Water is considered a renewable resource, but due to the population explosion in the last century, we are using it faster than it can be renewed. This fact is an incentive to follow the principles of sustainable development to which the developed world has already committed itself. Technological progress has accelerated the use of resources, and science warns that we must coordinate consumption with natural renewables and thus protect the environment. All this is related to the level of quality of life, which must become a common agreement of all the inhabitants of the planet. Due to the increasingly obvious fragility of the environment, the quality of life must no longer be based on thoughtless consumption, because as a society we bear the responsibility to live in a reasonable way and with this we will also enable our descendants to live comfortably on our planet (PRIMAVODA, 2015).
What is sustainable management of water resources?
Sustainable management of water resources defines the use and protection as well as nature conservation and management measures in the entire basin. So, what is the efficient use of water? The ecological criteria for acceptable use stipulate that the groundwater must remain drinkable, the land fertile and the fish edible. It is necessary to protect biodiversity, eliminate long-term excessive use, reduce the introduction of nutrients and other substances into water, and maintain and improve the self-purification capacity of water resources (PRIMAVODA, 2015).
