{"id":431702,"date":"2010-03-15T22:11:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T02:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/?p=13053"},"modified":"2010-03-15T22:11:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T02:11:32","slug":"taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/431702","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Pulse of Global Freshwater Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>What\u2019s happening and what will happen in the water world in 2010. A look ahead as citizens, companies and nonprofits jockey for position.<\/em><span id=\"more-13053\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"photoCenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12883\" title=\"A scene from a former recreation boating area from the Salton sea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/WWD-Banner-290.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from a former recreation boating area from the Salton sea\" width=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photoCredit\">Photo \u00a9 Brent Stirton\/Reportage for Getty Images\/Circle of Blue<\/div>\n<div class=\"photoCaption\">SALTON SEA, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 2009: This slowly drying sea recedes as farmers save water, and and runoff levels drop. By 2030 people worldwide will withdraw more water than the planet can replenish.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>By Andrew Maddocks<br \/>\nCircle of Blue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March 22, 2010 marks World Water Day, a 24-hour observance held annually since 1993 to draw attention to the role that freshwater plays in the world. In recent years it has focused global concern on the dwindling supply of clean water.<\/p>\n<p>With governments from Australia to India feeling the heat of dryness like never before, multinational corporations pledging to become better global water citizens, and a multitude of nonprofit organizations gaining position in the councils of influence worldwide, the global freshwater crisis is steadily becoming a top public priority.<\/p>\n<p>In January, global business and elected leaders assembled in Davos at the World Economic Forum learned one more striking fact that underlies international concern. By 2030, WEF experts said, people will withdraw 30 percent more water than nature can replenish. Unless practices for using and conserving water shift dramatically, shortages will hit communities and businesses, especially agriculture, which uses 70 percent of the world\u2019s fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>Here is some of what we expect in what promises to be a busy year in the world of water:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Contents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#awareness\">Awareness and action<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#Business\">Business of water<\/a>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#Bottled\">Bottled Battles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#GE\">GE: One company\u2019s approach, inside and out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#Disclosure\">Water Disclosure Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#UN\">United Nations CEO Water Mandate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/taking-the-pulse-of-global-freshwater-issues\/#Health\">Water and Global Health<\/a><\/li>\n<p><a name=\"awareness\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Awareness and Action<\/h2>\n<p>A team of researchers and advocates that includes the Global Water Partnership, Global Public Policy Network on Water Management, Stockholm International Water Institute and the Stakeholder Forum, have been working with hundreds of smaller groups to rally support for water\u2019s role in international climate change negotiations this year.<\/p>\n<p>The work was prompted by the disappointing outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December, when water was left out of the Copenhagen Accord. The non-binding agreement  calls for modest action on global warming.<\/p>\n<p>If the international climate treaty doesn\u2019t better emphasize the water-climate intersection, people living in vulnerable coastal nations, such as the island of Maldives, and farmers facing volatile rainfall, such as those in Australia, will be unprepared to face major catastrophes, Stakeholder Forum Policy Coordinator Hannah Stoddart told Circle of Blue.<\/p>\n<p>At the international level, Stoddart and her team work directly with UN officials, and also are coordinating an unofficial international water day in Bonn, Germany in June. They are arranging high-level round table discussions that will rally more support for water issues in the months leading up to the next climate change summit in December, in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eventual goal is for a recognition on an international level that there are currently no operational international treaties addressing water issues specifically,\u201d Stoddart said. \u201cWe\u2019re at the beginning of quite a long journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garnering local support is an important component of making sure the issue gains global prominence, according to marketing experts who work on environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to make people realize that they have a connection to the issue, to the sources of the problem,\u201d said Joel Finkelstein a senior vice president and head of the environment team for Fenton Communications, a U.S.-based firm.<\/p>\n<p>Water offers an even bigger challenge in some ways, he added. It\u2019s still extremely difficult to illustrate the consequences of our current water consumption in countries like the U.S., where citizens can turn on the tap without thinking twice.<\/p>\n<p>But the consequences of water scarcity  are more powerfully conveyed through emotional stories than statistical reports. And Finkelstein believes that social media promises new ways to humanize water and environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeography\u2019s going to mean a different thing,\u201d Finkelstein said. \u201cIt&#8217;s really important to tell local [water] stories with local impacts.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a name=\"Business\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Business of Water<\/h2>\n<p><a name=\"Bottled\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Bottled Battles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A drop in industry sales and the greening plans of Olympics host cities like Vancouver and London indicates that the battle between bottled water and tap water may be on the verge of greater international attention.<\/p>\n<p>The battle is the subject of the upcoming book, &#8220;Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water,&#8221; by Pacific Institute President and Circle of Blue contributor Peter Gleick. Grassroots efforts like Food &amp; Water Watch\u2019s Take Back the Tap campaign, and a trans-Pacific voyage in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2009\/world\/alternative-adventure-eco-explorer-david-de-rothschild-to-travel-the-pacific-in-plastic-ship\/\">boat built entirely from plastic beverage bottles<\/a>, raised awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Water has become one of the highest earning commercial products of the last 100 years, earning tens of billions of dollars in annual sales, according to the publisher\u2019s Web site. Millions of plastic bottles are thrown away almost as quickly as they\u2019re produced each year; 86 percent are not recycled.<\/p>\n<p>According to the consumer rights group Food &amp; Water Watch, plastic bottle production requires 17.6 million barrels of oil and 2.7 million tons of plastic annually. Incinerating the bottles releases toxic byproducts.<\/p>\n<p>Gleick\u2019s columns and Pacific Institute reports have consistently addressed the environmental, cultural and cost concerns of a bottled water lifestyle. In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/peter-gleick-bottled-water-wars-and-the-war-on-tap-water\/\">column<\/a>, Gleick highlighted consumer revolts curbing the rise of bottled water sales. A Worldwatch Institute report released in late February found that the growth rate of bottled water consumption in 2008, while still positive, had dropped.<br \/>\n<a name=\"GE\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>GE: One company\u2019s approach, inside and out<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many of the world\u2019s largest companies face a tug of war over water use internally and within their communities. This trend will expand, predicts Jeff Fulgham, chief marketing officer at General Electric. GE, a company that earned $30 billion last year and whose business units run the gamut from coal-fired electricity turbines to a water infrastructure division, is looking at water efficiency system-wide.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few years the world \u2014 and many of its largest companies \u2014 has reached a tipping point over water, Fulgham said.<\/p>\n<p>Global demand is exceeding supply. That imbalance is greater in some parts of the world than others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photoRight\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Waterstress-graphic-590.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[13053]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12885\" title=\"A 2007 graphic of global water availability.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Waterstress-graphic-2901.jpg\" alt=\"A 2007 graphic of global water availability.\" width=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"photoCredit\">Graphic courtesy UNEP<\/div>\n<div class=\"photoCaption\">Pictured above: A 2007 graphic of global water availability. Deep blue regions have the most freshwater available per person per year, orange regions have the least. <strong>Click to Enlarge<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The numbers are numbing \u2014 at 4,500 billion cubic meters, global demand for water already exceeds supply. By 2030 demand for water will grow to 6,900 billion cubic meters, leaving 40 percent supply gaps in some areas, according to a <a title=\"McKinsey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2009\/world\/news-water-demand-supply-gap-rising-at-alarming-rate-report-shows\/\" >2009 McKinsey report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GE, only one of the companies aggressively assessing future water supply risks, addresses this gap in its internal water use and interactions with a spectrum of clients that need home appliances, jet engines or nuclear power plants. The company aims to reduce its water use by 25 percent by 2015.<\/p>\n<p>As GE tries to reduce its overall water consumption, two other key issues further define the company\u2019s approach to water management \u2014 quality and pricing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the same basic factors we were looking at four years ago, but on steroids,\u201d Fulgham said. Some industries are using poor-quality water, while others are facing more stringent regulations, especially on the discharge side, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re pinched in the middle,\u201d Fulgham said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time some companies and consumers aren\u2019t paying enough for their water, Fulgham said, to reflect how scarce the resource is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers aren\u2019t feeling a cost for water, so it\u2019s tough to get them to spend any money to improve their situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile weak government regulations have let water quality deteriorate in some places, such as Eastern Europe and the developing world. Multiplying demand, deteriorating quality, and disconnected pricing are draining major water reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Fulgham said GE is using a three-pronged approach to respond internally and through its customers: conservation, water re-use technologies and desalination.<\/p>\n<p>Desalination, which until recently was cited by many as a panacea for supplying drinking water in dry nations, may be reaching the limits of practicality. It is energy intensive and expensive. Since newer technologies can\u2019t guarantee success, GE is emphasizing conservation measures and clean, efficient water re-use.<\/p>\n<p>GE, like other corporations, is upgrading its appliances, water re-use and treatment equipment. It\u2019s also updating its manufacturing, energy, appliance and real estate holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Fulgham said he\u2019d like to tackle excessive water use in agriculture. Minimizing the flow of water through farms could intervene directly in what he calls the \u201cvicious cycle\u201d of water, reducing consumption and pollution at the same time. His company also cultivates talent in Ivy League and top engineering school programs related to water, the environment, and business.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights related to water are a \u201chuge deal,\u201d Fulgham said. GE is working with its own foundation, global peers like the Gates and Tata Foundations, entrepreneurs and appropriate technologies for water-deprived areas to build sustainable programs in the neediest areas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more from Circle of Blue&#8217;s conversation with Fulgham <a title=\"Fulgham\" href=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/2010\/world\/qa-how-general-electric-is-tackling-the-water-crisis\/\" >here<\/a>. <\/em><br \/>\n<a name=\"Disclosure\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The CDP Water Disclosure Project in 2010<\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" background=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/timelinebackground1.jpg\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; February \u2013 March<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Companies review and sign water disclosure questionnaire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" background=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/timelinebackground1.jpg\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; April 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Questionnaire sent to approximately 300 of largest corporations in water-intensive sectors globally.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" background=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/timelinebackground1.jpg\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; July 31<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Deadline for companies to respond to questionnaire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" background=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/timelinebackground1.jpg\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; October \u2013 December<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Findings launched through CDP Water Disclosure.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"15px\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In a measure of global corporate attention on freshwater issues, 300 corporations in water intensive industries and high-risk areas have pledged to release detailed information about their water usage through the Carbon Disclosure Project. CDP is an independent British non-profit founded ten years ago to help organizations measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. It also creates strategies to help deal with climate change. Now CDP is applying its emissions model to water.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage of the new program starts April 1 when CDP will survey 300 member companies. The results, which CDP plans to release by the end of 2010, will give the companies and their investors new tools to analyze water-related risks and bottom line opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Norton, head of the water disclosure program, said the survey\u2019s broad acceptance is a sign that companies are beginning to understand water is an important part of their supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies will need to operate in a water-constrained world,\u201d Norton said. \u201cInvestors will be very interested in knowing that it\u2019s a part of their long-term planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The questionnaire has three general categories: water management and governance, water-related risks, and metrics. The first group of questions asks how companies deal with various parties, from governments to local groups, connected to a water supply. Investors, Norton said, want to know companies are anticipating the dangers of operating in water-scarce regions.<\/p>\n<p>Metrics is the most challenging category to survey because there\u2019s no global standard for water measurement. Gathering exhaustive data could put an overwhelming burden on companies.<\/p>\n<p>Norton said CDP designed the survey to collect meaningful data that doesn\u2019t create an excessive reporting burden. While it\u2019s a \u201crocky\u201d process that will develop over many years, companies have no incentive to mislead shareholders, Norton said.<\/p>\n<p>Useful data is harder to gather about water than greenhouse gases. Carbon emissions have the same affect on London as they do on Michigan. Water information is most valuable when localized down to the watershed level because conditions can be so variable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil you look at that I don\u2019t think the data is truly meaningful,\u201d Norton said.<\/p>\n<p>Norton will use the survey\u2019s first year to explore ways the survey should expand. He wants to prioritize two additional categories: the largest, most water-intensive companies and the regions with the worst water scarcity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an iterative process of improvement,\u201d Norton said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be developing modules for different industries and sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norton thinks this project will advance global awareness of the water crisis in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard people describe us with water as where we were with carbon and climate change five years ago.\u201d<br \/>\n<a name=\"UN\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>United Nations CEO Water Mandate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Started by the United Nations in 2007, the voluntary CEO Water Mandate is designed as a public-private venture to help companies develop, implement and disclose water sustainability in their supply chains. In the long term, the CEO Water Mandate hopes its efforts will help mitigate the effects of the global water crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Companies that sign the mandate pledge to analyze and reform six key water management areas:<\/p>\n<p>* Direct operations<br \/>\n* Supply chain and watershed management<br \/>\n* Collective action<br \/>\n* Public policy<br \/>\n* Community engagement<br \/>\n* Transparency<\/p>\n<p>Beverage industry giants PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Nestl\u00e9 have signed on, along with more than 50 others. The Pacific Institute, Circle of Blue\u2019s parent organization, manages the program.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone supports the mandate. An active community is skeptical of corporate involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate Accountability International, a grassroots watchdog organization, calls the CEO Mandate \u2014 among other corporate initiatives \u2014 a public relations effort by for-profit corporations to gain control over the world\u2019s water resources and services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorporations like Coca-Cola, Suez and Nestl\u00e9 are trying to turn water into a high-priced commodity, the oil of the 21st century,\u201d said CAI in a statement. \u201cThis presents a grave threat to people\u2019s access to water. The United Nations needs to stand up for public, democratic control of a resource that is essential to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, more than 125 organizations in 35 countries urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to withdraw the UN\u2019s support for the mandate. Tony Clarke of the Polaris Institute, a Canadian-based political think tank, noted during a side event to the World Economic Forum earlier this year that the CEO water mandate is a \u201cthinly veiled public relations effort by for-profit corporations to gain greater control over water resources and services around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacific Institute Program Director Jason Morrison told Circle of Blue he objects strongly to the assertions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of evidence we\u2019re shown that this is not a public relations exercise,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cIn fact, I would challenge anyone to find an initiative, focusing on the private sector, that has done more in the last two years to define what corporate water stewardship means in practice than the UN CEO Water Mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mandate has been unusually successful, Morrison said, in pushing companies to identify water-related impacts and risks throughout their operations. It also places a major emphasis on transparency of water-related data in companies.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison pointed to a study called \u201cMurky Waters? Corporate Reporting on Water Risk\u201d by the Ceres investor coalition, Bloomberg and UBS Financial Services as an independent measure of success. The study ranked companies\u2019 disclosure of water data across different sectors. While the mandate did not cover all the sectors, its companies ranked among the highest in the study.<\/p>\n<p>The mandate also defends human rights and the democratic water regulatory process, Morrison said. The Pacific Institute helped draft a responsible engagement and public policy document for companies that\u2019s undergoing a month-long public review. It pushes companies to consider a range of groups its water policy affects, and guides company relationships to serve their best interests.<\/p>\n<p>While Morrison believes the mandate&#8217;s success in reforming the private sector is unparalleled and has ongoing potential, he pointed out that some groups would rather not deal with the private sector at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are others, myself included, that hold the view that because industry uses such a large amount of water, it would be to everyone\u2019s benefit if they were better stewards of that water,\u201d Morrison said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nearly impossible to get through a day \u2014 especially in America \u2014 without using an industrial, water-intensive product. Morrison sees that as a call to action and a validation of the mandate.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Health\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Water and Global Health<\/h2>\n<p>While companies assess risks and look for ways to conserve, scarce and polluted water supplies remain one of the world\u2019s greatest public health challenges. More children die every day from a lack of clean water, sanitation and hygiene than from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, while 20 other potentially fatal diseases can be reduced if water access was better, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Such widespread fatal illness could severely limit the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which form the pillars of the UN\u2019s sustainable development program and are widely seen as benchmarks by which world progress or decline is measured.<\/p>\n<p>A study by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsgab.org\/docs\/biblioteca\/I-1.12.pdf\">Japan Water Forum in 2005<\/a> found that seven of eight U.N. goals heavily depend on access to clean water for success. According to the study, up to 50 percent of the success rate depends on access to clean water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t accomplish these goals if people are sick repeatedly, or if women are out hauling water two to three hours every day,\u201d said David Douglas, founder and executive director of Water Advocates, a Washington-based nonprofit group focused exclusively on raising funds and awareness for water-related health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas says he\u2019s motivated by the staggering number of deaths tied directly to water, and the broader, indirect threats limited resource supplies pose to development.<\/p>\n<p>Water Advocates, which will dissolve this year, is hoping for several pieces of its advocacy work to fall into place before it closes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the outcome of this year, we\u2019ll have plenty of voices to keep going,\u201d Douglas said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photoRight\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12883\" title=\"World Water Day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.circleofblue.org\/waternews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/WorldWaterDay_Banner-2901.jpg\" alt=\"World Water Day\" width=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photoCredit\">Photo \u00a9 UN Water<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The research, he says, offers no other interpretation: Water and sanitation-related diseases must be on par in global attention and funding with AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Right now they are barely mentioned in government spending negotiations, Douglas said, adding that he hopes the U.S. will allocate $500 million in 2011 to tackle water-related health problems in the developing world.<\/p>\n<p>The immensely diverse global water challenges \u2014 health, business sustainability, climate impact, agriculture, gender equality, human rights, infrastructure development and repair, to name just a few \u2014 form a swarm of intersecting complexities that, says Douglas, will define the success or failure of development in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew Maddocks is a reporter for Circle of Blue working from the Traverse City, Michigan newsroom. Reach Maddocks at andrew@circleofblue.org<\/em><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s happening and what will happen in the water world in 2010. A look ahead as citizens, companies and nonprofits jockey for position. Photo \u00a9 Brent Stirton\/Reportage for Getty Images\/Circle of Blue SALTON SEA, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 2009: This slowly drying sea recedes as farmers save water, and and runoff levels drop. 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