Water in Circular Economy and Resilience

Rethinking urban water through the circular economy and resilience lenses offers an opportunity to transform the urban water sector and deliver water supply and sanitation services in a more sustainable, inclusive, efficient, and resilient way. Circular Economy principles have emerged as a response...

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Main Authors: Delgado, Anna, Rodriguez, Diego J., Amadei, Carlo A., Makino, Midori
Format: Report
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/542201631540762485/pdf/Water-in-Circular-Economy-and-Resilience-WICER-Position-Paper-Final.pdf
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spelling okr-10986-362542021-09-15T05:10:32Z Water in Circular Economy and Resilience Delgado, Anna Rodriguez, Diego J. Amadei, Carlo A. Makino, Midori WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESILIENCE CIRCULAR ECONOMY RECYCLING RE-USE URBAN WATER UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT RECOVERY RESTORATION WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY Rethinking urban water through the circular economy and resilience lenses offers an opportunity to transform the urban water sector and deliver water supply and sanitation services in a more sustainable, inclusive, efficient, and resilient way. Circular Economy principles have emerged as a response to the current unsustainable linear model of "take, make, consume, and waste." In a circular economy, the full value of water – as a service, an input to processes, a source of energy and a carrier of nutrients and other materials – is recognized and captured. This report presents the Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) Framework together with global case studies that show the benefits of becoming circular and resilient. It describes the key actions needed to achieve three main outcomes: 1) deliver resilient and inclusive services, 2) design out waste and pollution, and 3) preserve and regenerate natural systems. The report sets out to demystify circular economy by showing that both high-income and low-income countries can benefit from it. 2021-09-14T13:44:52Z 2021-09-14T13:44:52Z 2021-09-15 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/542201631540762485/pdf/Water-in-Circular-Economy-and-Resilience-WICER-Position-Paper-Final.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36254 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
RECYCLING
RE-USE
URBAN WATER UTILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
RECOVERY
RESTORATION
WATER QUALITY
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
RECYCLING
RE-USE
URBAN WATER UTILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
RECOVERY
RESTORATION
WATER QUALITY
WATER SUPPLY
Delgado, Anna
Rodriguez, Diego J.
Amadei, Carlo A.
Makino, Midori
Water in Circular Economy and Resilience
description Rethinking urban water through the circular economy and resilience lenses offers an opportunity to transform the urban water sector and deliver water supply and sanitation services in a more sustainable, inclusive, efficient, and resilient way. Circular Economy principles have emerged as a response to the current unsustainable linear model of "take, make, consume, and waste." In a circular economy, the full value of water – as a service, an input to processes, a source of energy and a carrier of nutrients and other materials – is recognized and captured. This report presents the Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) Framework together with global case studies that show the benefits of becoming circular and resilient. It describes the key actions needed to achieve three main outcomes: 1) deliver resilient and inclusive services, 2) design out waste and pollution, and 3) preserve and regenerate natural systems. The report sets out to demystify circular economy by showing that both high-income and low-income countries can benefit from it.
format Report
author Delgado, Anna
Rodriguez, Diego J.
Amadei, Carlo A.
Makino, Midori
author_facet Delgado, Anna
Rodriguez, Diego J.
Amadei, Carlo A.
Makino, Midori
author_sort Delgado, Anna
title Water in Circular Economy and Resilience
title_short Water in Circular Economy and Resilience
title_full Water in Circular Economy and Resilience
title_fullStr Water in Circular Economy and Resilience
title_full_unstemmed Water in Circular Economy and Resilience
title_sort water in circular economy and resilience
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/542201631540762485/pdf/Water-in-Circular-Economy-and-Resilience-WICER-Position-Paper-Final.pdf
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