Circular Water Economy 101: Introduction

This is the introductory module to the upcoming WEF course Circular Water Economy 101. This introductory module will provide a short preview of the course, allowing learners to get peek at the content and structure before the course is officially launched later this summer. Learners who sign up for this module will be notified when the full course is launched.

This is a beta version of this course. When you have completed the course, we invite you to submit a form for feedback.

More about Circular Water Economy 101

This foundational course introduces the core concepts, strategies, and systems thinking behind the circular water economy. The course explores how to transition from linear water use models to circular systems that reduce waste, recover resources, and regenerate ecosystems. The course consists of five modules, centered around the three "R"s of circularity:

• Introduction to the Circular Water Economy
• Reduce: Focuses on minimizing water and resource loss, preventing pollution, and conserving water.
• Recover: Explores technologies and practices that enable recovery of resources and use of data for community health monitoring from water systems.
• Regenerate: Looks beyond recovery to ecosystem restoration, climate resilience, long-term sustainability, and equitable access to healthy water environment.
• Elevate: Empowers learners to lead, scale, and advocate for circular water solutions.

Learn more about circular water economy at https://www.wef.org/cwe.