Sustainable Drinking Water Solutions for Resilient Metropolitan Cities: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Pathways
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https://doi.org/10.58932/MULG0074Keywords:
Metropolitan Water safety; Sustainable urban development; Decentralized Water systems; climate Resilience; clever Water technologyAbstract
Globally, consuming water demanding situations have intensified because of rapid urbanization, climate-precipitated hydrological stress, populace boom, and getting old infrastructure systems. making sure sustainable, safe, and equitable get right of entry to potable water is now an important precedence for public health safety, economic stability, and long-term urban resilience (Silva 2023a; UN DESA 2023; WHO 2023). Metropolitan cities, specifically in growing regions, face compounded risks springing up from water shortage, pollutants, governance fragmentation, and socio-economic inequality (Mukherjee et al., 2022; OECD 2021). This paper examines included and scalable answers for sustainable consuming water provision in metropolitan environments, emphasizing decentralized remedy technology, nature-primarily based systems, clever water management, and network-centered governance fashions. Technological improvements such as net of factors (IoT)-primarily based tracking, strength-efficient desalination, wastewater recycling, and rainwater harvesting are severely assessed for his or her role in enhancing urban water safety (Asano et al. 2021; Liu et al. 2023; Shamshad & Ur Rehman 2025). In parallel, the study analyzes coverage gaps, institutional barriers, financing constraints, and social recognition demanding situations that impact implementation outcomes (Ahmed et al., 2025; AL-Rikabi et al., 2025). A systems-primarily based, climate-resilient framework supported via multi-stakeholder collaboration amongst governments, academia, non-public region actors, and civil society is proposed as essential for sustainable metropolitan water planning (IPCC, 2023; UNEP, 2022). The study contributes to coverage and practice via outlining pathways to enhance water quality, lessen deliver inequities, protect urban ecosystems, and guard the nicely-being of gift and destiny urban populations.
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