Partnering for solutions: ICTs in Smart Water Management
Executive Summary
Table of contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Smart water management
1.3 Key stakeholders involved in ICTs and smart water management
2 Stakeholders who have influenced "ICTs and smart water management"
2.1 ICT corporations and organizations
2.2 Academia and research institutes
2.3 Non-governmental and community-based organizations
2.4 Corporate entities, businesses and the industry
3 Stakeholders who have a direct impact on "ICTs and smart water management"
3.1 Water industries and utilities
3.2 Municipalities, governments, and international governmental organizations (IGOs)
3.2.1 Municipalities
3.2.2 Governments
3.2.3 International governmental organizations
4 Highlights of global smart water management initiatives
4.1 SWM and Water Accessibility
4.1.1 Sarvajal on a mission to bring "water for all" in India
4.1.2 Smart hand pumps improves access in Africa
4.1.3 GRIDMAP set to increase water reserves in the drought stricken parts of Africa
4.2 SWM and Climate Change
4.2.1 Mobile weather service in Uganda
4.2.2 Early warning systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
4.3 SWM solutions for aging infrastructure
4.3.1 WaterWiSe improving operational efficiency of Singapore's water supply system
4.4 SWM and Water Security
4.4.1 The U.S. EPA Water Security Initiative
4.5 SWM and Decision Support
4.5.1 Improving Decision Support systems for water resource management in Europe
5 Opportunities and challenges
5.1 Opportunities
5.2 Challenges
6 The path forward
Glossary
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