Water efficiency is being improved on a global scale by increased demand management, improved infrastructure, improved water productivity of agriculture, minimising the water intensity (embodied water) of goods and services, addressing shortages in the non-industrialised world, concentrating food production in areas of high productivity, and planning for climate change.
To je spremenilo ciklus vode u rekah in jezerima, delujoč na kvaliteto vode in na značajen učinek globalnega ciklusa vode.