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The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management Summer Meeting 1995
Author(s) -
C. Rodda
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1995.tb01475.x
Subject(s) - institution , citation , library science , business , political science , management , computer science , law , economics
It is something of a paradox that, at this time when the global demand for water is rising faster than ever before, knowledge of the world's water resources is waning. The networks of instruments which provide the basis for this knowledge are considered, with the errors of measurements involved. Work on reducing these errors, particularly the introduction of total quality management, is discussed. The conclusion is reached that a reliable assessment of the world's water resources is some distance away. This presents problems to bodies involved in their development and management and to those organizations who wish to provide the United Nations' Commission for Sustainable Development with an assessment of global water resources for its session in 1997 an assessment which will then be presented to a special session of the UN General Assembly.