Climate change and the water industry

“The water utility sector has a unique set of challenges ahead. A primary challenge for the water sector will be to enhance its capacity to cope with the impacts of climate change and other human pressures on water systems while fostering greater resiliency to extreme hydrologic events.”

(Citaat: Zwolsman, J.J.G., Johannessen, A. – Climate change and the water industry – Asian Water 25(2009)7, p.10-14)