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As defined by the UNDP Water Governance Facility, water governance is determined by the political, social, economic, and administrative systems that are in place. These systems can both directly and indirectly affect the use, development, and management of water resources and the delivery of water services delivery at different levels of society. Improving governance for economic, environmental, and social sustainability is possible through the establishment of stronger public and private institutions, policies, legislation, and processes. Topics addressed in this theme include the principles of equity and efficiency, water administration, the roles of government and other stakeholders, and the frameworks to balance water use between socio-economic activities and ecosystems.

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Protecting Drinking Water at the Source

Published: 
October 1, 2016
World Resources Institute
Watershed investment programs offer promising pathways to securing safe drinking water. But what does it take to establish and grow a successful watershed investment program? Program investors and practitioners are looking for guidance and ideas on how to build a program that works for their own...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

World Health Organization Guidelines for drinking-water quality

Published: 
June 25, 2021
The fourth edition of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) provides a standardized basis for national or regional drinking-water policies and actions. The Guidelines include recommendations for contextual hazard identification, chemical background...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Comparison and Cost Analysis of Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Requirements versus Practice in Seven Developing Countries

Published: 
June 25, 2021
Drinking water quality monitoring programs aim to support provision of safe drinking water by informing water quality management. Little evidence or guidance exists on best monitoring practices for low-resource settings. Lack of financial, human, and technological resources reduce a country's...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Connected Sensors, Innovative Sensor Deployment and Intelligent Data Analysis for Online Water Quality Monitoring

Published: 
June 25, 2021
The sensor technology for water quality monitoring (WQM) has improved during recent years. The cost-effective sensorised tools that can autonomously measure the essential physical-chemical and biological (PCB) variables are now readily available and are being deployed on buoys, boats and ships. Yet...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Indigenous Water Justice

Published: 
July 9, 2021
Indigenous Peoples are struggling for water justice across the globe. These struggles stem from centuries-long colonial legacies and hold profound significance for Indigenous Peoples’ socioeconomic development, cultural identity, political autonomy and external relations within nation-states...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Toward Water Security for All: 2018 Highlights of The Coca-Cola Company and WWF Partnership

Published: 
July 16, 2021
For more than a decade, WWF and The Coca-Cola Company have worked together to preserve and enhance global freshwater resources and create a more water-secure future. Along the way we have learned valuable lessons about how to implement and scale our freshwater basin conservation impacts. This...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

A Transformative Partnership to Conserve Water: The Coca-Cola Company and WWF 2016 Annual Report

Published: 
July 16, 2021
WWF and The Coca-Cola Company have worked together for a decade to help conserve the world's freshwater resources and reduce Coca-Cola's environmental footprint. Learn more about the progress we've made in 2016 to help ensure healthy, resilient freshwater basins in our focal areas (...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Water, Security and U.S. Foreign Policy

Published: 
July 16, 2021
Water scarcity has created a context of human and societal need wherein water stress has undermined the vitality of rural livelihoods, driven broad migratory movements, become a weapon of war, contributed to the growth of insurgencies and terrorist networks and given rise to increased demand for U...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

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