WERF to investigate One Water management concept
28 Jan 14 by desalination
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) has launched a research program to assist agencies to work towards the One Water concept – water from all sources should be managed cooperatively to meet economic, social and environmental needs.
The research, titled Institutional Issues for Green-Gray Infrastructure Based on Integrated “One Water” Management and Resource Recovery, aims to understand the institutional issues and governance structures impacting established water, wastewater and stormwater management agencies.
WERF is seeking to:
“We recognize that the governance system and institutions developed over the past century to manage our water resources may be barriers to effectively meeting our current and future challenges,” said WERF program director Theresa Connor. “Since institutions are difficult to change, it is critical to look at how communities are overcoming these barriers so that we can learn from each other and find ways to collectively manage our water resources for the needs of our communities, our economy and our environment.”·Understand the current state of institutional barriers or opportunities for more integrated planning and management of water services
·Illustrate the institutional issues identified, furthering discussion about how barriers may have been overcome
·Capture key institutional challenges and associated solutions confronting the development of a One Water approach in a useful framework
·Organize a series of workshops to engage international experts on this topic.
The contract for this research was awarded the University of Technology, Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures. WERF is collaborating with the Water Research Foundation and Water Research Australia in this effort.
More information can be obtained from Theresa Connor at tconnor@werf.org.
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