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Valuing water for sustainable development [1]

Achieving universal, safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030, as envisioned by the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, is projected to require capital expenditures of USD 114 billion per year (1). Investment on that scale, along with accompanying policy reforms, can be motivated by a growing appreciation of the value of water. Yet our ability to value water, and incorporate these values into water governance, is inadequate.

Publication Date: 
24/11/2017
Dustin E. Garrick [2], Jim W. Hall [3], Andrew Dobson & et al [4]
Science [5]
358
6366
1003-1005
Tags:
Water Resources [6], Water Pollution [7], Water Policy [8], Sanitation [9], India [10], Global [11], Drinking Water [12], Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [13], Water Pricing [14], Water Management [15]
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[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pricing
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management