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Addressing Water Scarcity
A Tale of Three Cities: A Worldly Approach to Innovative Urban Water Management Strategies
Student Poster
Increased anthropogenic pressure and extreme weather events threaten the sustainability of freshwater resources. The inadequate infrastructure of many urban landscapes often intensifies this trend. We will highlight unique and transformative strategies from Copenhagen, Singapore and Melbourne’s water management plans to address the challenges faced by Toronto, Canada, in meeting freshwater demands.
Presenters
Keeva Fitzpatrick, Student, Sir Sandford Fleming College
Erin Moffatt, Student, Sir Sandford Fleming College
Kate Greer, Student, Sir Sandford Fleming College
FlashTalkPlus: Fresh Water in Decline: Nature-Based Solutions to the Rescue
Flash Talk
An overview of ways in which humankind is stressing Earth’s water cycle and their impacts. Reintroduction of beavers as a keystone species and regenerative land management enhancing small water cycles are critical to fresh water restoration and biodiversity for cooling the planet.
Presenters
James Laurie, Ph.D., Research Biologist, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate
Session moderated and organized by Nancy Lee Wood, Ph.D., Professor and Coordinator SSP, Bristol Community College
Jan Lambert, Environmental Journalist, Voices of Water for Climate
Solutions to Quench the World’s Thirst – Solving Water Scarcity
Panel Session
Strategic plans from policy makers, new knowledge and novel solutions are keys to holistic sustainable water management. This session allows stakeholders from diverse expertise to exchange ideas, knowledge and findings to identify the needs and approaches to address water scarcity facing the world in the climate change era.
Presenters
How Yong Ng, Ph.D., Professor and Director, National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
Hilda Cecilia Tortajada Quiroz, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Srivatsan V Raghavan, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow and Head, Climate and Water Research Cluster, Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), National University of Singapore
Session Moderated and Organized by How Yong Ng, Ph.D., Professor and Director, National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
Water Reuse in Chile: An Emerging Debate
Flash Talk
In the context of Chile’s mega-drought and expansion of water requirements, we will evaluate the new Grey Waters Law, analyzing the interrelation between technical and regulatory entanglements regarding the reuse of wastewater, highlighting its positive aspects as the necessary changes to improve the feasibility and impact of this alternative source.
Presenters
Camila Boettiger-Philipps, Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor and Director of Center of Regulatory Law and Enterprise, School of Law, Universidad Del Desarrollo
Alex Godoy-Faúndez, Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor and Director of Research Center in Sustainability and Resources Management, School of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo
Watershed Conservation for Water Provision in Rural Chilean Patagonia
Poster
Our study shows the importance of forest conservation in Patagonia to ensure the provision of fresh water. A maximum water harvest occurs in winter months (5.0 m3/s); in others the flow is 1.5 m3/s. In June a 15% of the demand by the nearby communities could be satisfied.
Presenters
Alejandro León, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile
Jorge Soto, Eng., Associate Researcher, Universidad de Chile
Lucas De la Fuente, Eng., Associate Researcher, Universidad de Chile
José Vistoso, Eng., Consultant, Asociación de Municipalidades de la Cordillera de la Costa de la Región de Los Ríos