Black & Veatch水报告2023年

Chronicallyaginginfrastructure.Lurkingcybersecuritythreats,budgettightropesandthequestforsustainability.Mountingexternalpressuresformoreresilienceagainstthemenaceofclimatechange’sfallout.Anevolving,shiftingregulatorylandscapestokinguncertainty.Workforcestaffingheadachesandbroadpublicmisperceptionsaboutratesandthevalueofwater.NeverhastheU.S.water,wastewaterandstormwatersectorsconfrontedsomuch.YetBlack&Veatch’s2023WaterReportalsofindsawealthofopportunity,mostclearlyindigitaltechnologiesandinnovationsthathelpoperatorsmakebetterdecisionsandgetthemostoftheirassets.Integratedwatersolutionsalsoprovideawealthofopportunities.Withtheprovidingofreliable,safewateratthecoreofeveryutility’smandateandmission,thesedynamictimesarehelpingreshapethewatersectorthatisincreasingly—andpromisingly—adoptingintegratedsolutionsthatachievesustainabledevelopmentandsystemresilience.Contributingtothatisawideningembraceofa“OneWater”approachbasedonacceptingthatallformsofwater—fromdrinkingwatertowastewater,stormwater,reclaimedwater,indirectanddirectpotablereuse,andgroundwater—areasingularresourcetobemanagedsustainably.Basedonexpertanalysesofasurveyofroughly450U.S.watersectorstakeholders,the2023WaterReporttakesthepulseoftheindustryonthesetopicsandmore,dissectingthepainpoints,thetrendsandopportunitiesfacingwaterutilitiestoday.Tonosurprise,it’saconversationthatbeginswiththewhiteelephantintheroom:thecriticalinfrastructurethatgetsolderbytheday—andthecomplexitiesinvolvedinaddressingaginginfrastructureamongmanyothercompetinginterests.