Water on tap? We need to act now to avoid water shortages as our climate changes

10/06/21 • 32 min

As climate changes advances, how can we make sure there is enough water to go round – for drinking, sanitation, farming, industry, and ecosystems?

Chris Counsell, Aodhín McBride, and George Woodhouse discuss how the impacts of climate change – heavier rainfall, rising temperatures, droughts, and hurricanes – will affect water availability. The water resource experts explain how planning will help, stressing the need to manage demand, as well as increasing supply and making infrastructure more resilient.

Listen in to find out how everyone needs to do their part now to ensure that water shortages don’t become commonplace in the future.

As climate changes advances, how can we make sure there is enough water to go round – for drinking, sanitation, farming, industry, and ecosystems?

Listen in to find out how everyone needs to do their part now to ensure that water shortages don’t become commonplace in the future.

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The Hydrofiles - Water on tap? We need to act now to avoid water shortages as our climate changes

Transcript

Helen Wilcox 0:04
Welcome to the Hydrofiles, the HR Wallingford podcast. I'm Helen Wilcox and with me today are three of our water resource experts
Chris Counsell 0:12
Chris Counsell, part of our water resources team at HR Wallingford and I work primarily in the UK water resources sector,
Aodhín McBride 0:19
Aodhin McBride, also a water resource scientist. I've been looking a lot at regional water resources the last few years.
George Woolhouse 0:27
And George Woolhous