How You Should Look At 21 Weeks

future of urban water services in Spain. (GT-8)

The various speakers who participated in this working group have put forward a clear and concise conclusions and opinions about urban water services in Spain. The working group has considered various sections are as follows:

- Climate Change: Natural disasters related to water see the example of floods or droughts cause millions of casualties. In the case of Spain is estimated reduction in water intake between 5% and 14%, so that effective water management is of paramount importance.

- Governance and management: Water management should be approached from a state agreement between the major political forces should manage water from surplus basins to those that are deficient, there is no single solution, there mixed solutions (transfer, desalination ...). There are differences between the cost of water and the final price paid by consumers at the moment the consumer does not pay the total amount of household water service. Water management by business / management must be comprehensive and should be approached as a strategic element for the state.

- relationship networks: networks of interaction between society and those involved in water management are very important to improve water management. You need to connect with society to raise the issues related to water management, so you can ease tensions arising from a possible increase in the price of the service. An example would be surveys, online portals and social networks. Have stressed the importance of knowledge management within companies and administrations that manage the water like a company more capital.

- Innovation: Innovation as in other areas is essential to develop new technologies and methodologies capable of providing a quality service at the lowest possible cost, and all this in a way that is sustainable over time from the point of environmentally. For this we must identify the present and future needs, so that the company is able to take advantage of future opportunities.

- Energy efficiency: Water use is closely related to energy consumption. Given the current situation in which power generation is an environmental challenge, should take appropriate measures to ensure effective management of water from the energy standpoint.

Hernangómez Ruben Pardo.