Whole-Community Water Management: Inspiration for Water Utilities from Around the Globe

Abstract

Changing climate threatens our water systems: Droughts, fires, and floods disrupt access to safe water and no country is immune. The aging infrastructure crisis offers an opportunity to build resiliency into our future water systems with approaches like (non-)potable reuse. Such strategies require participation by end-users, which we propose can be championed by water utilities through: (1) Raising awareness of water challenges, (2) education about current water realities and opportunities, and (3) providing resources to implement and sustain water solutions.

Keywords

• Water Management
• Climate Change
• End-User Participation
• Community Empowerment
• Sustainable Development