Water scholarship has advanced considerably in recent decades. Despite this remarkable progress, water challenges may be growing more quickly than our capacity to solve them. While much progress has been made toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 — water and sanitation for all — new stressors have emerged to threaten this progress. Far from being a problem of the Global South, recent research shows that water insecurity is very much a global phenomenon — and one that has been, until recently, seriously neglected in the Global North. This indicates a strong need for innovative measurement of who experiences water insecurity, new approaches for monitoring the efficacy of water interventions, and more effective management of complex, mobile, and multiple water infrastructures to achieve water security. In this paper, we introduce the Household Water Insecurity approach to addressing these concerns. First, we suggest ways to improve the measurement of water insecurity — pinpointing problems at the household and individual levels — in ways that can inform policymaking with improved precision. Second, we discuss ways that new information and communication technology can improve monitoring and indicate where water infrastructure repairs and investments are most needed. Third, we highlight the need for new approaches to managing complex water infrastructures in more inclusive and democratic ways.

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家庭用水安全全球议程：测量、监测和管理

近几十年来，水研究取得了长足的进步。尽管取得了如此显着的进步，但水资源挑战的增长速度可能比我们解决这些问题的能力还要快。虽然在实现可持续发展目标 6——人人享有水和卫生设施方面取得了很大进展，但新的压力源已经出现，威胁着这一进展。最近的研究表明，水资源不安全问题远非全球南方的问题，而是一种全球现象——直到最近，全球北方才严重忽视这一现象。这表明迫切需要创新衡量谁经历了水不安全，监测水干预效果的新方法，以及更有效地管理复杂、移动和多种水基础设施以实现水安全。在本文中，我们引入了家庭用水不安全方法来解决这些问题。首先，我们建议改进用水不安全衡量的方法——指出家庭和个人层面的问题——以更准确地为决策提供信息的方式。其次，我们讨论了新的信息和通信技术如何改进监测并指出最需要水基础设施维修和投资的地方。第三，我们强调需要以更具包容性和民主的方式管理复杂的水基础设施的新方法。我们讨论了新的信息和通信技术如何改进监测并指出最需要水基础设施维修和投资的地方。第三，我们强调需要以更具包容性和民主的方式管理复杂的水基础设施的新方法。我们讨论了新的信息和通信技术如何改进监测并指出最需要水基础设施维修和投资的地方。第三，我们强调需要以更具包容性和民主的方式管理复杂的水基础设施的新方法。