How does water technology contribute to climate change adaptation?

Prof. Tafa Tulu's lecture marking 6th in the Wangari Maathai Memorial Lecture Series on Environment, Development and Society provided some interesting aspects of water conservation that can adapted by the well-informed and lay people alike. PHOTO: SIVAKUMAR K.P.

The question, how water technology contributes to climate change adaptation, was sufficiently answered by the speaker. With simple practice of rain water harvesting, following can be easily achieved: 

• Diversification of household water supply

• Increased resilience to water quality degradation

• Reducing the pressure on surface and groundwater resources

• Recharge of groundwater aquifers

• Mitigation of flooding by capturing rooftop runoff during rainstorms

• Providing short-term security against periods of low rainfall and the failure or degradation of other water supplies