'As water scarcity is increasing in many areas, triggered by both climate and social changes, amongst other drivers, it is important that we pay more attention to how we manage water that we have. In this context, groundwater may be particularly important. It may provide a good source of water for drinking water supply and...
Unconventional water resources may either be generated as a product of specialized processes such as desalination, need suitable pre-use treatment, and/or pertinent on-farm management when used for irrigation, or need a special technology to collect/access water. Examples of such water resources/sources include, but are not limited to: desalination of seawater and highly brackish groundwater; groundwater,...
National policy makers responsible for water from environmental, socio-economic perspectives have the challenge of putting Sustainable Development Goal 6 into action, and of measuring and reporting on their policy and implementation progress. United Nations University - Institute for Water Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and partners have developed the SDG policy support system (SDG PSS) to allow...
Water related disasters, like floods and droughts, are a major impediment for development. Annual economic losses from water-related disasters are comparable with the annual flow of development aid. There are 25 targets related to disaster reduction in 10 of the 17 SDGs, and water is explicit or implicit in those. An United Nations University - Institute for...