Research and Policy Publications

Water Quality Management: A Globally Neglected Issue

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2019, International Journal of Water Resources Developme [...]

Signs of water quality deterioration can be seen all over the world. Globally at least 4 billion people do not have access to water that they consider safe to drink. In Southasia alone this number is 1.7 billion. From Japan to United States fewer and few [...]

A Formal Model Concerning Policy Strategies to Build Public Acceptance of Potable Wa [...]

Kris Hartley, Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, 2019, Journal of Environmental Management, [...]

Water stress is an increasing burden in regions with arid climates, aquifer vulnerability, and erratic rainfall. Population growth and competing domestic, industrial, and agricultural uses are also stretching the capacity of water supply systems. Beyond [...]

Water Crisis and Water Wars: Myths and Realities

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2019, International Journal of Water Resources Developme [...]

More and more countries are being forced to improve their water management practices, since they have no real alternative. Industries are realizing they can survive and thrive only by steadily improving their water efficiency. The general public is becom [...]

Objective Case Studies of Successful Urban Water Management

Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, 2019, International Journal of Water Resources Developme [...]

Good, reliable and objective case studies of successful urban water systems in developing world are conspicuous by their absence. Such studies are needed to understand contextual and replicable aspects of why a few utilities have succeeded while others h [...]

Building Sustainability

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