Rethinking Transboundary Water Management
Published by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada
ONEWATER | July 1, 2026
Global water management is currently paralyzed by a fundamental resistance to change. For over half a century, the inherently conservative water profession has been trying to solve tomorrow’s and day-after-tomorrow’s water problems with yesterday’s mindsets and day-before-yesterday’s solutions, even though these approaches have rarely worked. In most parts of the world, management techniques have remained largely similar to what they were in the 1980s. Not surprisingly, these historical approaches have not only failed to solve many water problems but have often exacerbated them. Read our views.
Tags
- Water Resource Management
- Climate Change
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Water Management
- Water Quality Management
- Water Resource Management
- Transboundary water management
2 Comments
Yes, the water industry is past due for revolution. No more shoddy expensive bio-chemical tech to clarify wastewater, just one-step simultaneous separation/filtration to separate the waste and filter the water prior to complementary higher-order treatments www.baleen.com
Published by Yuri Obst, Founder & Acting CEO at Baleen Filters Pty Limited
Nations always act in what they perceive are their own best interests. The UN has been discredited as an international institution capable of arbitrating disputes. Absent a sudden geometric expansion of desalination plants, cross-border water conflicts are likely to increase.
Published by Charles Carner, WellJet - Vice-President, Marketing & Business Development