Water Values Podcast

Key Water Megatrends with Art Umble

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Art Umble, Director of the Stantec Institute for Applied Science, Technology & Policy, provides a fascinating discussion identifying the key megatrends impacting water and exploring the issues driving those megatrends.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Art’s distinguished background in water
  • The work undertaken by the Institute for Applied Science, Technology and Policy
  • The knowledge gaps we need to fill in order to develop a strategy to address water stress
  • Key water megatrends: (1) Water Stress; (2) Global Urbanization; (3) Transboundary Water; (4) Agricultural Productivity
  • Water stress as a global, national, and regional issue
  • The three S’s of water stress: scarcity, socio-economics, and security
    • Water stress is usually discussed in scarcity terms, but socio-economics factors (i.e., infrastructure adequacy) also plays a significant role
    • The global urbanization challenge and the concentration of water demand
    • How population growth will affect water stress
    • Agriculture water sources – “blue water” and “green water” and what they are
    • How evapotranspiration affects green water
    • Unsustainable irrigation and the reasons behind it
    • Art’s thoughts on how we address water stress

      • Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

      • Art’s LinkedIn page
      • The Stantec Institute for Applied Science, Technology & Policy’s website
      • TWV #227: A Refreshing Vision for Water with Metropolitan’s Adel Hagekhalil

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