Without increased investment in water and sanitation, city waste and pollution levels will multiply and affect the countryside. Potable water supplies will diminish, and urban infrastructure will decay under the strain of population pressure. Future water and sanitation policies and strategies will increasingly need to be directed to urban areas, and particularly to peri-urban areas and satellite towns where the poorest urban residents live. Most water systems are centralized and depend on public investment and central government transfers of resources. Two , ignoring Demand Management .
Cities can stop a good deal of the current wastage of water due to over-consumption and leakage.
This could go a long way towards meeting the needs of the unserved. Leakages from main conveyance systems, excesses in house consumption, especially toilet facilities, landscape, park and garden irrigation, and excessive industrial consumption are all affecting the quantity of water available to urban residents. Three , failure to involve the society in addressing the problems of the informal community . CBOs and NGOs and the private sector may well be crucial ingredients for success. Four , failure to solve the central government-local government jurisdictional issue .