Towards a sustainable water future: Exploring water governance mechanisms and SDG 6 achievability

There is a growing connection between humans and environment. This connection plays out in many important ways, but has also created many complex problems. The United Nations created the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to address many of these problems. One such dilemma that has arisen is around access to clean water and sanitation. SDG6 seeks to ensure access to clean water and sanitation for all, but it is unclear if preexisting institutions and policies will be able to achieve this. In order to better understand how decision-makers in water governance can help achieve SDG6, I propose to use a country-case study in India, using qualitative research methodology like interviews and focus groups, to better understand if current water governance mechanisms can achieve SDG6. More specifically, I hope to capture what has worked and what has not in order to make recommendations on how
we can achieve a more sustainable water future through SDG 6 on local, regional, national and international scales.

Faculty Supervisor:

Prateep Kumar Nayak

Student:

Partner:

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award