As we consider water shortages, droughts and flooding, it is evident that the water sector is slow to innovate. And our ability to adapt as citizens is mostly ineffective.

In a country where 40% of our water is flushed down toilets, rivers are being polluted at alarming rates and huge amounts of the precious resource are lost through leaks, the public and private sectors need to acknowledge that traditional approaches are no longer working...

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