Water quality testing in a river bed

Reduce the occurrence of insects

  • Insect Occurrence Reduction

Water utilities need to meet quality standards for drinking water, and spread hygiene practices among the population, to reduce the occurrence of insect and waterborne diseases and to protect the health of the population

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Public Health and Risk Prevention
Themes
Assess and control waterborne disease
Sub themes
How to control and reduce insect breeding?
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