10 Facts About Water management

Water management resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water.

Water management resources are under threat from water scarcity, water pollution, water conflict and climate change.

Water management reclamation is the process of converting municipal wastewater or industrial wastewater into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes.

Reusing wastewater as part of sustainable water management allows water to remain as an alternative water source for human activities.

Water management is used in many large scale industrial processes, such as thermoelectric power production, oil refining, fertilizer production and other chemical plant use, and natural gas extraction from shale rock.

Water resource management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources.

The field of water resources management will have to continue to adapt to the current and future issues facing the allocation of water.

Ideally, water resource management planning has regard to all the competing demands for water and seeks to allocate water on an equitable basis to satisfy all uses and demands.

Much effort in water resource management is directed at optimizing the use of water and in minimizing the environmental impact of water use on the natural environment.

The third World Water management Forum recommended IWRM and discussed information sharing, stakeholder participation, and gender and class dynamics.