The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water? Diagnostic of Urban Water Management in 31 Cities in Africa, Companion Volume

The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water? Diagnostic of Urban Water Management in 31 Cities in Africa, Companion Volume

By 2030, Africa's urban population will double, and the difficulties African cities currently face in providing sustainable water services will be exacerbated. 'The future of water in African cities: why waste water?' argues that the...

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Main Authors:	Closas, Alvar, Naughton, Meleesa, Jacobsen, Michael
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO URBAN SERVICES ACCESS TO WATER ANNUAL RUNOFF AVAILABILITY OF WATER BASIC URBAN SERVICES BASIC WATER SUPPLY CITIES CITY LEADERS CITY POPULATION CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTION SYSTEM CUBIC METERS DRINKING WATER GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS HYDROLOGICAL MODEL INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY LOCAL CAPACITY POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE RAPID URBANIZATION RESIDENTIAL WATER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVERS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICE SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE COVERAGE SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS SUSTAINABLE WATER TOWN TREATMENT PLANT URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH URBAN PLANNERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN SERVICES URBAN SPRAWL URBAN WATER URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT URBANIZATION UTILITIES WASTE WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER BODIES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER COVERAGE WATER DEMAND WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICE WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SYSTEMS WATER UTILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/17046599/future-water-african-cities-waste-water-diagnostic-urban-water-management-31-cities-africa-companion-volume http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12273

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Summary:	By 2030, Africa's urban population will double, and the difficulties African cities currently face in providing sustainable water services will be exacerbated. 'The future of water in African cities: why waste water?' argues that the traditional approach of one source, one system, and one discharge cannot close the water gap. A more integrated, sustainable, and flexible approach, which takes into account new concepts such as water fit to a purpose, is needed in African cities. The book provides examples of cities in Africa and beyond that have already implemented Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) approaches both in terms of technical and institutional solutions. Case studies explore the ways in which IUWM can help meet future water demand in African cities. Recent work carried out by Bahri (2012) on IUWM for the Global Water Partnership has also emphasized the necessity to examine the challenges posed by urban sprawl for urban planners and to recognize the need for coordinate, response, and sustainable resource management across sectors, sources, services and scales. The World Bank has recognized a need for an integrated approach to urban water management. As part hereof the issue has come to the forefront: What is the specific character of the water challenge in African cities and how can we compare the severity of the challenge, the need for integrated approach and the local capacity to respond to these challenges? The study presented in this companion volume is an initial attempt to answer this question.