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Water Literacy

Content for Experiential Learning, Teaching & Research created by Kulsum Fatima

 

This site contains resources for experiential learning, teaching & research around “Water Literacy”. This blog was developed and curated by Ms. Kulsum Fatima, a doctoral candidate at SAPL, UCalgary to highlight issues related to her doctoral research in water management, with a particular focus on achieving the NetZero water scenario at Higher education Institutions. Several components are included in her research, including a framework for performance assessment and a framework for water literacy assessment at UCalgary main campus. Read more about the Research at UCalgary. This blog specifically highlight the designed resources to promote “Water Literacy” at UCalgary.

 

Overview

This blog introduces the concept of Water Literacy, provides information about the designed experiential learning resources, ongoing research activities and teaching & learning approach specific to UCalgary campus. It also highlights Parallel concepts including water planning, water crisis, water leadership, concept of virtual water, etc. This blogs intend to explain and explore the Water-People Connection and the connection between Water literacy and United Nations Sustainable Development (UN SDG6).

 

Background

A major portion of this research is based on the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), also known as One Water, which is an approach to managing water that looks holistically at the planning and management of water supply, wastewater, and stormwater systems. IWRM focuses on the water cycle as a single connected system and promotes coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources to maximize the economic and social benefits while minimizing impacts on the environment.

From this page, you can search for resources that provide background, and policy guidance on integrated water resource management, as well as examples of regulations, reports, and functional plans. You can also filter these search results by resource type and various geographic characteristics. For more details refer to the Parallel Concepts section on this blog.

Water literacy,

or the culmination of water-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, is a relatively new field of study with growing importance for sustainable water management and social water equity.

Need for Water Literacy 

  

‘Water Literacy’ Is Need Of The Hour                           

     

Need for Water literacy at the community level

 

About Kulsum Fatima