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Challenges in Water Management Series

 

Editor:

Justin Taberham

Independent Consultant and Environmental Advisor, London, UK

 

Other titles in the series:

 

URBAN WATER SECURITY

ROBERT C. BREARS

2017

ISBN: 9781119131724

 

WATER RESOURCES: A NEW WATER ARCHITECTURE

ALEXANDER LANE, MICHAEL NORTON AND SANDRA RYAN

2017

ISBN: 9781118793909

 

INDUSTRIAL WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PRADIP K. SENGUPTA

2017

9781119272502

Handbook of Knowledge Management for Sustainable Water Systems

 

Edited by

Meir Russ

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Green Bay, WI, USA

 

 

 

 

 

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“I have acquired insight from all my teachers”
(Psalms 119:99)
“My teaching shall drop as the rain...(Deuteronomy 32:2)”
This book is dedicated to all the teachers from all walks of life and all over the world I have encountered and to those who will continue my teaching, for their wisdom, integrity, strong will, dedication and patience. Wisdom and water are more precious when shared among people and between generations.
May this be their legacy.

List of contributors

  1. Laura AlbaredaSchool of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland; Department of Strategy, Deusto Business School, Deusto University, Avenidad de las Universidades, Bilbao, Spain
  2. Stephen AtkinsOtago Polytechnic of New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand
  3. Chiara BartolacciDepartment of Economics and Law, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Macerata, Italy
  4. Isabelle BourdonUniversity of Montpelier, 34090 Montpellier, France
  5. Jose Antonio CamposDepartment of Marketing, Deusto Business School, Department of Industrial Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, Deusto University, Bilbao, Spain
  6. Vallari ChandnaUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  7. Bin ChenState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  8. Cristina CristalliDepartment of Research for Innovation, Loccioni Group, Ancona, Italy
  9. Delin FangState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  10. Lesley GillOtago Polytechnic of New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand
  11. Ali GunaSchool of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  12. Janet G. HeringEawag, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, IBP, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), ENAC, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  13. Eduard HochbichlerInstitute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1190 – Vienna, Austria
  14. Daniela IsidoriDepartment of Research for Innovation, Loccioni Group, Ancona, Italy
  15. Ana IuscoUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  16. Chris KimbleKEDGE Business School, 13009 Marseille, France
  17. Roland KoeckInstitute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1190 – Vienna, Austria
  18. Kay LionOtago Polytechnic of New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand
  19. Shuk-Ching LiUniversity College Utrecht, Maupertuusplein 1–320, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  20. Fabien MartinezEM Normandie, Métis Lab, Dublin Campus, 19–21 Aston Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland
  21. Federico NiccoliniDepartment of Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  22. Lothar NunnenmacherEawag, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
  23. Breanne ParrUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  24. Meir RussUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  25. Marje SchaddeleeOtago Polytechnic of New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand
  26. Dajun ShenSchool of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  27. Tonny TonnyOtago Polytechnic of New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand
  28. Bilgehan UzuncaUtrecht University School of Economics, Kriekenpitplein 21–22, 3584 EC Utrecht, The Netherlands
  29. Harald VacikInstitute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1190 – Vienna, Austria
  30. Harald von WaldowEawag, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
  31. Xuedong YuSchool of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

Series Editor Foreword - Challenges in Water Management

The World Bank in 2014 noted:

Water is one of the most basic human needs. With impacts on agriculture, education, energy, health, gender equity, and livelihood, water management underlies the most basic development challenges. Water is under unprecedented pressures as growing populations and economies demand more of it. Practically every development challenge of the 21st century – food security, managing rapid urbanization, energy security, environmental protection, adapting to climate change – requires urgent attention to water resources management.

Yet already, groundwater is being depleted faster than it is being replenished and worsening water quality degrades the environment and adds to costs. The pressures on water resources are expected to worsen because of climate change. There is ample evidence that climate change will increase hydrologic variability, resulting in extreme weather events such as droughts floods, and major storms. It will continue to have a profound impact on economies, health, lives, and livelihoods. The poorest people will suffer most.

It is clear there are numerous challenges in water management in the 21st Century. In the 20th Century, most elements of water management had their own distinct set of organisations, skill sets, preferred approaches and professionals. The overlying issue of industrial pollution of water resources was managed from a ‘point source’ perspective.

However, it has become accepted that water management has to be seen from a holistic viewpoint and managed in an integrated manner. Our current key challenges include:

This series highlights cutting-edge material in the global water management sector from a practitioner as well as an academic viewpoint. The issues covered in this series are of critical interest to advanced level undergraduates and Masters Students as well as industry, investors and the media.

Justin Taberham, CEnv
Series Editor
www.justintaberham.com

Preface

The amount of water on earth is fixed. It does not change. The amount of fresh water that is available for human use is less than 3% of all available water on earth and even this amount is continuously contaminated by human acts. Also, the population in the world is growing rapidly. Just a few years ago the world population reached 8 billion people and in 20–30 years it will reach 9 billion. It means that the demand for potable water and water needed for agriculture, industry, and energy is growing faster than the natural water can be supplied and thus the gap between the demand for fresh water and the available natural resources is growing. Adding to that is the increasing need for cleaning the water and waste water collection and treatment in the world, which makes this book very interesting and beneficial for the generations to come.

To be able to face these important challenges, a holistic approach regarding the use of fresh water must be taken by decision-makers all over the globe, in developed, developing and undeveloped countries, to face the problems and overcome them in a sustainable way. To do so, such a holistic approach must contain the following activities in parallel:

This book addresses these steps and more. It will be of great help to those who will make intelligent decisions to stand up to these enormous challenges our generation, and generations to come, are and will be facing.

It will also assist to solve problems of transboundary waters and reduce the danger of wars over water and become a strong sustainable bridge towards peace between nations.

Abraham Tenne
Former head of the Desalination Division
in the Israeli Water Authority and chairman of the WDA
(water desalination administration) of the government of Israel