Stockholm International Water Institute » peak water http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Peak Water – Era of Sharpening Water Shortages http://www.siwi.org/publication/peak-water-era-of-sharpening-water-shortages/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/peak-water-era-of-sharpening-water-shortages/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:40:08 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/peak-water-era-of-sharpening-water-shortages/ A new concept, “”peak water”” has emerged. It indicates that the era of easy access to blue water is coming to an end in many regions of the world. Expanding water pollution, depleted river streamflow, overdrawn groundwater, salinisation, and water for ecosystems sinking below the acceptable minimum all point to a peaking of blue water resources. Human ingenuity, coping strategies and fundamental rethinking on water management are urgently needed to mitigate the drivers of peak water.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2008.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/peak-water-era-of-sharpening-water-shortages/feed/ 0 Stockholm Water Front No. 3-4 2008 http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-4-2008/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-4-2008/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:39:48 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-3-4-2008/ Expanding water pollution, depleted river streamflow, overdrawn groundwater, water usability threatened by salinisation, and water for ecosystems is sinking below the acceptable minimum point indicates that the era of easy access to blue water is coming to an end in many regions of the world. The concept is called Peak water and is explained further in this issue of Water Front.

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