• Dr. Jitendra Singh Bhadauria

The global water crisis, caused by ever-increasing population growth, climate change and growing urbanization, requires a sustainable use of water resources worldwide. Sustainability is a crucial and at the same time vital approach for satisfying future generations’ rights on natural resources. In this scenario global policies, supported by international organizations such as UNESCO and its international science programs, foster sustainable development as principal concept for the management of various thematic areas including the environment. ICTs, therefore, are increasingly becoming a key enabling tool for data acquisition, early evaluation, communication or automated management in the water sector. ICTs are booming, and their use in development is growing exponentially in the field of agricultural services together with the recognition of their potential role to increase transparency and accountability. ICTs can play in managing the water resources and services efficiently also. Improving water resource management is a critical issue and is becoming increasingly relevant due to the increase in population and ageing of infrastructures. Water losses in the water distribution system are a big issue especially for those countries that do not have an efficient water distribution networks, but also in those countries that suffer from the scarcity of water itself. In the water sector and especially in the integrated water resources management ICTs can provide solutions for its implementation. ICTs have a potential to contribute towards improvements in water resource management techniques; strengthen the voice of the most vulnerable within water governance processes; create greater accountability; provide access to locally relevant information needed to reduce risk and vulnerability; and improve networking and knowledge sharing to disseminate good practices and foster multi-stakeholder partnerships, among others. Concepts, such as the Internet of Things (including smart phones and tablets, social media, fast broadband and real-time instrumentation) make a powerful tool that enables managers to collect and exploit all data from the environment and deliver smart cities. ICT, through social media and gaming, can influence human behaviour, alter social patterns and inform a wide audience about the significance of water in the cities of the future, thus, helping citizens and stakeholders to develop sustainable habits regarding urban water use. This chapter deals with how social innovation and IoT platforms can be very beneficial for the urban water sector. The discussion is focuses how ICT applications are fruitful for used Billing System, Meter Reading System, Financial Management system, Procurement system and Distribution Monitoring System in water management.

ICT for water use, IoT for water monitoring, Social media for water campaign, Water economics, Sustainable Water Resources Management  

"ICT for Sustainable Water Resources Management & Campaign", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.2118-2127, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905T99.pdf

"ICT for Sustainable Water Resources Management & Campaign", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp2118-2127, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905T99.pdf