One of the main indicators of sustainable /unsustainable development from one hand, and also of inequality, from another hand, is accessibility to improved water sources. Amount of available water also changes social behavior. Previously, in dry areas such Iran, for example, people adapted themselves with water shortages. But nowadays, it is needed to increase awareness of society because of such metabolic rift, overpopulation, huge urbanization, and modernization. This paper presents on how to socialize water problems. It introduces a conceptual framework on how to find, research and socialize water problems in four levels, including water philosophy, water sociology, water strategy, and water proactivity, respectively and interactively. Discovering concepts and ethics of water, producing theories and discourses of water, preparing implementation strategies, and engaging and injecting water issues in societies are basic steps for socializing of water. The paper finalizes a need to establish these levels if we want to actively engage people on solving water problems.

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