and for consistency with developing FAO initiatives.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/qualifiers/index.stm100000011 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100Metadata on the AQUASTAT database are now available, organized according to the EURO-SDMX structure. Users are encouraged to visit this page, since it answers several 'Frequently Asked Questions'.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/metadata/index.stm100000010 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100The FAO Conservation Agriculture (CA) group has gathered updated country data and AQUASTAT, as the repository for this information, has updated its database accordingly. These data also are displayed directly on the FAO-CA page, of which the link is given here.http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html100000009 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100In addition to the English version, the Arabic version of Water Report 34 'Irrigation in the Middle East region in figures: AQUASTAT Survey – 2008' is now available.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/catalogues/wr34_arabic.pdf100000008 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100Land and Water Discussion Paper No 9 'Monitoring agricultural water use at country level - Experiences of a pilot project in Benin and Ethiopia' and its four annexes have been added to the publications section.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/catalogues/index2.stm100000007 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100Information on a selection of current initiatives undertaken by the AQUASTAT team can be found on the AQUASTAT home page, and more details can be found on the 'Activities' page.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/activities/index.stm100000006 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100Four transboundary river basin profiles have been added to the 'Countries, regions, transboundary river basins' webpage.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/index.stm100000005 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100The proceedings of the expert workshop on water resources and use assessment methodologies in Latin America have been published.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/Santiago/index.stm100000004 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100The 'spatial data' and 'maps' pages have been redesigned to provide easier access to geographically referenced thematic information and national, continental, global, hydrological basin and river maps.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/maps/index.stm100000003 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100AQUASTAT has contributed to the Global Reservoirs and Dams (GRanD) database. Kindly refer to the geo-referenced dam databases page for details.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/dams/index.stm100000002 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100The 'Countries, regions, transboundary river basins' page has been redesigned to provide easier access to national, regional and river basin information.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/index.stm100000001 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100Article on thermoelectric water withdrawal is now available on the water use page.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/catalogues/Thermoelectric_cooling_water_20110429.pdf Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Geo-referenced database on African dams has been updated and the database for dams in the Middle East dams has been added.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/dams/index.stm Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100In addition to information related to agricultural water use, information related to municipal and industrial water use is now available on the water use page.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use/index.stm Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100In addition to the English, French and Spanish glossaries, now also the Chinese, Russian, and Arabic glossaries are available.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/glossary/search.html?lang=en Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100Updated country profiles (2010) are available for Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries/index.stm Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100Updated global, continental and regional information is available in the global tables on the maps and tables page.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/maps/index.stm Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100Updated country profiles (2010) are available for Brunei Darussalam, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Nepal.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries/index.stm Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100Article on groundwater use for irrigation - a global inventory, published in the HESS Journal, has been added to the publications section. In the beginning of 2011, data will become available in the global irrigation map section. http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al816e/al816e00.pdf Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100Article on water use terminology in AQUASTAT has been added to the publications section.http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al815e/al815e00.pdf Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100Water-related investment envelopes and project portfolios for all African countries have been uploaded.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/sirte2008/index.stm Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100Updated country profiles (2010) are available for Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries/index.stm Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100The AQUASTAT home page has been changed to include the shortcut section.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100Materials from the workshop on water resource and use assessment methodologies (Santiago, Chile, December 2009) have been uploaded here.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/Santiago/index.stm Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100The main online database can now be browsed in English, French and Spanish, and queries can be made by country and by region. http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100The country fact sheets and country water balance sheets are now directly connected to the database and therefore always reflect the most updated information.http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries/index.stm