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.
