River flowing into a delta

Reduce demand for fresh water

  • Fresh Water
  • Demand Reduction

Water utilities need to increase the reuse of treated water and find ways to deal with sludge, to reduce the demand for freshwater and the release of poorly treated or untreated water in water bodies that causes water pollution

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Ecosystem Management
Themes
Sustainably manage and allocate freshwater resources
Sub themes
How to reduce freshwater demand?
Stakeholder group
  • Water Utilities (WU)
Task/Job
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Sludge management
Pain
  • Environmental impacts of wastewater treatment
  • Low or no treatment of wastewater
Gain
  • Reuse of wastewater
  • Sludge management and use for agriculture