This report is part of our effort to more broadly communicate ‘state of the world’ issues that engineers can help address. This report includes a discussion of issues related to the value and pricing of water services, which going forward must meet a very important, delicate and critical balance, between providing services universally to meet the SDGs, improve livelihoods, food, energy, health etc as a necessity but using policy and pricing mechanisms which allow significant investment to take place without pricing people, towns, areas or even regions out of vital services. We also note issues related to the financial and social costs of our water challenges which are not routinely ‘priced’.

The report also forms the first part of the next report which will focus on innovative approaches which are occurring or should be considered in addressing our water challenges. These two reports, in combination with our first report on the scale of the investment challenge, will therefore hopefully help to establish a logical way forward to improve our progress in addressing our water challenges.

Webinar recording

Welcome by

William Howard

President, FIDIC

United States

Moderator

Dr. Nelson Ogunshakin OBE

CEO, FIDIC

Switzerland

Speakers

Jeshika Ramchund

Lead Engineer - Developments, Bosch Projects

South Africa

Miguel Mondria

Chief Technology Officer, TYPSA

Spain

Peter Guthrie

Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Natalie Muir

General Manager - Water & Environment, Cardno

Australia

Graham Pontin

Head of Economic and Strategic Policy, FIDIC

United Kingdom

April Gu

Professor, Cornell University

United States