Research and Policy Publications

Water Demand Management Strategies for Water-Scarce Cities: The Case of Spain

Cecilia Tortajada, Francisco González-Gómez, Asit K. Biswas and Joost Buurman, 2019, Sustainab [...]

This paper provides an overview of pricing and non-pricing measures to reduce domestic water consumption at the household levels in five urban areas in Spain. Analyses are based on questionnaires sent to water utilities that provide water services in the [...]

Why Water Is Not in the International Political Agenda

Asit K. Biswas, 2019, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Number 35, Issue 2 [...]

Decades of improper management have ensured all countries, water scarce and abundant, are facing stress in terms of quantity and quality. During past 50 years, only Prime Minister who consistently considered water to be a national strategic issue was Lee [...]

Communications on Technological Innovations: Potable Water Reuse

Cecilia Tortajada and Sunil Nambiar, 2019, Water, Volume 11, Issue 2, 251 (article number)

Water scarcity has prompted an increasing number of cities to look for non-conventional sources of clean water. One of these sources is reused water, or highly treated reclaimed or recycled wastewater, a worthy addition to the portfolio of water-resource [...]

Water Demand Framework and Water Development: The Case of China

Yahua Wang, Tingting Wan and Cecilia Tortajada, 2018, Water, Volume 10, Number 12

Water resources management is increasingly important for sustainable economic and social development. A coherent division of the development stages is of primary importance for selecting and implementing related water resource management strategies. Usin [...]

Building Sustainability

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