Global Environmental Health Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services: Workshop Summary (2009) / Chapter Skim
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4 Panel Discussion: Coordination and Prioritization of Water Needs
4 Panel Discussion: Coordination and Prioritization of Water Needs
Pages 43-50
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At its most basic level, sustainable water services will serve water needs over a long time by accounting for human, industrial, and ecosystem needs, offered Wayne Joseph of the Caribbean Global Water Partnership. However, those aspects are only part of what make a system sustainable.
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Jennie Ward Robinson of the Institute of Public Health and Water Research asserted that the water services have to be community owned and community based. The technology can be reliable, delivering water to a high standard, but if the people do not want it or cannot maintain it, and then it is not a viable sustainable solution.
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She noted that when the water supply and lack of water quality create inhumane, unsafe conditions, then water rights become a priority. However, these trade-offs transcend human needs to also include environmental needs.
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Ashbolt suggested that this is one of the highest priorities for a more sustainable solution. Ward Robinson, echoing these comments, asserted that without a clearly defined line of research and investment in holistic water services, which are directly linked to public health outcomes at a national level, future societies will be paralyzed by current inaction.
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For example, researchers bring interventions to developing countries, but after they leave, the filters are polished and put on the shelf. In the United States, people choose to buy bottled water to drink and use the water that utilities spend so much money and time sanitizing to water their lawns.
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For example, according to the Indian Meteorological Society, more than 80 percent of the annual rainfall for a city like Delhi occurs in fewer than 85 nonconsecutive hours. Without knowing how climate change will affect this skewed distribution of rain, it will be difficult to plan and manage water resources on a long-term basis, not only in India but also in all other monsoon countries of Asia.
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Singapore community accepted treated wastewater because its political leaders have a long-term vision, showed great political leadership by themselves using treated wastewater, and by providing all the relevant health-related information on reusing treated wastewater to the public. It will be a good case study to see how the public accepted the idea of using directly treated wastewater.
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