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According to the UN, nearly one-third of people globally lack access to safely managed drinking water services, and over half lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities. This lack of access can have potentially significant adverse impacts on people’s health, through water-related diseases, in addition to productivity and environmental impacts. The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the situation, and has demonstrated the critical importance of sanitation, hygiene and adequate access to clean water for preventing and containing diseases.
While substantial progress has been made in increasing access to clean drinking water and sanitation, billions of people – mostly in rural areas – still lack these basic services. More needs to be done to improve the situation and achieve one of the Sustainable Development Goals, which calls for ensuring access to water and sanitation for all. The challenge lies in finding a way to use the world’s water more efficiently and make it available to all at a reasonable cost, while leaving sufficient quantities to sustain the environment. Green growth policies in the water sector can address issues of both quantity and quality by encouraging water-related innovation and investment in green infrastructure, and through integration with policies in other relevant sectors.
Created a Post in Climate Change, Water and Sanitation
Climate change is affecting water supplies around the world. Whether too little water in the form of prolonged and severe droughts or too much through flooding from heavy storms, extreme weather events are reducing the availability of surface water. Given the essential role of clean and safe water for sustaining life, lack of access to it has dramatic effects on sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, and health.
Created a Post in Water and Sanitation, Agriculture, Climate Change
The reservoir created by Hoover Dam has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the extreme drought across the U.S. West. Droughts are a recurring natural hazard but made worse recently by an accumulation of extremely dry years for most of this century. Scientists say human-influenced climate change has exacerbated the situation.
Created a Post in Climate Change, Sustainable Finance, Water and Sanitation
Investors are obsessed with value — except when it comes to water
' The vast majority of companies — including those with immense water footprints in their operations and supply chains — have little or no sense of the very real risks of water scarcity, pollution, or flooding to their business interests. In the absence of clear ‘market signals’ — that is, a price that appropriately reflects these water risks — too many shareholders remain clueless.'
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Water and Sanitation
Read how two leading water utilities — Severn Trent in the UK and SA Water in Australia — are using smart sensors to detect blockages
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Natural Capital, Water and Sanitation
***New book out: Regional Water Security provides new research on policy innovations that promote the application of demand management and green infrastructure to achieve regional #watersecurity Available at https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Regional+Water+Security-p-9781119661122
Created a Post in Blue Economy, Cities and Urban Development, Water and Sanitation
Smart Water Technology Protecting the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon
Evapotranspiration – the transfer of water from the ground into the air through a combination of evaporation and transpiration – increased globally by 10% between 2003 and 2019, according to new research pubished in Nature. This change is found to be driven by the global rise in land surface temperature. This could have implications for water cycle and availability.
Nature-based solutions play a crucial role in achieving water security. Read how New York City utilises nature to protect its unfiltered water supply.
Created a Post in Water and Sanitation, Climate Change
Climate change has been alarmingly affecting the balance between water and mountains. Especially in the Peruvian Andes, this phenomena has negatively influenced the water regulation capacity of the upper Andean area, thus, affecting the livelihoods of many rural families. This news article recognises the importance of water storage and distribution systems to reduce the potential risks of climate impacts, and to improve the capacity of the ecosystem's water regulation system.
Great opportunities with SIWI (Stockholm International Water Institute) for individual consultants to support the promotion of #water governance at country level