WELCOME TO THE PACIFIC HYDROLOGICAL

CYCLE OBSERVING SYSTEM (HYCOS) WEB PORTAL

	Measuring Rain Water	Surface Water	And Ground Water

Introduction

Pacific Hydrological Cycle Observing System (Pacific-HYCOS) is a regional project funded by the European Union (EU) through the European Union - Water Facility for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, (EU-WF ACP). The project is developed under the framework of the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS) programme. Other collaborating partners in Pacific HYCOS include United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Fiji Meteorological Service.

Pacific HYCOS is a regional initiative to improve management and protection of Pacific Island Countries' freshwater resources, through the provision of appropriate water resource management systems. The ultimate objective of the WHYCOS programme is to "promote and facilitate the collection, exchange, dissemination and use of water-related information, using modern information technologies".

The Pacific HYCOS project will strengthen human and technical capacity of National Hydrological Services (NHS's) for water resources management to provide high quality, reliable and consistent information for informed decision making on catchment and aquifer management issues in 14 Pacific Island Countries. to develop capacity in the collection, maintenance, analysis and application of water resources data to promote sustainable development and management of freshwater resources. Pacific HYCOS will achieve this through the deployment of appropriate instrumentation, training and capacity building, strengthening of national water resource databases, development of a regional water resource database, and the promotion of sustainable water resource development.

About This Website

The Pacific HYCOS website is designed to provide:

• An explanation about Pacific HYCOS
• A profile of Project member countries and activities in each country
• An update of Project activities in each country
• Sample data sets of water measurements from each country
• A list of Project national contacts in each country
• A list of Project staff at SOPAC
• Information about Project arrangement documentation necessary to help ensure successful completion
• Information about how the Project relates to other activities in the region and world
• Links to other water related websites and resources

Map of the Pacific

To view each country's media gallery either click on the link on the map above or click on the country name listed below.

1. Cook Islands (CK)
2. Federated States of Micronesia (FM)
3. Fiji (FJ)
4. Kiribati (KI)
5. Marshall Islands (MH)
6. Nauru (NR)
7. Niue (NU)
8. Palau (PR)
9. Papua New Guinea (PG)
10. Samoa (WS)
11. Solomon Islands (SB)
12. Tonga (TO)
13. Tuvalu (TV)
14. Vanuatu (VU)

Recent News, Country Highlights and Activity Updates

Read the HYCOS stories from the Country Library : Cook Islands - Mangaia

Tupapa Stream Installations In Cook Islands

The Tupapa Catchment on Rarotonga is a medium sized catchment supplying high quality potable water from an off-take on the Tupapa Stream to the ring main surrounding and supplying Rarotonga.

To better assess the catchments hydrology and sustainable yield, Pacific HYCOS funded the installation of a streamflow station to allow stream flows to be measured on a continuous basis. read more

December Newsletter is now available. Click here to access.

Click on the following link to find out more activity updates.

What About Hydrological Equipment?

To find out about the equipment and technical support provided to Pacific HYCOS member countries visit the Pacific HYCOS Showcase link for a description of each equipment and operations and maintenance support.

More Pacific HYCOS Highlights using Digital Video

Click on the Pacific HYCOS Showcase link and watch digital video footage of activities in different countries. Click on the following media link to view one of the videos.

• Pacific HYCOS in the Cook Islands - Television news interview
• Cook Islands Implementation          - Tupapa Installations
• More Vidoes

Pacific HYCOS Team

Meet the Pacific HYCOS Team.