Addressing New Zealand’s Growing Water Quality Issues

Clean water is one of our most precious natural assets – but it is finite. Pressure on water resources is reaching a critical level both in New Zealand and globally. Demand for clean water is on an upward trajectory as the global population grows, more economies industrialise, and urbanisation trends continue. At the same time, our aged infrastructure and increasingly intense weather events are exacerbating the demand. We outline key global and local challenges in clean water management and look at how one US-based global company, Xylem, is leveraging technology to help solve some of these pressing issues.