The Next Path for Water - IWA

The Next Path for Water - IWA

3 options next to disrupt Water sector – IWA

Prof David Sedlak of University of California, Berkeley has identified 3 themes which will disrupt the #water sector in the next years:

#DigitalWater
? Cheaper #desalination technologies
♻️ #CircularEconomy of Water

Learn more with this blog based on David’s keynote speech at the Digital #WorldWaterCongress
http://ow.ly/ucWy50Fitj3

In response, water managers turned to the soft path.  Over the past 40 years, many of the world’s largest cities have met the needs of expanding populations without building more infrastructure.  This has happened through actions like incentives on the purchase of water-efficient appliances. Utilities and governments have even made some progress in educating consumers about the need to use water more wisely and other forms of demand management.