Do you know what Sustainable Urban Water Infrastructure is?
From the most ancient civilizations to today’s modern cities, water has been a key element enabling human civilization to grow, prosper and flourish. The central role of water in the development of cities cannot be overstated. Throughout history, urban water infrastructure has strived to provide health through adequate water supply and sanitation, safety from floods.
However, over the last few decades, rapid urbanization coupled with climate change has presented new challenges. Cities are growing at an unprecedented rate, new inhabitants settle in cities every day! This new challenge requires us to plan our water infrastructures differently. In addition to health, flood safety, and well-being, we need our water services to be regenerative.
Sustainable Urban Water infrastructure comprises of physical infrastructure, sensors, and decision-making systems for water resource management. Sustainable water management requires an integrated approach in planning, developing, treating, storing, distributing, managing optimum usage of water; and flood prevention.
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