SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 Water Demand Management in the City of the Future Water supply and sustainable urban water management

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 The Urban Water Cycle Source: SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership ( The SWITCH approach to urban water management: Integration = more sustainable

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 Water supply and the urban water cycle Stormwater WastewaterWater supply  Water quality  Potential resource  Sewer capacities  Water treatment standards  Potential resource  Wastewater volume The Urban Water Cycle

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 Water supply and urban development Parks, gardens and recreation Local economic development Health Waste management Energy

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 Conventional approach to water supply management Increased abstractions from rivers and aquifers The construction of storage reservoirs The transfer of water from areas with a surplus The use of energy and chemicals for water treatment

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 Drawbacks of the conventional approach to water supply management Unsustainable use of local resources Cost Carbon emissions Wasteful use of resources Non-flexible

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, July 2010 Increased urbanisation Inadequately designed and maintained infrastructure Changing weather patterns due to climate change Increasing challenges Increasing demand for water Increasing costs for energy