Water Safety, Security, and Sustainability: Emerging Trends and Future Pathways

Abstract

Access to safe, secure, and sustainable drinking water resources is of paramount importance and an existential challenge worldwide, especially for the scientific community at a time of dynamic global urban and economic development. The issue is shared among both developed and developing nations since all nations require adequate levels of good quality water at a reasonable cost. The authors address a fundamental question of how to make drinking water systems safe, secure, and sustainable to meet current and future needs using emerging trends in contamination monitoring and remediation while keeping such resources secure. From a policy standpoint, the authors discuss effective water treatment and better distribution management systems for sustainable water supplies. Since the issue of water supply is highly diverse, the chapter presents myriad water supply challenges from a holistic viewpoint by reviewing data on global water stress and recommends methods for contamination remediation. The authors present a sustainable landscape of water using risk assessment modalities for water systems.