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RONWATER in short
- Regenerative: restoration of water resources
- Organic: minimise environmental impact
- Nexus: combination, integration and synergies
- Water Treatment: near natural and nature-based processes
- Adaptation: climate resilience and risk reduction
- Transformation: systemic change in water management
- Engagement: participatory approaches
- Resilience: long-term sustainability
RONWATER in Kürze:
RONWATER ist ein regenerativer und erneuerbarer, ökologisch und naturbasierter One-Water-Ansatz im Sinne des Integrierten Wasserressourcenmanagements (IWRM). RONWATER ist ein Nexus von naturnaher und natürlicher Wasseraufbereitung, Klimaanpassung, systemischer Transformation und Erneuerung, partizipativer Beteiligung und Engagement sowie Stärkung der Resilienz von Ökosystem und Gesellschaft.
Water Treatment
- Emphasizes sustainable and nature-based purification:
- Wetlands, reed beds, algae ponds, aquifer recharge.
- Decentralized, low-cost systems for communities.
- Turning wastewater into a resource (nutrients, biogas, irrigation).
Adaptation
- Focuses on climate adaptation and risk reduction:
- Managing droughts, floods, salinization.
- Enhancing water security under changing rainfall patterns.
- Designing flexible, resilient systems that evolve with climate change.
Transformation
- Refers to systemic change in water governance and practice:
- Moving from siloed, reactive management to integrated, proactive approaches.
- Shifting financial and institutional systems to support sustainable solutions.
- Encouraging cultural and behavioral change toward valuing water.
Engagement
- Highlights participatory and inclusive governance:
- Involving communities, women, youth, and marginalized groups in decision-making.
- Building trust and ownership for long-term sustainability.
- Co-creating solutions with local knowledge and science.
Resilience
- Refers to long-term capacity to withstand shocks and stresses:
- Ecological resilience: ecosystems continue providing services under stress.
- Social resilience: communities adapt, recover, and thrive despite challenges.
- Infrastructure resilience: systems are robust yet flexible (modular, adaptive)
Regenerative
- Refers to sustainable water and energy cycles:
- Using renewable energy for pumping, treatment, and distribution.
- Ensuring water use is within the limits of natural recharge
- Restoration and health improvement of entire water cycle and its quality
- Promoting circular economy approaches (reuse, recycling, recovery of resources from wastewater).
Organic
- Refers to working with natural processes rather than against them:
- Nature-based water treatment (constructed wetlands, soil infiltration, biofilters).
- Organic agriculture linked to water efficiency and soil-water-ecosystem health.
- Avoiding harmful chemicals and prioritizing biological/eco-hydrological methods.
Nexus
- Refers to integration and interdependence:
- The water–energy–food–climate nexus (no sector can be managed in isolation).
- Social–ecological nexus: how communities and ecosystems are mutually dependent.
- Governance nexus: connecting stakeholders across sectors and scales.