Sustainable Water Management

Sustainable Water Management

Summary 1

Article: Working towards sustainable urban water management: the vulnerability blind spot

Ways to sustaining water management in a urban environment. Singapore is facing scare water conditions all the while, and there are ways to reduce this vulnerability as now will be discussed.

An example is the 'Security through Diversity' plan that emphasize on using waste waters and sending it out at many ways. However, this plan has to be first understood by using a framework which applies the vulnerability scholarship to the non rural water areas and looks to provide a realistic understanding of the parts of vulnerability.

In conclusion, the government can make use of the pros of the vulnerability model and its comprehensive exploration of weaknesses in non rural water areas. The framework shows four recognizable capacities which requires to be fixed into making sure the toughness of the non rural water system. Therefore, it can offer suggestions on how to achieve reducing flaws and ensure the implementation of STD is effective. (153words)

Summary 2

Article: Sustainable Water Resources Management

The consideration of having a sustainable water resource management system for the present as well as the long-term future. What may happen to the world's water supply in the future? That is why we have to plan for the future generations of Singapore for managing our water resources.

We have to anticipate changes example in the natural system, the elements due to aging, the desires due to a society changes, plus supply of water, possibly due to a changing climate. Too broad scale interpretation makes it tough to see the progress towards reaching it. Use of computer programs help foresee the impacts of any steps done presently based on the present state. Risk assessment of questions like: What could go wrong? What would be the consequences? Also having trained personnels are needed to plan, develop and manage...