Water resources

Investing in nature-based solutions, such as preserving or restoring wetlands and natural flood management measures, is essential to enhance water security. These solutions can complement or substitute for grey infrastructure, such as built reservoirs and water treatment plants. Mobilising funding for those solutions raises specific challenges, as they generate multiple benefits for a diverse range of beneficiaries - and only some of these benefits can be monetised.

Prior to Drinking Water Supply projects’ implementation, diligence has to be given to the availability of water resource to sustain the demands, and the risks associated with technological options, with emphasis on different challenges (the hydrogeological constraints, the increasing number of pollutions’ sources of pollution, Climate changes, etc…).
Knowledges and tools are being constructed to ensuring not only continuous safe drinking water services, but also environmental sustainability.