AWWA-20516 Total Water Management
Total water management is
the exercise of stewardship and shared governance of water resources among
utilities, business, and government for the greatest good of society and the
environment. A quiet revolution is being led by men and women who care
about sustainable use of water resources, public health, and the environment.
This revolution is directed toward new ways to manage and balance water
resources and the needs of the environment. It is Total Water Management, or
TWM. TWM is the exercise of stewardship and shared governance of water
resources among utilities, business, and government for the greatest good of
society and the environment. Total Water Management: Practices
for a Sustainable Future explains what TWM means in unambiguous
language. It expands, explains, and illustrates TWM concepts and how to apply
them. It is a useful, practical book on water planning for water
resource managers, designed to help managers fairly allocate limited
water resources among competing users, based on social values,
cost-effectiveness, and needs of the natural water systems.
Total water management explains how to identify and involve all stakeholders in
decision-making processes. It defines the viewpoint of each stakeholder group:
utilities, consumers, industry, agriculture, government officials, regulators,
suppliers, public interest groups, and others and their roles and
responsibilities in making TWM successful.
With this
book, water managers can
• use TWM to balance competing uses through efficient allocation by
planning and managing dynamically
• adapt TWM to changing conditions and local and regional variations
• use TWM to share responsibility, coordination, and conflict resolution
to reach decisions with participation of all units of government and
stakeholders
Total
Water Management: Practices for a Sustainable Future offers to water utility managers and others involved in
the water industry powerful and urgently needed tools to balance needs of water
management and the environment. This book serves as an instruction manual for
integrating the water needs of society and the environment. It is about the
balance between our responsibilities to provide safe and reliable water
services and to protect the environment.
ISBN: 9781583215500
Author: Neil S. Grigg, PhD, PE
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Publication
date: 2008
AWWA
catalog no: 20516
Media
Type: Hardback
Number of pages: 308