Climate change have already consequences on the quantity and quality of Martinique's available freshwater resources. In the future, without an adaptation strategy, the unavoidable trade-off will have to be made between satisfying water uses with an acceptable price versus respecting the ecology of watercourses and the quality of aquatic environments.
However, this trade-off is not inevitable, and solutions exist to reconcile these two objectives. They need to be collectively shared, technically and financially, equitably and effectively, at the territorial level.