Calls for water supply systems to become 'greener'

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Water distribution systems The latest international WDSA conference, considered one of the foremost forums on water distribu­ tion systems in the world, was the first to beheld outside the US. It attracted around 200 experts from all over the world, including the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK. Among others the conference encouraged and fostered debate on new ways to supply drinking water, control distribution system water quality and improve and maintain safe drinking water in every part of the world. Delegates heard how the sustainability of urban infrastructure is starting to attract significant attention, especially in developed countries. The water supply industry’s present focus is on the poten­ tial ways in which the effects of climate change will influence the supply of water, for example, through changes in the hydrologic cycle and extreme events (droughts and floods). This is especially so because the effects of climate change on water distribution systems are not well known.

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