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March 13, 2006
New report says less is more in getting water to the poor
In a new report, Spreading the Water Wealth: Making Water Infrastructure Work for the Poor, released today by the International Rivers Network in Berkeley, CA, the conlusion is reached that the water needs of the world’s poorest people can be met by redirecting investments in water infrastructure to cheap, decentralized and environmentally sustainable technologies.
"Small–scale projects such as local rainwater harvesting structures, drip irrigation and pump technologies, and water–saving farming techniques can reduce poverty more effectively and at lower cost than the mega–projects that focus on cities, industry, and modern agriculture", says Patrick McCully, Executive Director of International Rivers Network.
McCully argues that the needs of the poor must be put front and center in water infrastructure strategies, and rebuts the main arguments for the mega–project approach, as reported and published by the International Rivers Network.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at March 13, 2006 04:54 PM
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