Global Cause
Water
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What if your meters could hear the leaks you cannot see?
Cutting-edge acoustic leak detection is changing the game of smart metering and giving utilities an effective tool to target and fight non-revenue water. Non-revenue water remains one of the water industry’s main challenges and up to 31 % of water loss comes from leaks in service connections. With limited knowledge about the state of the...
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Top 8 Global Water Crisis Facts
Written by: https://www.unwater.org/water-facts/handhygiene/ 2 out of 5 people or 3 billion people around the world lack basic handwashing facilties at home: 1.6 billion have limited facilities lacking soap or water, and 1.4 billion have no facility at all. (WHO/UNICEF 2019) Nearly three quarters of the population of Least Developed Countries lack handwashing facilities with soap...
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The climate crisis is a water crisis
The climate crisis is a water crisis. It is only when we realise this that we can come up with solutions that are effective enough to make a real difference. When temperatures rise, the water cycle gets more and more impacted, with increasingly dramatic consequences for nature and humans. To tackle this, we must change...
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The must-have items of 2020: water, sanitation and hygiene
The water in the oceans, rivers and lakes is natural and available for free for those who live near them. Safe, drinkable water is not. Nor is sanitation and hygiene. On my travels, I often hear people say that water comes from God and so, like air and sunlight, it shouldn’t have a price. This...
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Digitalisation, a smarter approach to water management?
How is technology shaping the water industry? It is completely changing how many processes are viewed. It will even influence how services are managed in the future. Today, with the virus crisis technology is already helping smart utilities to manage a great deal of things remotely, thus protecting the health of their employees. What are...
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The future of smart water management
How are smart water solutions aiding the water industry? Smart water solutions offer a wide range of opportunities to the water industry through the enabling technologies of digitalisation. Digital water, smart water solutions with state-of-the-art connectivity (IoT), data processing and built-in analytics supports the movement and maturing of the water industry towards value creative processes...
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Reaching those who need clean water the most
Ensuring vulnerable communities have access to clean water requires partnership, principles for sustainability, behaviour change and a strong focus on quality from start-to-finish. Most of us take access to clean water for granted. But when it isn’t available, life is an unimaginably difficult daily struggle — a hardship that is almost impossible to comprehend. Dr...
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How digital tech is increasing water industry efficiency
Digital tech is helping water companies optimise sustainability and water efficiency. More firms will go digital as its capabilities increase, it becomes more affordable and therefore delivers a much greater return on investment. The fourth industrial revolution, otherwise known as Industry 4.0, is changing the way businesses operate. Many are switching to digital tools and...
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Technology holds the key; collaboration opens the door
Pushing advanced water treatment solutions to new frontiers and uniting global resources with local partnerships, we can solve water scarcity challenges together. It’s often true that technological advancement has helped us to solve society’s greatest challenges. That’s true for water, too. Given the complexity of our societies, the local nature of water issues and how...
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Putting water and sanitation at the heart of the climate crisis
One in ten people globally do not have clean water close to home. One in four people do not have a toilet. We must step up to the challenge of providing safe water and toilets to everyone, everywhere, by 2030. Everyone understands that water is vital for life – but it is also so much...