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Global Pathways to Water Sustainability

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  • © 2019

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  • Discusses the current and future state of freshwater and the global drive to achieve the UN sustainability goal

  • Examines the major barriers blocking the achievement of the sustainability goal

  • Includes asset management and strategic planning

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Water for a Sustainable Future

  2. Barriers on the Path to Sustainability

  3. Pathways to Water Sustainability

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About this book

This book investigates the current and future state of freshwater and the global drive to achieve the UN sustainability goal. It first explores the major barriers to achieving the goal and then examines some of the programs water managers are adopting to overcome those barriers. These programs include finding new ways to supplement existing water supplies, and greater acceptance of alternative supplies, such as recycled waste water and desalination; green infrastructures, and rain and storm water harvesting. It concludes with two chapters on water management tools, including asset management and strategic planning, which are of particular interest to small water and wastewater utilities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, USA

    David E. McNabb

About the author

David E. McNabb, Ph.D. is the elected audit commissioner of a combined water and wastewater district in the Pacific Northwest, and Professor Emeritus of the Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. He has taught business and public administration courses for Oregon State University, the University of Washington-Tacoma, and the University of Maryland-Europe. This is his 15th book. His previous works include Water Resource Management, Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Nation Building in the Baltic States, Research Methods for Public Administration and Nonprofit Organizations, and Research Methods for Political Science.


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