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However, research and real-world experiences over the past decade signify that an integrated urban water management (IUWM) approach could be the key to solving these challenges.</p> <p>The transition away from traditional water management styles is already underway in and beyond cities. In fact, an IUWM approach aligns with Goal 6.5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which indicates UN member states should implement integrated water resources management at all levels by 2030. Even the Water Action Hub tracks and promotes different <a href="https://wateractionhub.org/sdgs/26/d/integrated-water-resource-management-sdg-65/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organisations and projects around the world pursuing an IUWM approach</a>.</p> <p>But how does IUWM differ from the way we mainly manage water today?</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Comparing traditional and integrated urban water management approaches</strong></h3> <p>The primary distinction between traditional approaches and IUWM is how IUWM reframes a city鈥檚 relationship to water and other resources. IUWM reconceptualises the ways in which we see and use water resources. It also uses new, sustainable tools and technologies to better understand these resources and exploit their multi-faceted benefits.</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.gwp.org/globalassets/global/toolbox/publications/policy-briefs/13-integrated-urban-water-management-iuwm.-toward-diversification-and-sustainability.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">policy brief</a> by Global Water Partnership describes IUWM as an approach that integrates water supply, sanitation, and storm- and wastewater management with land use planning and economic development. But IUWM is so much more that.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Traditional vs. an integrated urban water management approach</strong></h3> <p>If you鈥檙e willing to implement IUWM, and want to understand or communicate the differences and benefits of an IUWM approach, consider these:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="1024" src="/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IWM-Comparison-Table_2272px-Ht-600x1024-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1498" srcset="https://blog.dhigroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IWM-Comparison-Table_2272px-Ht-600x1024-1.png 600w, https://blog.dhigroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IWM-Comparison-Table_2272px-Ht-600x1024-1-176x300.png 176w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong><code>Sources: Moddemeyer, 2010; Pinkham, 1999; Bahri 2012</code></strong></figcaption></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Out with the old and in with the integrated</strong></h3> <p>There is no questioning that IUWM provides more benefits to water utilities and to the communities they serve than traditional approaches. 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