Need equipment and infrastructure that resist the impacts of floods
Water utilities need equipment and infrastructure that resist the impacts of floods, to extend its operational life, reduce maintenance costs, and ensure continuous water supply
Need characteristics
Societal challenges
- Knowledge and Technology
Themes
Strengthen the resilience of water utilities
Stakeholder group
- Water Utilities (WU)
Task/Job
- Protection of infrastructure from flood, erosion and inaccessibility
Pain
- Breakages
- Flooded pipes
- Part of network taken away by erosion
- Sedimentation in infrastructure
- Submersion of dykes and barrages
- Swallowed connections
Gain
- Water infrastructure resilient to extreme weather events and harsh environmental conditions
Simplified climate and water scenarios
- Sea-level rise
- Wetter
- Wetter & Dryer