Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. (Source: Wikipedia)
The effective management of water is becoming more and more important as the world's supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing. ICTs are an important enabler to help improve the management of this valuable natural resource.
Water Management is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12
(p. 77) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 6:ICT for a Low Carbon Economy
Objective ICT-2011.6.3 ICT for efficient water resources management
