Question

Why is sustainable development? Explain it with the example of water.

Answer 1

Sustainable development of water resources may include:

• Provision of safe and equal access to water supplies needed for domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, and hydropower uses
• Measure and protect against biological and ecological degradation in aquatic ecosystems.
• Reduce discharges of pollutants into surface waters and eliminate contamination and overconsumption of groundwater.
• Prevent human health risks due to the spread of waterborne diseases, water contamination, and hostile actions.
• Prevent physical modifications from land use/ cover changes or hydrologic disturbances
• Provision of a holistic, watershed-based approach to evaluating all water resource issues that is participatory, democratic, equitable, and socio economically sensitive.
• Develop appropriate water resource policies;
• Provision of institutional arrangements and structures; financial systems; and legal and regulatory authorities to achieve integrated water resources management.