Water and Climate Change Journal

A changing climate brings many challenges in water availability and demand management, water-borne disease and water quality. The water sector must adapt to these changing climatic conditions by seeking alternative water resources and developing improved water management approaches that will reduce pressure on already stressed systems. Furthermore, there is a need to develop and implement technologies and policies that will reduce and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

The innovative responses by water utilities to address these climate change risks has meant that frontiers have been pushed in a number of areas such as desalination, reuse, stormwater harvesting and aquifer recharge. A similar scale of innovation is required to manage the dwindling surface water resources and the environmental, aesthetic and cultural benefits they provide.

The Journal of Water and Climate Change aims be the knowledge conduit for communicating these innovative responses to water management in the face of changing climate conditions. The journal will feature peer-reviewed journal articles with three broad areas of focus:

1. water resources: from atmospheric science and rainfall studies to reservoir management;

2. water technology and engineering: the challenges of converting water resources into potable water supplies, delivery to consumers and the development of energy-efficient treatment for wastewater reuse; and

3. regulatory and managerial issues.

To view the contents of Issue No. 1, visit the link below.