Water a critical resource has to be conserved, preserved and recycled. The universal use would mean a kind of sensitivity that need to have an universal understanding. More than the development control don't you think a participatory approach would have a better outreach.
The answer to your question is yes. In order to implement WSUD it is necessary to install both large scale green infrastructure, such as wetlands, and also small scale infrastructure, such as rainwater tanks, and small bio-filtration systems. Large infrastructure can be managed by municipalities and utilities, but small community systems actually need community participation in order to be implemented and maintained. This has been discussed in lots of literature by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, most notably Rebekah Brown https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebekah_Brown
If the control is too high then the participation from normal people will be very minimal......
Similarly the outreach so.......
Yes, Participation and sensitization of masses is important. Talking about water conservation on large scale and having our people wasting water casually is not going to help and answer the problem. I guess awareness level is to be increased among masses, may be by regulatory bodies or govt. authorities or by practitioners. The participatory approach should start at micro level, say from a small house. People made sensitive to save water and reuse and recycle easily. then gradually at apartment level, where the quantity of water wasted is larger. the focus should be , in increasing awareness and among the young generation because they catch things faster. The masses need to be educated about the approach and simple practice, using which they can conserve water, in their daily practices.
Things need to be made more simple for them....I guess.
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