Who will implement the water storage project

What is the future of water storage?

What the Future Has in Store: A New Paradigm for Water Storage calls for developing and driving multi-sectoral solutions to the water storage gap, taking approaches that integrate needs and opportunities across the whole system, including natural, built, and hybrid storage, to support many instead of few, for generations to come.

What is integrated water storage planning?

The proposed integrated water storage planning framework is grounded in sustainable development and climate resilience, with the potential to pay dividends for people, economies, and environments for generations. Key Messages:

Why is water storage important?

• Water storage provides three major services: improving the availability of water; reducing the impacts of floods; and regulating water flows to support energy, transportation, and other sectors. • At the same time, the regulation provided by storage can produce clean energy, needed to mitigate climate change.

How can we close water storage gaps?

Closing storage gaps will require a spectrum of economic sectors and stakeholders to develop and drive multi‐sectoral solutions. The proposed integrated water storage planning framework is grounded in sustainable development and climate resilience, with the potential to pay dividends for people, economies, and environments for generations.

Why is pumped water storage important?

Finally, pumped storage provides an important source of energy storage. • Freshwater storage is at the heart of adapting to climate change, most obviously by saving water for drier times and reducing the impact of floods.

How has water storage changed over the last 50 years?

Over the last 50 years, natural water storage has declined by 27 trillion cubic meters due to land degradation, groundwater depletion, and loss of wetlands. Meanwhile, 83% of freshwater species have disappeared since 1970, signaling a broader collapse of ecosystems that once sustained water resources.