80 More specific conclusions concern the answers to the three questions raised in this study: • The validation question: are there any initiatives abroad that strongly resemble the Water Husbandry concept and are already more advanced: i.e. is Water Husbandry a new/ innovative concept? • The learning question? What can the Water Husbandry concept learn from similar initiatives abroad? • The dissemination question: what can the Water Husbandry concept signify for other countries or is the Water Husbandry philosophy exportable and, if so, to where? Validation question: Water Husbandry is a promising concept but can only succeed if certain socio-economic, administrative-legal and hydrological conditions are satisfied. The inventory found that this combination of conditions is not available abroad and, as a conse quence, no truly comparable initiatives were identified. The conclusion is that Water Husbandry is a unique concept that was developed in response to the Netherlands’ specific water management challenges and that, as such, it is unknown abroad. Learning question: the foreign cases do show a broader approach to the term sustainability, which is not confined to water storage and re-use but also includes the relationship with (renewable) energy, more diversified usage of water (aquaculture), countryside and ecology, and landscape quality. There are also some foreign cases that focus specifi cally on water as a tradable commodity (water trading) and already have several years’ experience with this. In addition, there is a growing trend to develop the non-consumption uses of water in a commercially viable and profitable manner (e.g. storage in urban areas linked to high-quality urban development). Dissemination question: We have established that the Water Husbandry concept shares certain aspects with many foreign initia tives and projects that are aimed at e.g. self-sufficiency, re-use and sustainable water management. Water Husbandry could enrich these initiatives with the seminal idea underlying the concept: water trading based on private initiative. Another approach would be to see whether partners can be found in countries where the Water Husbandry concept is considered practicable and viable (West Europe, Australia, North America and parts of North Africa). These options could be worked out in greater detail in an expert meeting. Specific recommendations/action points include: • Chapter 4 presents eight cases which share common aspects with the Water Husbandry concept. The comparison of Water Husbandry with these cases (Table 2) produced a number of speci fic conclusions regarding the lessons to be learned from four cases, namely cases C, G, H and I. The recommendation is to follow these up. • The comparison of the 3R concept with the Water Husbandry concept (Chapter 4) indicates which 3R techniques can be applied in the Netherlands and could potentially form part of a Water Husbandry project. Pagina 87
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