Research and Policy Publications

Effective Transboundary Aquifer Areas: An Approach for Transboundary Groundwater Man [...]

Rosario Sanchez, Laura Rodriguez and Cecilia Tortajada, 2020, Journal of The American Water Re [...]

The natural complexity, heterogeneity, and extent of transboundary aquifers around the world, have led to controversy over which method or criteria should be used to identify and delineate their boundaries. Currently, there is no standard methodology tha [...]

Assessing Wastewater Management in India

M. Dinesh Kumar and Cecilia Tortajada, 2020, Springer, Singapore, 86 pages.

This book highlights the institutional, legal, and policy measures to manage water pollution in India, and discusses how effective they have been in improving the overall quality of the country’s surface and groundwater resources. It also reviews the sta [...]

Drink More Recycled Wastewater

There is no room for squeamishness in the face of the world’s growing water shortage — three s [...]

There is no room for squeamishness in the face of the world’s growing water shortage — three steps could vastly improve the image of reused water for drinking. Drinkable water is becoming increasingly scarce. Population growth, pollution and climate cha [...]

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 [...]

Building Sustainability

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