Water security is a prerequisite to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), not only SDG 6. Without water, there can be no food, energy, production, development, equity, climate resilience, or urban or environmental harmony, and poverty reduction is impossible. Therefore, water resources should be managed and regulated in a holistic, systemic, and consultative way across silos and at different levels, ensuring that interdependent management choices yield the most positive outcomes, drive technological, institutional and financial innovations across sectors, and enable collaboration between institutions and stakeholders, both inside and outside of the water sector.
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