Explain the water neutral (water offset) concept?
• The idea of the water-neutral (water offset) concept is to stimulate individuals and corporations that undertake water consuming or polluting activities to make their activity water neutral by reducing water consumption and pollution and by compensating for the negative impacts of remaining water consumption and pollution through investing in projects that promote the sustainable and equitable use of water within the environment and community that is affected. Water consumption and pollution can be reduced for example by investing in water saving technology, water conservation measures and wastewater treatment. Compensation for negative impacts can be done for example by investing in improved watershed management or by supporting poor communities that do not have access to clean water to set up and maintain their own water supply systems (Hoekstra).
