Sustainable Water – Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure

Contents Foreword ix
Series introduction xi
About this book xiii
About the contributors xvii
Acknowledgements xxi
Dedication xxii
Part 1: Principles 1
1 Introduction 3
Richard Fenner and Charles Ainger
1.1 Water – essential infrastructure 3
1.2 Global water: from source to service 3
1.3 Current unsustainable features of water
infrastructure – and ‘technical lock-in’ 8
1.4 Changing approaches to water
management 10
1.5 Water management in cities of the future 14
1.6 Resilience and adaptive management 15
1.7 The way forward – developing good practice
for sustainable water services 17
References 18
2 Challenges and opportunities 21
Richard Fenner and Charles Ainger
2.1 Introduction 21
2.2 Cross-cutting themes and absolute principles 22
2.3 New challenges for water management 23
2.4 Scale and governance 29
References 31
Part 11: Practice 33
3 Water resources 35
Trevor Bishop (with additional contributions by
Ian Barker)
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Integrated planning for sustainable
catchments 36
3.3 Water-resource planning: principles, pressures
and managing uncertainty 40
3.4 Supply/demand planning: principles and
approach 43
3.5 Adaptive management and resilience – key
sustainability actions 45
What practitioners can do 48
References 48
4 Water in the urban system 51
Richard Ashley
4.1 Introduction 51
4.2 We have always done it this way 54
4.3 Planning with water for sustainability 60
4.4 Getting there 62
What practitioners can do 72
References 72
Further reading 75
5 Water in the rural system 77
Martin Ross
5.1 Key challenges and opportunities 77
5.2 Integrated catchment management – a more
sustainable practice 78
5.3 Sustainability benefits from integrated
catchment management 83
5.4 How to do it – working with stakeholders
and regulators 88
5.5 Data, analysis and modelling 89
5.6 Collaborative working 89
5.7 International experience and practice 90
What practitioners can do 91
References 91
6 Water demand and supply 93
Richard Burns
6.1 The water supply-demand balance 93
6.2 Avoiding unnecessary use of potable water 96
6.3 Using alternative water sources of supply 97
6.4 Reducing losses from the water system 102
6.5 Water-demand management 109
6.6 A water company response 115
6.7 Resilience 117
What practitioners can do 118
References 118
7 Wastewater management 123
Adrian Johnson
7.1 Introduction 123
7.2 What does sustainable wastewater
management look like? 126
7.3 How do we achieve sustainable wastewater
management ? 138
What practitioners can do 144
References 144
Further reading 146
8 Drainage and flood resilience 147
David Balmforth
8.1 Introduction 147
8.2 Unsustainable drainage 148
8.3 A new paradigm for urban drainage 149
8.4 The role of standards in sustainable drainage
development 151
8.5 Achieving sustainable drainage 154
8.6 Be clear on the desired outcomes from
developing the drainage systems 158
8.7 Understand the performance of the existing
drainage system 159
8.8 Apply the solutions matrix: challenge
convention 160
8.9 Recognise that the developed system will
have a finite capacity: plan for exceedance 163
8.10 Build resilience against flooding and other
impacts 165
8.11 Manage other receptor impacts 169
8.12 Achieving multiple benefits 170
What practitioners can do 171
References 171
9 Innovating beyond operations – a water
company example 173
Steve Kaye, Charles Ainger and Richard Fenner
9.1 Innovating beyond ‘operations’ 173
9.2 Drivers and strategies for company-wide
innovation for sustainability 174
9.3 Innovation through engagement with all
stakeholders 178
9.4 Tying it all together 190
What practitioners can do 194
References 195
10 Water in development 197
Richard Carter
10.1 Introduction 197
10.2 Water (in) security in developing countries 199
10.3 Developing countries are different 205
10.4 What constitutes sustainable water
development? 207
10.5 Three case studies 211
What practitioners can do 213
References 214
Part 111: Change 217
11 Drivers and barriers to innovation,
and effective responses 219
Charles Ainger, Richard Fenner and Adrian Johnson
11.1 Drivers for change and innovation 219
11.2 Barriers to innovation 219
11.3 The shape of change – driving up the
innovation curve 222
11.4 Responses – asking the right question at the
right time 226
11.5 Apply a robust methodology to identify,
assess and select sustainable solutions 227
11.6 Explore wider options and collaborative
multifunctional solutions – enabling
innovative thinking 231
What practitioners can do 233
References 233
12 Case studies – enablers for sustainability
innovation 235
Charles Ainger and Richard Fenner
12.1 Trends that enable better sustainability
practice 235
12.2 Regulation for innovation 235
12.3 Measurement and targets for innovation –
the example of CO 2e emissions 241
12.4 ‘Big data’ analysis, and data modelling for
innovation 245
12.5 Innovation through procurement 248
What practitioners can do – the sum is greater
than the parts 254
References 254
13 Ending thoughts – the journey to sustainable
water 257
Charles Ainger and Richard Fenner
Appendix 1 Principles for sustainable infrastructure 261
Appendix 2 Sharing new practice for sustainable water 263
Index 265