Details of the Working Group
Non-Conventional Water (NCW) use for Integrated Water Resources Management: Lead by Elena Bresci
The Working Group aims to address all the goals of Theme 2 by proposing an integrated approach to the use of Non-conventional water (NCW) - namely Desalinated seawater and highly brackish groundwater; Rainfall-runoff or atmospheric water captured by water harvesting; Marginal-quality water resources (treated wastewater; agricultural drainage water; saline and/or sodic groundwater) - based on multiple interdisciplinary community-based tools. The work will be structured around four main pillars: (1) consolidation and creation of scientific knowledge on the status and potential of NCW (2) interdisciplinary research collaboration to investigate biophysical, social and economic aspects of NCW (3) capacity development of researchers and practitioners on NCW (4) policy recommendations targeted at promoting a sustainable uptake of NCW in water policies.
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