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DESCRIPTION:Date: May 1st\, 2024 | Time: 2:30 PM | Location: Macdonald Engi
 neering Building Room: 497 | Free Hyrbid Event\n\nWater scarcity is a limi
 ting factor for economic development and improved livelihoods for an incre
 asing number of countries. It is recognized as a potential cause of social
  unrest\, migration\, and conflict within and between countries. In many p
 arts of the world\, conventional sources like snowfall\, rainfall\, river 
 runoff\, and easily accessible groundwater are being affected by climate c
 hange\, and supplies are shrinking as demand grows. A range of unconventio
 nal water resources can be combined to bring new water sources for human c
 onsumption and food production. Such water resources are generated as a by
 -product of specialized processes or require special technologies to colle
 ct and access water. Sources of unconventional water resources range from 
 Earth’s seabed to its upper atmosphere and capturing them requires a diver
 se range of technological interventions and innovations. Harvesting water 
 from the air consists of rain enhancement through cloud seeding and collec
 tion of water from fog\, while capturing water on the ground addresses mic
 ro-scale capture of rainwater where it would otherwise evaporate. All thes
 e techniques address local water shortages. On the groundwater front\, tap
 ping offshore and onshore deep groundwater and extending sustainable extra
 ction of undeveloped groundwater are important options in areas where ther
 e is potential for additional groundwater resources. Reusing water is the 
 key to water conservation and enhancement opportunities which lead to fit-
 for-purpose use of treated municipal wastewater and agricultural drainage 
 water. Additional opportunities to develop water resources exist in the fo
 rm of desalinated potable water. Physical transport of water\, such as thr
 ough towed icebergs and ballast water held in tanks and cargo holds of shi
 ps\, is receiving attention\, but corresponding practices remain in infanc
 y. Despite the demonstrated benefits of most of these unconventional water
  resources\, their potential is under-explored by countries that urgently 
 need stable freshwater sources for people and food production. Such water 
 needs will intensify over the coming decades.\n\n \n\n\nManzoor Qadir \n\n
 Deputy Director\, United Nations University Institute for Water\, Environm
 ent and Health (UNU-INWEH)\n\nManzoor Qadir is an environmental scientist 
 with over 30 years’ experience of working on water-related sustainable dev
 elopment through contribution to policy\, institutional\, and technical as
 pects of unconventional water resources\, wastewater related resource reco
 very and safe reuse\, water quality and environmental health\, salt-induce
 d land degradation assessment and rehabilitation\, and water and food secu
 rity under changing climate. Manzoor has implemented multidisciplinary pro
 jects with significant capacity development and knowledge sharing componen
 ts in the Middle East and North Africa\, Central Asia\, South Asia\, and S
 ub-Saharan Africa regions. At UNU-INWEH\, Manzoor leads global projects on
  promoting unconventional water resources and technologies for water-scarc
 e areas and on accelerating the implementation of water related SDGs. Manz
 oor has contributed to major international research consortia and initiati
 ves including the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agricult
 ure\; International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for 
 Development\; Global Wastewater Initiative\; UN-Water Task Force on Unconv
 entional Water Resources\; and SDG 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitat
 ion. Before joining UNU-INWEH in Canada\, Manzoor previously held senior p
 rofessional positions at the International Center for Agricultural Researc
 h in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the International Water Management Institu
 te (IWMI)\; Visiting Professor at Justus-Liebig University\, Germany\; and
  Associate Professor at the University of Agriculture\, Pakistan. He has a
 uthored over 200 peer-reviewed science and policy-relevant publications.\n
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SUMMARY:WaterTalk: Unconventional Water Resources
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/brace/channels/event/watertalk-unconventional-wat
 er-resources-357065
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