Find ways to control and reduce water pollution
Water utilities need to find ways to control and reduce water pollution to supply enough water of good quality and reduce treatment cost
Need characteristics
Societal challenges
- Water security
Themes
Prevent, control and reduce water pollution
Sub themes
How can water utitlities improve the quality of both raw water and treated water?
Stakeholder group
- Water Utilities (WU)
Task/Job
- Improvement of water quality and quantity
Pain
- Floods
- Turbidity in rivers
- Water pollution
Gain
- Adjustment of treatment methods to raw water quality
Simplified climate and water scenarios
- Dryer
- Wetter
- Wetter & Dryer
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