Sustainable Water Sustainable Water ManagementManagement

Università degli studi di Milano, Scienze Umane dell'ambiente, del Territorio e del Paesaggio.

Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. Liberal Sudies of Land, Landscape and the Environment;

University of Milan.

Chiara Gozzi.Chiara Gozzi.

Water Pollution has Water Pollution has devastating consequencesdevastating consequences

in order to keep water clean in order to keep water clean and to prevent its misusage and to prevent its misusage we need a global project. we need a global project.

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Just to Just to start we start we can follow can follow simple simple rules!rules!

Turning off the Turning off the tap tap when running when running water is not water is not necessary.necessary.

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Be careful about Be careful about what we throw what we throw down your sink down your sink or toilet.or toilet.

Use Use environmentallenvironmentally friendly y friendly household household products.products.

Not overuse pesticides and Not overuse pesticides and fertilisers.fertilisers.

In the 21In the 21stst century water has century water has emerged as one of the primary emerged as one of the primary environmental concerns: environmental concerns:

apart from severe water apart from severe water pollution, many parts of the pollution, many parts of the

world are facing water world are facing water shortages. shortages.

These issues lead to social, These issues lead to social, economic and political economic and political

instability and even violence instability and even violence over dwindling water resources.over dwindling water resources.

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Since water flows irrespective Since water flows irrespective of political and even cultural of political and even cultural borders, cooperation amongst borders, cooperation amongst the various stakeholders is the various stakeholders is essential.essential.

we immediately need to we immediately need to reverse the trends we have reverse the trends we have

set over time.set over time.

various organizations around the world various organizations around the world are working in order to organize and are working in order to organize and

advertise Sustainable Water Management advertise Sustainable Water Management InitiativesInitiatives

http://www.unep.org/

http://www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/cswm/cswm_front.php

http://www.dainet.org/water/index.htm

http://www.switchurbanwater.eu/

SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

an attempt to deal with water an attempt to deal with water issues considering cultural, issues considering cultural, educational, communication educational, communication and scientific aspects. It and scientific aspects. It takes into account all the takes into account all the sectors affecting water use, sectors affecting water use, including political, including political, economic, social, economic, social, technological and technological and environmental.environmental.

During the International During the International Conference on Water and Conference on Water and the Environment (Dublin, the Environment (Dublin, 1992) were settled the 1992) were settled the

principles of Sustainable principles of Sustainable Water Management:Water Management:

Link: Link: http://www.un-documents.net/h2o-dub.htm

Freshwater is a finite Freshwater is a finite and valuable resource and valuable resource that is essential to that is essential to sustain life, the sustain life, the environment and environment and development.development.

The development and The development and management of our water management of our water resources should be based on resources should be based on a participatory approach, a participatory approach, involving users, planners involving users, planners and policy makers at all and policy makers at all levels.levels.

Women play a central role in Women play a central role in the provision, management the provision, management and safeguarding of water and safeguarding of water resources.resources.

Water has an economic Water has an economic value and should value and should therefore be seen as an therefore be seen as an economic good.economic good.

The members of the project, The members of the project, responsible for developing responsible for developing the module design the module design technologies to create technologies to create sustainable livelihoods sustainable livelihoods (Development Alternatives)(Development Alternatives)

work to integrate work to integrate environmental, economic and environmental, economic and cultural relationships in cultural relationships in activities to meet the needs activities to meet the needs and objectives of grassroots and objectives of grassroots groups (Environmental groups (Environmental Development Action in The Development Action in The Third World)Third World)

encourage co-operation encourage co-operation among environmental among environmental stakeholders by supporting stakeholders by supporting free exchange of information free exchange of information and by promoting public and by promoting public participation in decision-participation in decision-making (Regional making (Regional Environmental Center for Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe).Central and Eastern Europe).

The Sustainable Water The Sustainable Water ManagementManagement also works with a group of also works with a group of leading non-governmental leading non-governmental organisations to find ways organisations to find ways of using the Internet to of using the Internet to meet the goals of meet the goals of sustainable development.sustainable development.

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