Developing water pollution control technologies

Description

Developing water pollution control technologies involves designing and implementing practical solutions to detect, prevent, and remove contaminants from water sources. This strategy focuses on advancing treatment methods, monitoring systems, and pollution barriers to address industrial, agricultural, and urban runoff. Its core purpose is to safeguard water quality, protect ecosystems, and ensure safe water for human use by applying innovative, scalable technologies that directly remedy specific sources and types of water pollution.

Context

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends the developing of appropriate water pollution control technologies on the basis of health risk assessment.