In addressing the challenge how to balance increasing human requirements for adequate water supplies and improved sanitation with food production, energy and environmental needs, most countries will require more effective governance, improved capacity and adequate financing. Community level public participation is fundamental to achieving these goals. Examples of actions dealing with all of these problems will be presented during the Forum.
Rich and poor nations both need better water management - The newly developed international Water Poverty Index (WPI), by the U.K.’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, finds that some of the world’s richest nations such as the United States and Japan fare poorly in water ranking because they consume more than they need and still deal inadequately with pollution. At the same time, some developing countries score in the top ten, because they either have a great deal of water or have good plans in place in how to use it.
The Water Poverty Index, developed by a team of 31 researchers in consultation with more than 100 water professionals from around the world, grades 147 countries according to five different measures – resources, access, capacity, use and environmental impact - to show where the best and worst water situations exist.
Rich and poor nations both need better water management - The newly developed international Water Poverty Index (WPI), by the U.K.’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, finds that some of the world’s richest nations such as the United States and Japan fare poorly in water ranking because they consume more than they need and still deal inadequately with pollution. At the same time, some developing countries score in the top ten, because they either have a great deal of water or have good plans in place in how to use it.
The Water Poverty Index, developed by a team of 31 researchers in consultation with more than 100 water professionals from around the world, grades 147 countries according to five different measures – resources, access, capacity, use and environmental impact - to show where the best and worst water situations exist.