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Sharing a Common Vision: Solutions for Future Water Resource Challenges

Explore the pressing challenges and strategies to solve future water resource problems. Discover available scientific tools, implementation strategies, and ways to address population growth, political/economic changes, climate variability, and more.

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Sharing a Common Vision: Solutions for Future Water Resource Challenges

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  1. EWRA 2005Menton, France7-10 September 2005Sharing a Common Vision of Our Water Resources Conclusions and Recommendations

  2. Sharing a Common Vision … Vision = to develop structured ideas how to master future challenges What challenges will be the most pressing ones in future ? What strategy to solve problems do we have at hand ? What scientific tools are available or have to be made available ? What implementation strategy to follow?

  3. Population Growth Anticipated changes • Political / Economic Changes, incl. changes in development goals • Population Mobility • Urbanization • Administrative Changes incl. • decentralization in decision making • privatization • public participation • Globalization • Climatic variability – instability/ Global Climate Change • Cultural Changes /Attitude changes • Environmental & Geo-morphol.Changes • devastating fires, • floods and droughts, • desertification, • large dams • Technological Changes • Land Use Changes

  4. Is sustainability a utopia? ►“Stationarity” is not valid any more ►“Sustainability” of all systems are in question ► More “extreme phenomena” will occur more frequently

  5. Topics Covered: Tools and Strategies ►Integrated Water Resources Management ►Groundwater Management ►Water Quality Management ►Climate Impact ►Maintenance of Water Systems ►Water Conservation ►Watershed Management ►WFD Applications and Limitations ►Optimisation and Management of Water Storage ►Risk and Hazards in Water Resources ►Water Shortage vs. Drought ►Advanced Tools for Modeling Water Resources

  6. Main Recommendations • Our planning has to be future-oriented and problem-focused • Higher safety standards have to be imposed for reducing the risk • More attention has to be given to pro-active action in order to face unexpected events • forecast models • suitable measures to meet the emergency • provide significant data • Improve the transfer of information to those involved in decision making • Better Water Governance may be achieved by the management of the people

  7. GENERAL PUBLIC PRIVATE DECISION MAKERS ACTORS IN RESEARCH PUBLICDECISIONMAKERS ACTORS IN RAISING AWARENESS & SPREADING KNOWLEDGE THE ACTORS

  8. According to the Foreword of the Conference Proceedings it was the aim of the Conference to identify and promote … ... best practices in good water status and demand management, …. realistic scenario building, … reliable economic analysis of water uses, ... and efficient stakeholders and/or public involvement in decision making. We believe, we have done a good step forward, but many more challenges are ahead of us …

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