New Steps into Water resources management

How many times have you heard about water shortage?

Contents:
Water resources distribution Traditional approaches How do we use water? Alternative policies Conclusions

Do we have water shortage?

Water covers 71% of earth surface
Oceans and Seas
Polar caps & Glaciers Salty Groundwater Fresh Groundwater Continental Glaciers Fresh water lakes Salty lakes Ground moisture Atmosphere Dams & Reservoirs Rivers Biological Water

96 .5 %
1.74 % 0.94 % 0.76 % 0.022% 0.007 % 0.006 % 0.001 % 0.001 % 0.0008 % 0.0002 % 0.0001%

Traditional Approaches

How do we use water?

Agriculture
Industry Domestic Use Public Areas (parks, gardens)

77 %
10 % 7% 6%

Waste Water Treatment

What can we do??

New Alternatives
Water Reuse:

New Alternatives
Desalinization

Conclusions

Rely on Technolog y

Thinking about Economy

Conclusions

Limited Resource

Use it Efficiently

New Steps into Water resources management