We need to fundamentally change how we relate to water. Mere technical improvements will not create conditions for the substantial change that is demanded by existing challenges, especially those that climate change causes.
Increasingly the private sector realises that environmental threats, such as water scarcity translates to business threats. However, mitigating approaches may be challenging to put into action. This is a gap we can help close by providing better data and creating awareness of solutions that work.
Smart remote-controlled tamper-proof metres require community surveillance of water demand, use, reuse and disposal. They are critical to ensure responsible water use. There is no regulation that can work independently of community surveillance that are effective. In India a problem that is plaguing environmental regulatory agencies, the courts and civic bodies is their widespread misrepresentation of the industrial use of water and worse, in the disposal of untreated effluents and sewage.
The WWF water stewardship framework offers an excellent model for starting the journey towards more effective water resource management. The framework provides different entry points which means companies will be at different stages of the stewardship journey and that is fine. The first step of the stewardship framework is awareness, companies should be aware of their water use and consumption and how it could impact the environment.
Legislation in some countries lagging behind in what is needed. Over the past 10 years there have been shifts in Latin America around water legislation. However, there is still a lot to be done to bringing legislation up to date with current water issues such as climate change. On the other hand, countries like the Netherlands are leading and innovating law development by working towards integrated water legislation.
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