Homework 8
Water Sustainability Summit What will it take?
Get in the groups
that you were in last time
The Process We Have Been Modeling Is Happening All Around the World…
https://www.pwi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=509&nodeID=1
Water Sustainability Summit What will it take?
Lake Oroville, California - Before Summer 2015
“the use of water that supports the ability of human society to endure and flourish into the indefinite future without undermining the integrity of the hydrological cycle or the ecological systems that depend on it.”
Sounds good.
What’s Gleick’s own critique of this?
“By itself, however, it is too general to offer guidance for water managers, planners, and scientists.
To make decisions about how to allocate and use water resources, other goals and criteria need to be identified.”
We Start with Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
Gleick, P (1998). Water in Crisis: Paths to Sustainability. Ecological Applications, 8(3): 571-579
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Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
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Gleick, P (1998). Water in Crisis: Paths to Sustainability. Ecological Applications, 8(3): 571-579
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His seven criteria sound pretty good too. Are we done?
Is this all it takes?
How prioritize these recommendations?
Is this the best way to frame it?
How do his recommendations compare to those found in the other readings?
Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
Why do you think this particular article was assigned for everyone to read instead of one of the other 5?
What does water “consciousness” mean?
How do the recommendations in this article compare to Gleick’s?
What ideology is represented in this article?
Discuss…
Clarke - On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167
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Eight Movement Building Principles
Water Integrity
Treat water with reverence and respect
Water Commons
Water must be available to all people and nature
Resist commodification of water
Water Sovereignty
Local communities must be able to control their watersheds
Water Equity
Justice and equity favor public water supply systems
Water Conservation
Use only what we need
Water Quality
Protect ecosystems and human health
Water Security
Prevent water conflicts
Water Democracy
The people become the guardians of water via grassroots, bottom-up activities
Clarke - On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
Do you subscribe to this conclusion?
Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167.
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The Global Dimension of Water Governance: Why the River Basin Approach Is No Longer Sufficient and Why Cooperative Action at Global Level Is Needed
Framework for Implementing the Future We Want
A Framework and Guidelines for Moving Toward Sustainable Water Resources Management
The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell
How to Avert a Water Crisis - A Six Point Plan
Five More Perspectives/Frameworks
Take turns sharing the take home points of your article.
What was the emphasis?
What are the recommendations for securing water sustainability in your article?
What was most insightful about it?
While everybody says their piece, take note of:
common themes and recommendations. Where is the overlap?
what is unique to each article?
what speaks to you?
Group Work
How to Avert a Water Crisis: A Six-Point Plan
Action 1: Gather high-quality data
Action 2: Treasure the environment
Action 3: Reform water governance
Action 4: Revitalize water use for farming
Action 5: Manage urban and industrial demands for water
Action 6: Empower the poor and women in water management
World Water Brief
The outcome document of the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), The Future We Want, recognized that ‘water is at the core of sustainable development’ and its social, economic and environmental dimensions.
In September 2014, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on a report that “shall be the main basis for integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development agenda.”
Framework for Implementing the Future We Want
17 Sustainable Development Goals
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss
Framework for Implementing the Future We Want
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
by 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
by 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situation
by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater, & increasing recycling and safe reuse
by 2030, substantially increase water use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
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Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
by 2030 implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation
by 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
by 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes
support and strengthen the participation of local communities for improving water and sanitation management
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“Different societal contexts need to find their own unique ways and apply their own measures to achieve the future they want.”
“Tensions between multiple water priorities and entitlements will need to be resolved contextually by water stakeholders on the ground”
“The global water crisis is mainly one of governance.”
Framework for Implementing the Future We Want
A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water
Achieve universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene
Improve by (x%) the sustainable use and development of water resources in all countries
All countries strengthen equitable, participatory and accountable water governance
Reduce untreated wastewater by (x%), nutrient pollution by (y%) and increase wastewater reuse by (z%)
Reduce mortality by (x%) and economic loss by (y%) from natural and human-induced water-related disasters
A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water
Targets!
An International Protocol on Water Pricing
A Pollution Tax and International Nutrient Housekeeping
Water-labeling of Water-intensive Products or Water-certification of Industries
Minimum Water Rights
Water Footprint Quotas
Implementing the Water-Neutral Concept
It is like carbon off-setting…
The Global Dimension of Water Governance: Why the River Basin Approach Is No Longer Sufficient and Why Cooperative Action at Global Level Is Needed
Turner’s selected subset
1) Recognize the crisis
2) Estimate Useable Water
3) Determine Minimum Requirements
11) Characterize the region, watershed and community
12) Stakeholder Values, Beliefs, Interests and Concerns
16) Sustainability Criteria Comparisons
Look familiar so far?
IWRM
But wait, one more unique one…
A Framework and Guidelines for Moving Toward Sustainable Water Resources Management
20 Steps!
Turner’s selected subset
1) Recognize the crisis
2) Estimate Useable Water
3) Determine Minimum Requirements
11) Characterize the region, watershed and community
12) Stakeholder Values, Beliefs, Interests and Concerns
16) Sustainability Criteria Comparisons
17) Alternative Future Analyses
create a vision for what the stakeholders want for the future
Three scenarios is an optimal number for most communities
A Framework and Guidelines for Moving Toward Sustainable Water Resources Management
20 Steps!
“The best way to secure the future for fresh water is to develop a plan that draws all “new” water from better use of existing supplies and to change habits and attitudes.”
“As a matter of principle, the soft path works within ecological limits and promotes local public participation to ensure sustainability of our water resources.”
“Soft path planning looks 20 to 50 years into the future and proposes major changes in our water infrastructure and institutions.”
The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell
The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell
View water as a service (list all services provided)
Ensure ecological sustainability
Conserve water quality and quantity
Look ahead by working backwards
Project a business-as-usual scenario
Establish a desired future scenario
Review water supply options
Backcast
Create various soft paths by
designing incremental policies and
programs to get from “there to here.”
Write, talk, promote
The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell
Share your opinion on which of the authors of the readings for today best represents your perspective on how we should strive for a more sustainable water future? How come?
What do you think are the most critical concepts that can be gleaned from these readings?
Share / Evaluate
What are the critical actions or changes that must occur to get us on a more sustainable path with regard to water use, conservation, and provisioning?
Prioritize them and be prepared to share them.
Produce a Manifesto
What Are Our Priorities?
In a sustainable world that is achievable in the near future, water and related resources are managed in support of human well-being and ecosystem integrity in a robust economy.
Sufficient and safe water is made available to meet every person’s basic needs, with healthy lifestyles and behaviours easily upheld through reliable and affordable water supply and sanitation services, in turn supported by equitably extended and efficiently managed infrastructure.
Water is duly valued in all its forms, with wastewater treated as a resource that avails energy, nutrients and freshwater for reuse.
Vision 2050: Water in a sustainable world
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015
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Water resources management, infrastructure and service delivery are sustainably financed.
Human settlements develop in harmony with the natural water cycle and the ecosystems that support it, with measures in place that reduce vulnerability and improve resilience to water-related disasters.
Integrated approaches to water resources development, management and use - and to human rights - are the norm.
Water is governed in a participatory way that draws on the full potential of women and men as professionals and citizens, guided by a number of able and knowledgeable organizations, within a just and transparent institutional framework.
Vision 2050: Water in a sustainable world
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015
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