Exploring the Future of Premise-Scale Water Treatment and Reuse

Recent technology innovations, policy changes, and market shifts are accelerating deployment of scaled-down water treatment solutions, but the market is still in its infancy. Scholars from Water in the West, a program of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and the National Alliance for Water Innovation organized a workshop with academics, water technology innovators, public health experts, environmental regulators, and venture capitalists to explore the future of extreme decentralization and its role in interfacing with and supporting traditional centralized systems. Experts from around the world produced a Fall 2023 white paper outlining key insights and questions about effectively combining new and existing water treatment technology and barriers to progress.

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Authors: Alex Fairhart, David L. Sedlak, Meagan Mauter, Peter Fiske, Paula Kehoe