WATER MANAGEMENT

It’s really a matter of supply and demand. While some areas experience flooding, others experience flooding, others experience crippling drought. So how do we make sure we have the right amount of water in the right places at the right times, keeping in mind that treating & transporting water accounts for 2-3% of the world’s energy consumption, & that in the developing countries, energy consumed to supply water may easily eat up half a municipality’s total budget? Well there’s no easy answer, but IT is a good place source, we must accurately measure it first. In addition, a region’s ability to share information has proved effective in other areas where water distribution is a constant struggle. For example, we’re working with Sonoma, California & Cape Cod, Massachusetts in US to create collaboration platforms for information sharing so that water managers can make better decisions about resource allocation. 

WATER MANAGEMENT

Regardless of industry or geography, smarter water management remains an issue faced by everyone on the planet. While the world’s population tripled in the 20^th century, use of renewable water resources has grown six fold. Within the next fifty years, the world population is expected to increase by another 40-50%. With this growth coupled with ever-growing industrialization & urbanization-demand for water could soon outpace the supply. There is a socioeconomic cost associated with water shortage or lack of access to clean, drinkable water. As per some estimates, for every percent of water that becomes unusable, 2000,000 jobs may be lost, which could lead to a 5.7% drop in disposable income on a per capita basis & a 5% increase in government spending. Also, a lack of usable water would have a negative impact across all industries & in all corners of the world. Water deficits, whi8ch are already spurring heavy grain imports in numerous smaller countries, may soon do the same in larger countries like India & China.

WATER MANAGEMENT

It said that water would be the cause of wars in the coming years.
While many people operate on the assumption that water will always be available at affordable rates, and in abundant supplies, the grim truth is that we will likely be hit by a water crisis in the near future. In a book by Charles Fishman ‘The Big Thirst’ tells the story of the small town of Orme, Tennessee, which literally ran out of water in the summer of 2007, prompting the mayor to limit town residents’ water use to a mere three hours of water service per day for months. And every few days, Orem’s fire truck was driven down the road to Bridgeport, Alabama, to fill up its 1,5000-gallon tank, replenishing the town water supply.
Barcelona, Spain, experienced a similar crisis in the spring of 2008, & in 2010, a drought in southwest China left 1 million people without water for themselves or for their 8 million head of livestock. And even today, despite the fact that India experienced a mind-boggling rate of modernization, not one of its major cities provides 24-hours-a-day water, most providing just one or two hours of water a day to tens of million of residents.
Nearly every sector of the economy relies upon the availability of water & shortages could be economically devastating. Power plants, for example, use 201 billion gallons of water daily to generate electricity-that’s more than any other industry, & by most accounts, those numbers are unsustainable.