Disambiguating Basic Concepts in Water Management: "Adaptation to Water Scarcity"

Adaptation to water scarcity is a topic that has received more attention recently by the Ministry of Energy as well as water experts. Providing appropriate solutions and long-term and efficient plans for this issue requires discussion and consensus on the subject. One of the issues that causes consensus to fail in various scientific disciplines is misunderstanding of concepts and la ack of common technical reference. To come up with appropriate solutions to water scarcity, it is necessary to understand both “adaptation” and “Scarcity”. There are various meanings associated with these two terms that need to be examined in relation to each other and avoid the use of them interchangeably by providing the correct definition of these concepts. This article discusses some of these concepts.