National water infrastructure system

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Chapter 5 in The Infrastructured State, 2020, pp 106-129 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: At its core, the function of a state’s water infrastructure system is to ensure that this resource is available in sufficient quantities and is of a satisfactory quality not only to support and sustain human activity but also to ensure it is not disrupted by extremes of flows (World Bank 2016). To this this end, water infrastructure exists as a ‘heterogeneous conglomerate of systems that can be applied in many situations’ (Grigg 2017, p.2). Typically (though not universally across all states) this heterogenous system is comprised of: dams and hydropower; water supply; waste water, sanitation and water quality; storm water systems; irrigation and drainage; river and coastal works; pipelines and canals; and natural water infrastructure (Grigg 2017). These are not standalone components; their operation requires an integrated infrastructure system of processing plants, storage points and distribution and disposal links that enable the effective management of a state’s territorial water resources (OECD 2017). This heterogeneity of the water infrastructure system underlines that it has multiple territorial functions from facilitating water supply and flood prevention through to enabling transport and energy systems. As water resources are unevenly distributed across space, the main focus here will be limited to those portions of water infrastructure that are required by all states, namely those that facilitate water supply, disposal and treatment (what is termed here the circulatory water infrastructure system). Initially this chapter will examine in depth the form and nature of the National Water Infrastructure System (NWIS) before moving on to explore the territorial

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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