The Future of Water in African Cities: Why Waste Water?

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.185-199). Table of Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Chapter 1. Africa's Emerging Urban Water Challenges -- Africa's Rapid Urbanization Brings Opportunities and Threats -- African Cities Struggle to Provide Access to Water and Sanitation to Their Current Population -- Water Demand Increases Even Faster than Population Growth -- Water Supply Depends on the Quantity and Quality of Water in the Catchment -- Poor Drainage and Flooding Are a Growing Problem -- These Challenges Are Exacerbated by Climate Variability, Flooding, and Uncertainty about the Future -- Secondary Cities are Equally at Risk but Even Less Equipped to Manage Complexity -- Solving the Urban Water Challenge Is Essential to Achieve Growth and to Reduce Poverty -- Lack of Data Complicates Finding Solutions -- The Current Way in Which We View Urban Water Systems Might Hinder Our Ability to Respond to Future Challenges -- Notes -- Chapter 2. An Integrated Perspective for Urban Water Management -- IUWM has a History of Knowledge and Good Practice -- The Urban Water Cycle Is One System -- The Urban Water Cycle Is Closely Linked to the Watershed -- Water Should Be Managed across Institutions -- All Players Should Be Part of the Process -- Water Should Be Fit for Purpose -- Diverse Sources Provide Better Water Security -- Urban Groundwater: Sustaining Water Security and Increasing Water Treatment Potential -- Innovative Technologies Can Play a Role -- Wastewater Might Be Valuable -- Adaptive Systems Work Best to Cope with Uncertainty -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Assessing Water Management Challenges and Capacities in African Cities -- Knowledge and Attitudes to Urban Water Management Are More Evolved than Its Practice in Africa -- Reducing Complexity to Two Dimensions: IUWM Capacities and Challenges Index -- You Cannot Manage What You Do Not Measure: A City Dashboard as a Starting Point for Dialogue -- The Spatial Dimensions of a Growing City Matter to Water Management -- Climate Change Will Have an Impact on Urban Water Management -- Notes -- Chapter 4. In-Depth Analysis of Water Management Challenges in Selected Cities -- Nairobi, Kenya: Dealing with the Gap between Supply and Demand -- Mbale, Uganda: A Time-Limited Window of Opportunity -- Arua, Uganda: Can Decentralized Solutions Postpone a Very Large Infrastructure Project? -- Douala, Cameroon: Addressing Sanitation, Flooding, and Waste Management -- Participation of Stakeholders in IUWM: Experience from Case Studies -- Notes -- Chapter 5. Making IUWM Work in African Cities -- Increase Use of IUWM in Project Planning and Design in Africa -- Better Understand Institutional Requirements and Implications of IUWM -- Implement Pilot Projects to Demonstrate IUWM in Practice -- Promote a Learning Alliance for IUWM -- Flowing Water in Fluid Cities: IUWM in Expanding African Cities -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey-Methodology -- Appendix 2. Diagnostic of Water Management for 31 Cities in Africa -- Appendix 3. Indicators for the 31 Cities Diagnostic -- Appendix 4. Methodology for Urban Extent Maps -- References. Publisher Marketing: The objective of this study is to assist public authorities to identify and address the future challenges of urban water supply, sanitation, and flood management in cities. In order to do that, this report uses the conceptual framework of Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) as a holistic set of planning and management tools incorporating all components of the urban water cycle to help develop efficient and flexible urban water systems in the future. The future of water in African cities: why waste water? argues that a new approach to urban water management is needed in Africa. Due to their rapid urbanization, cities in Sub-Saharan Africa will face increasing challenges in order to provide water supply to the growing population. Future water supply for cities will also depend on the potential to sustain water resources of good quality in the river basin and to manage competing uses within the watershed. The complexity of these challenges coupled with future uncertainty due to climate change will require a more sustainable, integrated and adaptive water management approach. Reviewing a series of case studies in Uganda, Kenya and Cameroon, and having conducted a diagnostic of 31 cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, this report suggests that the challenges faced by cities in Africa cannot be solved by the traditional approach of one source, one system, and one discharge. The 4 cases studies of this report illustrate the combination of existing technology and surface water with new sources (e.g. groundwater and greywater recycling) within the river basin that will increase water security for cities. In some cases, planning decentralized and modular solutions will bring more flexibility and adaptation to expanding cities. The future of water in African cities: why waste water? is aimed at urban planners, water managers, policy makers, development agencies and stakeholders interested in innovative solutions to urban water management challenges. IUWM will help policymakers in African cities consider a wider range of solutions, understand water s interaction with other sectors, and secure resilience under a range of future conditions." Contributor Bio:  Jacobsen, Michael Michael Jacobsen is an Australian-born serial entrepreneur, now based in Europe. He holds a Bachelor of Business degree from UTS in Sydney and a financial diploma from the Australian Securities Institute. He is active in UK and European business and is also an angel investor and business mentor to start ups, growth businesses and businesses in the creative sector, predominantly in the UK and Europe. He sits on the board of the world-renowned Australian Centre for Event Management, a division of the business faculty at the University of Technology Sydney. Michael co-founded/owned and was founding co-producer of 'Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage', which held its world premiere in Australia in 2004 and has since played in Holland, Canada, the USA, Germany and London's West End. It set box office records in Germany, Canada and London and is one of the most successful live entertainment products ever staged in terms of ticket sales and revenue. Michael also co-founded and developed the 13,000-seat Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, and sat on the board as an executive director. For a number of years he was also on the board of the 2000-seat Capitol Theatre in Sydney and was CEO and board member of the 12,000-seat Sydney Entertainment Centre for six years. He has also been involved in the promotion of concert tours by numerous leading artists including Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand. Alongside his own entrepreneurial activities, Michael is active as a business mentor in the UK and Europe. He has taken numerous companies to market and worked with others on how to become investable - assisting them in gaining finance, venture capital and private equity. Michael is passionate about education and in addition to his work as a business mentor, he lectures at universities in London, is a mentor at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, sits on the steering committee for NACUE Create (National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs), has acted as a resident entrepreneur for the StartUp Britain campaign and is a mentor for the Doug Richard School for Creative Startups.