Geography Reference
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Water supply and management
Adrian McDonald
forming this definition, we have excluded waters
abstracted from rivers and groundwater without
treatment for use by people and industry.
The management of the supply of water
involves three requirements:
INTRODUCTION
Water is fundamental to life and is overall the
largest component of resources that have to be
actively sought. Air we need continuously but, for
the time being at least, is available at all locations.
Water supply and management mean different
things to different communities, clients, industries
and suppliers. For the purposes of this analysis,
water supply will be taken as the supply of water
for consumption delivered through a system. In
1
The delivery of an adequate volume of water
at the time and locations required.
2
The provision of water of an adequate quality.
3
The provision of the water at an acceptable
price to consumer and supplier.
Figure 10.1
Stylised operation of the water industry, the place of regulators and the main actions and therefore research
areas in the system.
