Ideas for Local Action in Water Management

Many high-profile events have raised awareness on the need for better water management, but what we urgently need now is more action on the ground if we are to achieve water security through integrated water resources management. Of course, many actions have already been initiated and these are beginning to change the way we think about, manage and use water. But more needs to be done. The local actions documented in this volume provide readers with over 100 examples of what is being done in different parts of the world. This book, which brings together information on activities undertaken by local government, civil society and the private sector and by those that facilitate local water management, is designed to spread these ideas to others – on initiating local water resources planning, water saving, safeguarding water quality locally, clean-up programs, promoting transparency and turning organizations into water managers. This book follows on from ‘Ideas for Water Awareness Campaigns’, an earlier book prepared by the Global Water Partnership