SANTA CLARA, California, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With global water requirements increasing to 40% by 2030, according to Frost & Sullivan, now is the time to commit to ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water. Mounting environmental awareness and water stress challenges have pushed many to seek viable, energy-efficient and cost-effective solutions to address the growing issue of water security. On World Water Day 2018 Frost & Sullivan explores this year's theme, "Nature for Water," by acknowledging the influence and inspiration natural filtration and treatment processes lend to water technologies.
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"Global water networks are established to deliver consistent and reliable water services, but unfortunately the world and its water resources are seeing increasing instability," said Seth Cutler, Environment and Water Senior Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "As a result, water technologies and solutions need to take further inspiration from nature in how it deals with instability in resources, distribution, and quality."
Frost & Sullivan tracks the following technologies and solutions—and their growth potential—that take inspiration from nature:
According to UNESCO, about 1.9 billion people live in potentially severely water-scarce areas. By 2050, this could increase to close to 3 billion people. The aforementioned nature-inspired technologies and solutions can help meet increasing water needs of a constantly growing population and aid in creating a more sustainable future for water.
"Technologies and solutions needed to solve the most challenging issues in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services across the globe already exist, and we owe nature much for its ingenuity and inspiration. While nature has provided much in the way of solutions, human-created barriers – economic, political/legislative, and lack of clear vision – hamper complete and equitable access," stated Cutler. "Frost & Sullivan has confidence, however, that increasing awareness of critical water issues and needs through efforts, such as World Water Day, help to bring stakeholders together in overcoming these barriers."
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