Water storage investment

What is the future of water storage?

What the Future Has in Store: A New Paradigm for Water Storage calls for developing and driving multi-sectoral solutions to the water storage gap, taking approaches that integrate needs and opportunities across the whole system, including natural, built, and hybrid storage, to support many instead of few, for generations to come.

What is storage in water management?

Storage is part of a larger system of water resource management tools for managing resilience. Storage systems are one tool that water managers have for providing numerous services to societies (present and future) as well as for managing the resource (e.g. in relation to floods, droughts, and water quality) to protect communities.

What is water investment?

Water investment is currently focused on water quality and quantity, emphasizing the need for new water investors to collaborate, take a portfolio approach and assess water entrepreneurs carefully.

Why is integrated water storage important?

Both the 2020–2025 GWP strategy (Mobilising for a Water Secure World) and the 2019–2023 IWMI strategy (Innovative Water Solutions for Sustainable Development) recognise the importance of water in adapting and building resilience to climate change. Urgent action on integrated water storage will be essential to supporting these aims.

What is integrated water storage planning?

The proposed integrated water storage planning framework is grounded in sustainable development and climate resilience, with the potential to pay dividends for people, economies, and environments for generations. Key Messages:

How exploitation of water resources affect the water storage systems market?

The exploitation of water resources has led to the monitoring of water usage by each sector as well as the adoption of conservation and effective usage plans to avoid wastage. This acts as a driver for the water storage systems market as these systems also help in the monitoring of water resources.