A Call for Synthesis of Water Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Hering, Janet G.; Maag, Simon; Schnoor, Jerald L.

doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02598

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“…The originality of the approach is that a global concept is presented that can be applied to specific contexts. The scientific or technical experts need to be informed on local priorities, needs, and opportunities [10]. These local conditions are perfectly known to water professionals who are now collaborating with (international) researchers, for example in the framework of an established consortium.…”

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“…Water pollution caused by chemical, microbial, and physical contamination is a worldwide health issue [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. While microbes cause acute diseases (e.g., cholera, diarrhea, typhoid fever), chemicals mainly cause chronic diseases including cancer [4,9,11,[14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

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“…Goal 6 (one of the 17 SDGs) focuses explicitly on freshwater: "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" [26]. Accordingly, Goal 6 calls for improving water quality as well as protecting and restoring water-related ecosystems [10]. However, the goal does not explicitly include universal access to safe drinking water.…”

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Metallic iron (Fe 0 )-based filtration systems have the potential to significantly contribute to the achievement of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of substantially improving the human condition by 2030 through the provision of clean water. Recent knowledge on Fe 0 -based safe drinking water filters is addressed herein. They are categorized into two types: Household and community filters. Design criteria are recalled and operational details are given. Scientists are invited to co-develop knowledge enabling the exploitation of the great potential of Fe 0 filters for sustainable safe drinking water provision (and sanitation).

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“…Simply collecting and compiling the monitoring data on indicators to support SDG 6 is a significant task being coordinated through several agencies of the United Nations [UN Water, 2016]. Actually achieving the targets under SDG 6, particularly by 2030, will require that existing knowledge is marshaled and used to implement solutions [Hering et al, 2016;SDSN, 2015].…”

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Perspectives from a water research institute on knowledge management for sustainable water management

Hering¹,

Nunnenmacher²,

Waldow³

2017

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A sizeable, and sometimes overwhelming, array of knowledge is available and relevant to Sustainable Water Management (SWM). This knowledge derives not only from the natural, social and engineering sciences but also from practical experiences in water management, which is defined broadly to include all forms of water use as well as the protection of water resources and reduction of risk from water-related hazards. As a publically-funded water research institute, Eawag (the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) faces the challenges of integrating and synthesizing available knowledge, creating new knowledge through research projects and making knowledge available in an accessible form to support engineering practice, water resources management and related policy-making. This chapter examines these challenges from an organizational perspective, discussing measures taken within Eawag to meet them and identifying remaining gaps and possible ways to address them.

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“…This simple and applicable technology has the potential to help achieving the UN Sustainable Development. [26] argued that a tool to achieve the UN SDGs is to translate existing knowledge into practical solutions. It appears that designing efficient Fe 0 filtration systems is one of the best available approaches for an appropriate, demand-based, affordable and efficient water treatment technology [14].…”

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Metallic Iron for Water Treatment: Lost Science in the West

Noubactep¹

2017

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A Call for Synthesis of Water Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Cited by 51 publications

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Making Fe0-Based Filters a Universal Solution for Safe Drinking Water Provision

Making Fe0-Based Filters a Universal Solution for Safe Drinking Water Provision

Perspectives from a water research institute on knowledge management for sustainable water management

Metallic Iron for Water Treatment: Lost Science in the West

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