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Safe and efficient water supply

We are laser-focused on preventing contamination and water loss from leakages in aging infrastructures – and on increasing the quality and performance of water distribution networks.

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    Safe and efficient water supply

    Our future generations are facing a 40% shortfall between their water supply and demand – making it unacceptable that existing water is leaking away or being contaminated by ageing pipes.


    At Wavin, we believe that current water infrastructure can be fixed without extensive city interruptions and that we need to enable better solutions for rainwater reuse to not exhaust our freshwater resources. Solutions lie in digitalisation and flexible, secure piping with ultimate durability delivering what it’s supposed to – safe, clean water to communities worldwide.

    Our perspective

    Why don’t we just fix it?

    In short, it’s inconvenient and expensive to dig up a city. We need to use new thinking and new technologies to replace our ageing infrastructure in a way that is:

    • cost-efficient (no-dig solutions)
    • safe (avoiding legionella in new installations)
    • smart (utilising technology for monitoring and predictive maintenance to improve drinking water quality)
    • lasting (collecting and reusing rainwater to avoid depleting fresh water supplies)

    We can’t do this alone.

    We need legislation that encourages engineers and planners to think in new ways and installers to carry out the designs properly. Meanwhile, we promise to deliver products and solutions that enable a lasting solution for safe and efficient water supply.

    By the Numbers

    40%
    40% shortfall between global demand and supply of water by 2030
    30%
    30% of water worldwide is lost due to leaky pipes. In cities, it's even higher.
    50%
    50% of all hospital beds around the world is filled due to water-related

    The people making it happen

    “We need to improve our cities. Our cities are nowadays the response to globalisation. This is where innovation happens and we might even use basic things like water & sanitation as the driving force for innovation – big data, algorithm, glass optic fibre”

    Pablo Bereciartua, Argentina’s former Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Policy