Water Secured Cities
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Arcadis global water and cities director, John Batten, gave this presentation on November 4, 2015 at Amsterdam International Water Week. To learn more about Arcadis' water solutions, please visit http://bit.ly/1ljkpz2
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Water Secured Cities
- 1. WATER SECURED CITIES John Batten • November 4, 2015 Amsterdam International Water Week
- 3. © Arcadis 2015 Our Water Addiction – Impending Crisis 10 November 2015 3
- 4. © Arcadis 2015 Our Water Addiction – Impending Crisis 10 November 2015 4 Global water demand: Baseline, 2000 and 2050 Note: this graph only measures blue water demand (see Box 5.1) and does not consider rainfed agriculture. Source: The Environmental Outlook Baseline; output from IMAGE. Statlink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888932571171
- 5. © Arcadis 2015 Managing Our Addiction Within a Safe Yield 10 November 2015 5 Demand and withdraws should not outstrip safe yield Safe Yield Unsustainable
- 6. © Arcadis 2015 A Tale of Two Cities 10 November 2015 6 New York City Precipitation 1,130.2mm Storage Capacity 458 Days Doha 8.4M Population Precipitation 63.8mm Storage Capacity 3 Days 1M Population
- 7. The Story of New York Water Safety and Security
- 8. © Arcadis 2015 NYC Delivering Safe Water 10 November 2015 8 2,000 residents died of Cholera in under one month 1832 NYC begins to address the water supply problem 1834 The Croton Aqueduct is built 1837-1842 Tunnel 1 is built 1907
- 9. © Arcadis 2015 Hurricane Sandy 2012 10 November 2015 9
- 10. © Arcadis 2015 NYC Delivering Water Security – Rebuild by Design 10 November 2015 10
- 11. © Arcadis 2015 Rebuild by Design – The Big U aka Dryline 10 November 2015 11
- 12. The Story of Doha Delivering Water Security to 2.5 Million People
- 13. © Arcadis 2015 Doha – Living with Scarcity
- 14. © Arcadis 2015 Doha’s Water Source – The Persian Gulf 10 November 2015 14 Lack of StorageOil Spills Algae Blooms
- 15. © Arcadis 2015 Doha’s Solution 10 November 201515 Storage 3 Days Population 1M 2015 2.5M 2020 Population 7 Days Storage 5 Mega Reservoirs 2026 ??M 2036 Population ~30 Days Storage 16 Mega Reservoirs 2036
- 16. © Arcadis 2015 Water Sustainable Cities Index 10 November 2015 16 Resiliency QualityEfficiency
- 17. © Arcadis 2015 10 November 2015 17
Editor's Notes
- Safe Yield and Consumption: Demand and withdraws should not outstrip safe yield Value of Water: Water is essential, necessary, and an economic driver of everything. Investment of water must be a top priority. Vulnerability in your water plans and systems means vulnerability in everything.
- Average Precipitation slide 5 2000-2012 Doha averaged 63.8mm/yr or 2.5in/yr (worldweatheronline.com) 200-2012 NYC averaged 1,130.2 mm/yr or 44.5 in/yr (worldweatheronline.com) Doha: Hydrocarbons are the “gift” given, but now Doha looks to expand its economy and systems “Building for a population that does not yet exist in one of the most arid regions on Earth” (http://www.qatarinvestmentfund.com/media/article/qatars-2030-vision-for-doha-1709/)
- NYC Reactive to security
- Photo LC to send
- Historically scarce water Rainfall < 2” year (LC) Mostly sourced through flash desalination from the Persian Gulf Safe yield, vulnerability, tourism,
- What happens if access to the Gulf is limited or unavailable? Oil spills, algae blooms, potential for conflict, Map of region, Qatar, desal plant
- Cities are responsible for protecting their citizens from pollutants and disease, as well as from destructive storm surges and flooding, but increasingly, cities are challenged and vulnerable to these quality of life issues. Each of the 50 cities included in this index have distinctive water relationships that helped shape their urban character and define their commercial identity. ranked each of these cities against three pertinent criteria: resiliency, efficiency and quality This extension of our annual Sustainable Cities Index addresses solely the issue of water. Through it we are evaluating the world’s urban centers on the stewardship of their water assets. That is to say, we are analyzing the quality of their waterways and delivered water, as well as the efficiency of their water systems and the resiliency of their water defenses and infrastructure.