In early December 2021, the Denver International Airport made headlines across the U.S. after a hot water pipe broke a month before a major terminal expansion project was expected to complete.
Technology uses the power of water inside pipes to generate a renewable source of energy, with EPA estimates that the country s 50,000 water utilities collectively consume 4% of its energy to convey and treat water.
7.8 billion people produce a lot of waste, but governments, entrepreneurs and NGOs are developing a host of technologies that work with nature to transform a dirty problem into a suite of elegant sustainable solutions.