water conservation

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Urban Water Reuse Systems: Building Resilience in Water-Stressed Cities

Cities in arid and water-stressed regions face growing pressure to reduce potable water demand while supporting population growth. Urban water reuse...
Robert C. Brears
4 min read
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Eco-Districts and Water Sustainability: Strategies for Conservation, Efficiency, and Resilience

Eco-districts are urban areas built to embed sustainability into everyday systems like energy, transport, waste, and water. These neighborhoods focus on...
Robert C. Brears
4 min read

Life Cycle Thinking to Save Water in Buildings

With Europe facing water scarcity, the European Union (EU) is applying a life cycle thinking framework called Level(s) to save water...
Robert C. Brears
3 min read

Creating Water Efficient Businesses

In any industry, a key aspect of ensuring quality service is recognizing that not all customers are alike. Welsh Water has...
Robert C. Brears
2 min read

Wising Up to Water

With cities facing rising demand for water, along with variable supplies, water utilities are providing tailored advice to customers to modify...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read

The Lone Star State’s Smart Water Leader

Texas’ population is expected to increase more than 70% between 2020 and 2070, from 29.5 million to 51 million. At the...
Robert C. Brears
2 min read

The Sunshine State’s more crop per drop program

The world’s population is projected to increase from 7.6 billion in 2017 to 9.7 billion in 2050. With agriculture already consuming...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read

NYC’s water-energy-carbon nexus

The Paris Climate Agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius and to aspire to...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read

Tailor-made industrial water

Water is a key component of local and national economies with the resource often a key input in a variety of...
Robert C. Brears
2 min read

Innovation in the face of water scarcity

Melbourne’s water is under pressure from population growth as well as the impacts of climate change. By 2028, it is projected...
Robert C. Brears
2 min read