CIAO DATE: 07/2009
May 2009
Clean water is a precious natural resource that is essential to the health and well-being of our ecosystems, people and economy. Consequently, we have built a complex water infrastructure to deliver potable water to homes and businesses, to carry away, treat andmanage wastewater and stormwater, and to store water for future use. Alongside this water infrastructure has evolved an equally complex regulatory framework designed to monitor and ensure water quality. We have also established various financial mechanisms for the construction,maintenance, and development of ourman-made (built)water infrastructure.
Resource link: Sustainable Water Systems: Step One - Redefining the Nation's Infrastructure Challenge [PDF] - 1018K