Water Reuse: Drivers, Innovations and Public Perceptions October 2017 Demographics 25
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
18.44%
70.32%
61.96%
10.09%
Percentage
respOnDents:
347
respOnDents:
347
n Chief/ head of department
n Director
n Other (includes sales,
research, consultants)
n technical/ engineer -- lead
n technical/ engineer
n Board director
Which is your
level of respon-
sibility?
25.36%
22.19%
19.60%
15.85%
9.22%
7.78%
Which sectoral market(s) does your
professional role apply to?
Agricultural Municipal Industrial Other (includes tour-
ism, residential)
What other
drivers of Water
reuse have you
seen in your
markets to date?
"100 per cent
guarantee of
availability"
director, technology
company, Americas, Asia
Pacific
"Distance from water
source — mining in
Chile needs water, and
sites are 200 to 300
kilometres from the
coast, and 2,000 to
3,000 metres above
sea level. Pumping
costs are critical"
director, engineering
consultancy, Americas
"Crop failures —
agricultural use of
contaminated water"
board director, systems
integrator, all geographies
"Aspiration to develop
a circular economy"
chief/ head of department,
university, europe
"Government support"
chief/ head of department,
recruitment, Middle east and
Africa (MeA)
"Drought resilience"
chief/ head of department,
systems integrator, Americas
What other
barriers to Water
reuse have you
seen in your
markets to date?
"New technology
being explored that is
not being considered"
chief/ head of department,
financial consultancy,
Americas
"Public perception —
effluent to treatment
plant to river, okay;
effluent to treatment
plant to customer, not
okay"
technical engineer/ lead,
engineering consultancy,
europe
"Cost to convert"
senior nuclear chemist,
industrial plant owner/
operator, Americas
"Lack of budget"
director, epC, all geographies
"Poor promotion
by industry and
government"
board director, university,
Asia Pacific
"Reliability, which is
why I prefer indirect
potable reuse over
direct potable reuse"
project manager, engineering
consultancy, Americas
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