SMARTER WATER: ENSURING WATER SUSTAINABILITY VIA INFRASTRUCTURE, INCENTIVES AND INFORMATION

摘要

All nations are now recognizing that the world's water is a finite resource subject to increased variability, in both availability and quality, by climate change and population growth. Addressing this water crisis requires a fundamental change in the planning and infrastructure deployment employed for water resources; a change from the largesse policies of the past to stewardship of the future and a commitment to engage the consumer in active conservation. To survive in this new reality, water managers must not only increase the availability of conservation infrastructure - dual water mains etc - they must also increase the availability of information available to consumers and provide direct financial incentives for conservation.