Circular Economy of Water: Definition, Strategies and Challenges

Morseletto, Piero; Mooren, C.E.; Munaretto, Stefania

doi:10.1007/s43615-022-00165-x

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“…It is possible to approach CW by adopting nine strategies: rethink, avoid, reduce, replace, reuse, recycle, cascade, store and recover 32 . The loop of CW has several entry points (surface water and groundwater extraction, rainwater and humidity harvesting and desalination), and exit points (wastewater discharge, leakage, evaporation and overflows from storage tanks).…”

Section: Thalappil Pradeep: Circularity In Water and The Role Of Nano...mentioning

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The frontiers of water and sanitation

et al. 2023

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Section: Thalappil Pradeep: Circularity In Water and The Role Of Nano...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The frontiers of water and sanitation

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“…Such mechanisms are lacking in less developed countries, where water becomes an object of domination and generates situations of conflict over its control (Nasr and Bachta 2018). Water governance in drylands must incorporate circular economy processes to harness scarce local resources (Casiano Flores et al 2018;Morseletto et al 2022;Salminen et al 2022), enforce water laws (De Stefano and Lopez-Gunn 2012), regulate irrigated areas (which are expanding rapidly as a refuge from climate change), and produce more egalitarian wealth distribution models.…”

Section: Water Governancementioning

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Complex Policy Mixes are Needed to Cope with Agricultural Water Demands Under Climate Change

Martínez‐Valderrama

Cantos

Delacámara

et al. 2023

Water Resour Manage

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The divergence between agricultural water use and the annual supply of water resources (water gap) has been increasing for decades. The forecast is that this water gap will continue to widen, compromising the water security of a large share of the global population. On the one hand, the increase in demand is attributed to an ever-growing population that, in addition, is adopting a high-water consumption per capita lifestyle (e.g., meat-rich diet, increased use of biofuels and of irrigated agriculture). On the other hand, climate change is increasing aridification and the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of precipitation worldwide. The water gap is particularly acute in drylands, where development and food security has been based on the massive exploitation of water resources, particularly groundwater. Here we analyze the mechanisms underlying this water gap, which is mainly driven by water use in agriculture, and suggest suitable solutions that can help to close it. Using causal diagrams, we show how population generates different demands that create a water gap that prevailing supply-side solutions cannot close. Indeed, it has been widening over the years because water consumption has grown exponentially. This behaviour is explained by a series of mechanisms that it is necessary to understand to realize the complexity of water scarcity problems. For solving the water gap, we propose and exemplify eight lines of action that can be combined and tailored to each territory. Our analyses corroborate the urgent need to plan an integral management of water resources to avoid widespread scenarios of water scarcity under future climatic conditions.

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“…Applying the CE principles provides a systematic approach to solving water challenges and sustaining water services [5,10]. Water systems intersect with society, industries, and agriculture, and in these intersections lie the opportunities to create or unlock additional value for water by applying the CE principles [11].…”

Section: Circular Economy In the Water Sectormentioning

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An Integrated Assessment Framework for Transition to Water Circularity

2022

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Changing our unsustainable linear water management pattern is necessary to face growing global water challenges. This article proposes an integrated framework to analyse and understand the role of different contextual conditions in the possible transition towards water circularity. Our framework combines a systematic multi-level perspective to explore the water system and the institutional work theory for technology legitimation. The framework consists of the following stages: (1) describing and understanding the water context, (2) assessment of the selected technologies’ circularity level, (3) assessment of the alternative circular technologies’ legitimacy, and (4) identification of the legitimation actions to support the upscale of alternative circular technologies. The practical applicability of the integrated assessment framework and its four assessment stages was demonstrated in the exploration of circular water technologies for the horticulture sector in Westland, the Netherlands. The results revealed the conditions that hinder or enable the legitimation of the circular water technologies, such as political environmentalism, trust in water governing authorities, and technical, financial, and knowledge capabilities.

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Circular Economy of Water: Definition, Strategies and Challenges

Cited by 63 publications

References 72 publications

The frontiers of water and sanitation

The frontiers of water and sanitation

Complex Policy Mixes are Needed to Cope with Agricultural Water Demands Under Climate Change

An Integrated Assessment Framework for Transition to Water Circularity

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