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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 July 2010 Water Demand Management in the City of the Future Water supply and sustainable urban water management
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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 July 2010 The Urban Water Cycle Source: SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership (http://www.healthwaterways.org) The SWITCH approach to urban water management: Integration = more sustainable
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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 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
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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 July 2010 Water supply and urban development Parks, gardens and recreation Local economic development Health Waste management Energy
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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 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
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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 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
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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Entebbe, 28-29 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
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