The Large Water Users Community of Practice (CoP)

Five Steps to Better Water Stewardship

1. Getting Started

Building initial awareness and understanding of shared water challenges and risks ​

2. Map & Plan

Developing a Water Charter and a Map for the site

3. Measure & Monitor

Developing a detailed understanding of the sites water usage and establishing a monitoring regime

4. Analyse & Improve

Undertaking water quality and usage optimization projects in an environment of continuous improvement

5. Lead & Control

Maintaining control and benchmarking against international standards

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What is Water Stewardship?

The use of water that is socially equitable, environmentally sustainable, and economically beneficial, achieved through a stakeholder-inclusive process that involves site- and catchment-based actions.

Good water stewards understand their own water use, catchment context and shared risk in terms of water governance, water balance, water quality and important water-related areas; and then engage in meaningful individual and collective actions that benefit people and nature.

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