Photo: Participants at the PECC international seminar, "Toward Energy-Autonomous Public Utilities Infrastructure: The Water Energy Nexus" (8-10 December 2009, Auckland, New Zealand) co-organized by the PECC member committees of the French Pacific Territories and New Zealand.

Water management is directly linked to the major global challenges such as the climate change, food shortages, as well as the economic crisis. Water conservation and improved energy efficiency must go hand-in-hand and the reasons are no longer only ethical but increasingly becoming more economic.

The international seminar on water management held in the premises of Auckland University gathered water experts from the reserach, business, and policy sectors to review the challenges and recommend possible modalities in tackling the many socio-economic and environmental issues concerning water consumption and management. The experts agreed that joint planning of water and energy by the authorities and operators at the local and regional levels were important and that knowledge-sharing among the different stakeholders be enhanced. 

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Program