Key Water Megatrends with Art Umble

Art Umble, Director of the Stantec Institute for Applied Science, Technology & Policy, provides a fascinating discussion identifying the key megatrends impacting water and exploring the issues driving those megatrends.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• Art’s distinguished background in water
• The work undertaken by the Institute for Applied Science, Technology and Policy
• The knowledge gaps we need to fill in order to develop a strategy to address water stress
• Key water megatrends: (1) Water Stress; (2) Global Urbanization; (3) Transboundary Water; (4) Agricultural Productivity
• Water stress as a global, national, and regional issue
• The three S’s of water stress: scarcity, socio-economics, and security

• Water stress is usually discussed in scarcity terms, but socio-economics factors (i.e., infrastructure adequacy) also plays a significant role
• The global urbanization challenge and the concentration of water demand
• How population growth will affect water stress
• Agriculture water sources – “blue water” and “green water” and what they are
• How evapotranspiration affects green water
• Unsustainable irrigation and the reasons behind it
• Art’s thoughts on how we address water stress

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

• Art’s LinkedIn page
• The Stantec Institute for Applied Science, Technology & Policy’s website
• TWV #227: A Refreshing Vision for Water with Metropolitan’s Adel Hagekhalil

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