Abstract
Sustainability and corporate social responsibility
- Conservation and recycling policies
- Water footprinting
- Benchmarking and best practice
- Irrigation and agriculture
Climate change and water availability
- Research and analysis
- Meteorological insight
- Drought mitigation measures
- Flood management strategies
Finance
- Comparative water and wastewater pricing
- Drought and flood cost analysis
- Risk assessment data
- Water sector financial performance
Infrastructure
- Distribution and supply issues
- Investments and planning decisions
- River Basin Management Plans
- Abstraction and resource allocation
Regulatory framework
- EU Directives
- UNESCO andWHO policy decisions
- Water law updates by country
Water impacts
- In-depth analysis of water resources issues
- Conflicting demands on available supply
- Industry-specific issues
- Agricultural policies
- Political and social impacts
The developed world is becoming increasingly conscious of its total reliance
on one resource above all others - water.Water availability has a
fundamental impact on the future of agriculture and industry. As demand
increases, without a corresponding increase in supply, we can expect
fundamental conflicts in demand.
Water is one of the world' s most widely used raw materials in manufacturing,
and is vital for a host of production processes. It is also essential in the
rearing of livestock and is a key factor in agricultural yields. Maintaining
control over this resource is crucial, but the issues surrounding water supply
are far more complex than they appear.
Water Resource News is an important new publication fromAgra Informa.
Published every two weeks, Water Resource News brings the latest news,
analysis and comment on developments in all aspects of the politics and
economics of water resource management.
European Framework Directive
Water Resource News monitors progress on the EU' sWater Framework Directive
which is expected to drive forward new measures to reduce consumption,
impacting on business users and re-writing agricultural policies and
practices. Regulation of water use and waste water disposal grows steadily
along with increasing visibility of these issues in the eyes of the consumer.
Water Resource News provides up-to-date reports on water availability within
each of the European member states and major centres of agriculture and
production throughout the world. Initiatives aimed at improving sustainability
are monitored as well as incoming national and regional water policies.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Water use, alongside carbon dioxide emissions, is a highly visible indicator
of corporate environmental performance. The concept of ' water footprinting'
has demonstrated that performance of companies and products can be compared to
assess their environmental impact in the areas of water consumption and waste
water disposal. The next few years will be crucial in deciding the metrics,
and methods, by which performance will be measured.
Water Resource News looks at current initiatives to reduce water footprint in
organisations, looking at complex issues such as the water impact throughout
the supply chain, and conservation and recycling policies.
Penalties for infringing waste water regulations can be heavy in financial
terms and catastrophic in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility and
branding. In the fiscal year 2008, the USA Environmental Protection Agency
concluded numerous legal actions enforcing investment by corporations of
nearly 3 billion dollars in pollution control - the highest level of
enforcements in its history.
Who should read Water Resource News?
- Water policy specialists
- Corporate analysts
- Government
- Academics
- Investment bankers
- Agricultural and resource economists
- Environmentalists
- Hydrologists
- Resources managers
- Water supply industry professionals
- Renewable energy specialists
- Civil Engineers
- Corporate energy managers
- Heads of corporate social responsibility
- Mining and quarrying professionals
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