GCRI · Insights
Water risk and water security
Water Nexus
Water utilities sit at the operational center of water security. They convert hydrology into public service. They transform source water into safe drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, manage distribution networks, maintain…
Water Nexus
Water security begins with a deceptively simple question: will the right quantity and quality of water be available, at the right time, in the right place, for the people, ecosystems, economies, and…
Water Nexus
Water systems require authority clarity because they sit across hydrology, engineering, public health, ecology, finance, law, operations, technology, and community trust. Utilities operate systems and carry service-continuity obligations. Public authorities regulate, fund,…
Water Nexus
Water has always been one of civilization’s organizing infrastructures. Long before modern utilities, water shaped settlement, agriculture, public health, trade, energy, law, religion, conflict, cooperation, engineering, ecology, and state capacity. Rivers formed…