Table 6 Artificial intelligence’ SMART criteria for sustainable water future.

Vision

Adopt effective policies, smart standards, and best water practices for SWF through the applications of AI to optimize overall WUE and water footprints.

Foresight

Encourage the integration of AI into water policies (health, water, food, agriculture, industry, environment, energy, AI experts, and policymakers)

Global agenda

Integrate AI policies in the international dialog on SWF in organizations such as UN-Water, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Arab Water Council, and others.

Cooperation

Reinforce partnerships at the international, continental, and regional levels, among developed countries, developing countries, international organizations, governments, academic research institutes, and the civil World, on the use of AI practices for SWF. Mobilize know-how, best practices, skills, and expertise to explore significant work in this influential area.

Foster business models to encourage partnerships among stakeholders through win-win practices.

Innovation and knowledge

Foster innovation in the water cycle and ecosystem. Improve water knowledge, in particular, water efficiency, water resilience, water availability, water demand management, water consumption, and CC impacts.

Water awareness and education

Develop water training, education, and building capacity of water professionals to enhance skills and expertise in different water applications. Foster awareness about AI in the water industry among beneficiaries and farmers.

Standardization

The impact of AI on ensuring SWF; the AI applications for SWF to ensure computer systems and software interoperability and benefit from economies of scale; ensure AI systems, technologies, and software interoperability.

For intelligent decision-making for SWF; and use of AI technologies to enable interoperability of SWF solutions. Shape the situation benchmarking in different regions and countries.

Feasibility and success

Implement pilot demonstration projects to show AI solutions for SWF in agriculture, domestic and industrial practices. Utilizing AI for SWF. Identify opportunities, strengths, challenges, and weaknesses of implementation of AI technologies, and report best practices and success stories.

Circular water economy

Promote circular water opportunities and technologies. Enhance green services, products, and economic activities. Develop water footprints for different services, products, and economic activities.

Evaluation

Assess performance indicators for different industries, regions, and countries, for SWF through the application of AI and support countries to optimize their water resources.