SDG6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Balancing the Water Cycle for Sustainable Life on Earth

Eva Kremere|Edward Morgan|Pedi Obani

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Providing safe and clean water for all without damaging the environment is one of the biggest challenges of the SDGs. SDG6 is an ambitious goal which seeks to establish the framework through which environmentally responsible water resource management, sanitation and security can be achieved.

Bridging academic discussion and real-world case studies, this book considers the challenge of balancing the provision of the basic human right of access to water whilst not eroding our capacity to live sustainably in a rapidly changing world. It considers the impact of climate change on the water cycle and discusses how this will increase the vulnerability of communities, including those in regions that already experience acute water challenges. The book also highlights the need for more urgent action on increasing the resilience and quality of freshwater ecosystems and how this links to sanitation practices. The book concludes with a discussion of some of the key challenges and possible solutions to meeting SDG6.

Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Goals 6.1 and 6.2: Water, Sanitation and Health Chapter 3. Goals 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5: Water Quality, Water Efficiency and Integrated Water Resource Management Chapter 4. SDG 6.6: Protecting and Restoring Water-Related Ecosystems Chapter 5. SDG6a and 6b: Governance, Cooperation and Participation Chapter 6. Case Study: The Restoration of Melnais Lake Raised Bog in Latvia Chapter 7. Case Study: Water Management and Addressing Water Scarcity in Australia - Achieving SDG6? Chapter 8. Case Study: Nigeria and SDG6 Chapter 9. Conclusions

Eva Kremere is currently doing her PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Latvia, investigating Food-Water-Energy Nexus.

Edward Morgan is a Research Fellow at the Cities Research Institute and Griffith Climate Change Response Program at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Pedi Obani is the Environmental Policy Research Fellow for the United Nations University-Institute for Natural Resources in Africa.