Global Water Funding, 1st ed. 2020 Innovation and efficiency as enablers for safe, secure and affordable supplies Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management Series

After four decades of good intentions, SDG6 is making a difference in monitoring shortfalls for the first time, allowing for more effective responses. This book outlines the role of innovation in hardware development, procurement and installation, and discusses how network management and operations can most effectively address funding gaps. The potential for savings is considerable, if effectively replicated. New approaches are driving forward affordable resilience, including nature-based solutions such as upstream habitat enhancement to retain water and improve downstream water quality; the circular economy, including water, nutrient, energy and heat recovery from wastewater; and demand management. This book will be of great value to scholars, policy makers and practitioners interested in the global finance of sustainable water and sanitation.

Chapter 1: The Case for Universal and Sustainable Access.- Chapter 2: Where we are.- Chapter 3: Where we need to be.- Chapter 4: The costs involved.- Chapter 5: Funding Flows Today.- Chapter 6: The gap between aspirations and realities.- Chapter 7: Addressing capital costs.- Chapter 8: Lowering operating costs.- Chapter 9: Demand Management and Resource Recovery.- Chapter 10: Innovation, Efficiency and Affordability.

David Lloyd Owen runs Envisager, advising multilaterals, governments, companies and financiers about water regulation, economics and policy. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Pictet Water Fund and has previously authored Smart Water Technologies and Techniques: Data Capture and Analysis for Sustainable Water Management (2018).

Discusses global progress towards fulfilling SDG 6 Proposes alternative solutions to lack of funding Examines the reasons why countries are failing at implementing safe and sustainable water and sanitation for all