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

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