Water BOOST：助力面向未来的城市创新

Incollaborationwith

ImperialCollegeLondon

Water-BOOST:

EnablingInnovationforFuture-ReadyCities

INSIGHTREPORTOCTOBER2025

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Contents

Foreword

3

Executivesummary

4

Introduction

6

1Unlockingwaterinnovation

8

1.1Theneedforurbanwaterinnovation

8

1.2Limitationsofexistingframeworks

9

1.3Methodology:Buildingasystems-basedapproach

10

1.4Case-studycities:Adiversetestingground

11

1.5Stakeholderengagementandco-design

12

2Water-BOOST:Asystemstoolkitforscalingwaterinnovation

15

2.1Mappingthewaterinnovationecosystem

15

2.2Water-BOOSTprinciples

17

3Waterinnovationecosystemsinpractice:City-levelinsights

22

3.1SanFrancisco

22

3.2Valencia

24

3.3Singapore

25

3.4Accra

27

3.5Barcelona

30

3.6Bengaluru

32

4Frommappingtostrategy:OperationalizingWater-BOOST

34

4.1Cross-comparisonofcities

34

4.2Cross-cityreflectionsandemergingimpactareas

36

4.3Scalingandfuturedirections

39

4.4WhatWater-BOOSTteaches

40

Conclusion:Aligningsystemstoaccelerateinnovation

41

Appendix

42

Contributors

44

Endnotes

49

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Water-BOOST:EnablingInnovationforFuture-ReadyCities2

Water-BOOST:EnablingInnovationforFuture-ReadyCities3

October2025

Water-BOOST:EnablingInnovationforFuture-ReadyCities

Foreword

MaryRyan

Vice-Provost,ResearchandEnterprise,ImperialCollegeLondon

Waterunderpinsthehealth,prosperityand

resilienceofcitiesworldwide.Yettheglobalwatercrisisisintensifying.Fromincreasingscarcity

andpollutiontomorefrequentfloods,water-

relatedrisksareacceleratingunderthecombinedpressuresofclimatechange,urbanization,

populationgrowthandeconomicdevelopment.

Ascitiesexpandandpopulationsconcentrateinurbanareas,managingwaterwiselyandequitablyisnolongeroptional;itisafundamentalenablerofsustainableandresilientdevelopment,economicstabilityandhumanwell-being.

Addressingwaterchallengesrequiresmorethannoveltechnologiesorisolatedpolicyefforts.It

demandswhole-system,cross-sectoralsolutionsthatbringtogetherpublicandprivateactors,

alignregulatoryandfinancialincentivesand

promoteenvironmentsthatenableinnovation

tothrive.Despiteencouragingadvances,water

innovationremainshinderedbyfragmentedefforts,limitedinvestmentandanabsenceofenabling

mechanismstotranslateambitionintoimpact.

Recognizingthesechallenges,ImperialCollege

LondonandtheWorldEconomicForumpartneredthroughtheHoffmannFellowshipprogramme,

generouslysupportedbyAndréHoffmann,which

empowersscientistsandresearcherstobridge

academiaandpracticeintacklingglobalchallenges.Thiscollaborationenabledtheexplorationofhow

innovationecosystemsincitiesandthebroaderwatersectorcanbeaccelerated.Thestrengthofthispartnershipliesinitsblendofacademicdepthandrigour,togetherwiththeForum’s

globalconveningcapacity,drivingengagementacrossgovernment,industry,financeandcivilsociety.Already,thiscollaborationhasachievedkeymilestones,includingconveningmorethan

TaniaStrauss

HeadofSustainableGrowthandPeopleAgenda;MemberoftheExecutiveCommittee,WorldEconomicForum

130stakeholdersinsixglobalcities,co-hostingWorldWaterDay2025inLondonandpresentingtheresearchathigh-levelpanelsandstrategic

dialoguestoraiseinternationalinterestinwaterinnovationecosystems.

Beyondresearchandengagement,theoutcomesofthisambitiousfellowshipprogrammeconvergetoastrategicframeworkandapracticaltoolkit,

designedtohelpstakeholdersmaptheirenablingenvironments,identifybarriersanddefineactionablepathwaystowardsresilienceandinnovation

atscale.Itsname,Water-BOOST(Bridging

OpportunitiesandOptimisingSupportToolkit),summarizesitsspiritandpurpose.

Crucially,Water-BOOSTisnotonlyatoolforcities.Itsadaptable,systems-baseddesignmakesit

relevanttowater-sectorecosystemsmorebroadly,includingindustrial,ruralandregionalcontexts.Itoffersstructuredguidanceonhowdiverseactors–utilities(utilityserviceproviders),regulators,

innovators,investors,academiaandcommunityorganizations–canworktogethertocreate

environmentsinwhichwatersolutionsarepilotedand,critically,scaled.

Thisreportpresentstheoutcomeoftwoyears

ofcollaborativeresearchandstakeholder

engagement,demonstratingthevalueofstructuredpartnershipsamongacademia,industryandglobalorganizationstoaddresssystemicchallenges.

Ultimately,Water-BOOSTisacalltoactionto

rethinkhowweapproachwater–notjustincitiesbutacrossallwater-dependentsystems–andtounlockinnovationasacatalystforwatersecurity,resilienceandequitablegrowth.

Water-BOOST:EnablingInnovationforFuture-ReadyCities4

Executivesummary

Citiesneedenablingenvironmentsinwhichinnovationcanthrive,scaleandstrengthenwaterresilience.

Urbanwaterinnovationisbecomingincreasinglycriticalinaddressingmountingpressureson

infrastructure,governanceandresourcesecurity.Yet,despitegrowingambitionandasteadyflowofnewtechnologies,manysolutionsremain

fragmentedandunderfunded,ortheyfailtoscale.

Thisresearch,supportedbytheHoffmann

FellowshipandconductedthroughacollaborationbetweentheForumandImperialCollege,

beganbyasking:whatconditionsallowurban

waterinnovationtothrive–andhowdokey

actorsandinstitutionsneedtointeractforthat

tohappen?Drawingonsystemsthinking,the

researchprojectinvestigatedthegovernance

structures,financingmechanisms,partnerships

andinstitutionalalignmentsthatshapewater

innovationecosystems.Theanalysisfocusedonsixcities–SanFrancisco,Valencia,Singapore,Accra,BarcelonaandBengaluru(Bangalore)–selected

toreflectdiversegeographies,governancemodelsandinnovationcontexts.

Findingsfromstakeholderengagementandfieldresearchrevealedthatsuccessfulecosystems

arenotdefinedbyanysingleactorortechnology.Instead,progressdependsonthequalityof

relationshipsbetweenstakeholdersandthe

enablingmechanisms–suchaspermitting

frameworks,investmentstructuresorcross-sectorplatforms–thatconnectthem.

Fromthisinsightemergedanovelsystems

frameworktobetterunderstandtheenablingenvironments:Water-BOOST(Bridging

OpportunitiesandOptimisingSupportToolkit).

Water-BOOSTwasdevelopedtosupportcities,

policy-makers,fundersandinnovatorsinassessingecosystemfunctionality,identifyinggapsand

adaptingsolutionsfromothercontexts.This

reportpresentstheframework’sdevelopmentandearlyapplicationasasystems-basedapproachforunderstanding,comparingandstrengtheningenablingenvironmentsforwaterinnovation.

Water-BOOST:EnablingInnovationforFuture-ReadyCities5

Strategicrecommendationsemergingfromthisworkincludetheneedto:

–Usestructuredecosystemmappingtoalignstakeholdersaroundcommongoals

–Strengtheninter-institutionalcoordinationandcross-sectorcollaboration

–Improveprocurement,financingandscalingpathwaysforearly-stageinnovation

–Facilitatecross-citylearningandadaptationthroughpeercomparison

Withfurtherdevelopment,Water-BOOSToffersapracticalcontributiontotheglobalwaterinnovationagenda.Bymakingcomplexsystemsmorevisible–andmoretractable–ithelpscitiesdesignenablingenvironmentsthatareinclusive,adaptiveandreadytomeetfuturechallenges.Itsflexible,systems-

orientedstructurealsomakesitapplicablebeyondcities–includinginperi-urbanareas,industrial

zones,ruralcommunitiesandcatchment-scale

governancesettingswhereinnovationecosystemsmustalsobeactivatedandaligned.

Theframeworkisgroundedinthreecoreprinciples:

1.Innovationcannotscalewithoutecosystemstructure.

Afunctioninginnovationecosystemrequiresaminimalviablesystem(MVS):theessentialconfigurationofstakeholdersandenablingmechanisms.Mostcitiesstudiedhadatleastonemissingorunderdevelopedelement.

2.Innovationecosystemsdependnotjustonwhoisinvolvedbutonhowtheyworktogether.

Relationshipenablerssuchascollaborativeprocurement,regulatoryflexibilityandsharedtestbedsarekeytoscalinginnovation.

3.Citiescan,andshould,learnfromoneanother.

Enablingenvironmentsdiffer,buttheyarenotincomparable.Citiescanadaptsuccessfulmechanismstofittheirinstitutionalcontext,

usingstructuredcomparisonasatoolforstrategicadaptation.

Water-BOOST’sambitionisnotonlytoidentify

gapsbutalsotohelpdecision-makerstransition

fromfragmentedeffortstowardscoherent,scalableinnovationsystems.

Supportingenablers(SE2)

Governance

enablers(E1)

Publicutilities

andlargeprivate

concessionaires

(G1)

Policy-makers

andregulators(G2)

Academia

andresearchinstitutions(S1)

Multistakeholderenablers(E5)

Aquapreneurship

enablers(E3)

Supportingenablers(SE3)

Civilsociety

Innovatorsandentrepreneurs(A1)

Investorsandaccelerators(A2)

(NGOs,professional

associations

andcommunity

groups)(S2)

Minimalviablesystem(MVS)

.Governancelevel.Aquapreneurshiplevel.Supportinglevel

个StructuralWaterBOOSTmapofthewaterinnovationecosystem

acrossgovernance,aquapreneurshipandsupportinglevels

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Introduction

Imagecredit:

Wateroam

Withbillionsofpeoplealreadyfacingwaterstress,theneedtostrengthenenablingenvironmentsforinnovationhasneverbeenmoreurgent.

Thewatercrisis:

Anescalatingglobalchallenge

Theworldisfacinganintensifyingwatercrisis.

Globalfreshwaterdemandhasmorethandoubledsince1960andcontinuestorisebyabout1%eachyear.1Today,anestimated3.6billionpeoplenearlyhalftheworldspopulationregularlyfacewater

shortagesforatleastonemonthperyear,anumberprojectedtosurpass5billionbymid-century.2

Thispressureisunevenlydistributed.Inregions

suchastheMiddleEast,NorthAfricaandSouthAsia,waterwithdrawalsregularlyexceed80%ofavailableresources.3YetwaterscarcityisnolongerconfinedtotheGlobalSouth;partsofEurope

andNorthAmericaincludingSpain,Italy,thewesternUnitedStatesandMexicoarenearingunsustainableuselevels.4

Theeconomicandclimaterisksareequallystark.By2050,nearly31%ofglobalgrossdomestic

product(GDP)around$70trillionwillbe

exposedtohighwaterstress.5Inthehardest-hitregions,climate-drivenscarcitycouldreduceGDPbyupto14%.6Meanwhile,water-relateddisastershaveincreasedfivefoldsince1970,accountingfor70%ofallnaturaldisasterdeaths.7

Theseescalatingchallengesunderscoreagrowingimperative:technicalfixesalonearenolonger

sufficient.Whatsneededisasystemicunderstandingoftheenablingenvironmentforwaterinnovationamixofpolicies,governancestructures,financing

modelsandpartnershipsthatdeterminewhether

innovationscansucceed.Torespondeffectively

tothewatercrisis,citiesandinstitutionsrequire

frameworksthatmovebeyondisolatedinterventionsandenableintegrated,scalablesolutions.

Citiesatthecentreofthewatercrisis

Urbanareasareemergingasthefrontlineofthis

crisis.By2050,urbanwaterdemandisexpectedtoincreasebynearly80%,8astheglobalurban

populationisprojectedtorisetonearly70%.9

Already,hundredsofmillionsliveincitieswhere

waterdemandroutinelyexceedssupply,afiguresettodoubleinthecomingdecades.10

However,citiesaremorethanfocalpointsfor

risktheyarealsoplatformsforinnovation.The

intersectionofclimatevolatility,ageinginfrastructureandgovernancefragmentationmakescities

especiallyvulnerable,yetthisverycomplexitycreatesspacesfortransformation.

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Withpoliticalambition,capitalinvestmentandcitizenactionconverginginurbanspaces,citiescanbecomehigh-leveragetestinggroundsforwatersolutions.

Globalmomentumforchange:Policyandinnovationalignment

Amidthesechallenges,thereisgrowing

internationalrecognitionoftheneedfor

coordinated,systems-wideresponses.In2024,

theGlobalCommissionontheEconomicsofWater(GCEW)launcheditslandmarkreport11callingforafundamentalreframingofwaterasaglobalcommongood–emphasizingthewholehydrologicalcycleasthefoundationforhumanandplanetarywell-being.

Buildingonthisfoundation,theWorldEconomic

Forum,throughitsmultistakeholdercommunityonwater–

WaterFutures

–launchedawhitepaper12in2025tohelptranslatetheGCEW’svisioninto

actionbytheprivatesectorandpublic–private

collaborations.Amongitsproposedpathwaysforaction,thepolicy-innovationnexusisidentified

asacriticallever,whichhasalsobeenexplored

throughUplink’s

AquapreneurInnovationInitiative

.Thisresearchrespondsdirectlytothatcall–aimingtostrengthentheenablingenvironmentsthatallowinnovationecosystemstoemerge,connectand

scaleacrosssectors.

Suchmomentumissupportedbyarenewed

institutionalfocusinternationally.TheUnitedNationsWaterConferencein2023–thefirstinnearly50

years–setthestageforfutureglobalconveningsin2026and2028,offeringapoliticalwindowto

mainstreamwateraction.Yetmomentumaloneisnotenough.Bridgingambitionandimplementationrequirestargetedsupportfortheecosystemsthatallowinnovationtomovefrompilotstoimpact.

Thechallengeofscalingwaterinnovation

Thewatersectorisexperiencinganunprecedentedsurgeininnovation–fromdecentralizedtreatmenttechnologiesandartificialintelligence(AI)-poweredmonitoringtocircularresourcesystemsanddigitaltwinmodelling.Butmostinnovationsstruggleto

movebeyondsmall-scalepilots.Theyremainsiloed,underfundedorexcludedfromregulation–unabletoscalewithintheverysystemstheyaimtoimprove.

Thisdisconnectisnotduetoalackofcreativityortechnicalcapacity–entrepreneursandresearchersarebuildingsolutionseveryday–theproblem

liesintheabsenceofenablingenvironmentsthatcantranslatepotentialintoprogress.Manywaterstart-ups–oraquapreneurs–encountera“valleyofdeath”:thecriticalphasewherepromising

technologiesstallduetounclearrules,lackof

financingorinsufficientinstitutionalsupport.Within

theForum’sUpLinkinitiative,aglobalcommunityofaquapreneursisalreadyemerging,andtheirabilitytothrivewilldirectlydependonhoweffectivelyenablingenvironmentsaredefinedandstrengthened.

Designingenablingenvironmentsforwaterinnovationisthereforeessential.Scalinginnovationrequires

systemicapproaches,notjustproducts.Itdemandsintegratedecosystemsthatconnectutilities,

regulators,entrepreneurs,investors,researchersandcommunityactors–notasseparatestakeholders,butasco-creators.Itrequirestestbeds,procurementframeworks,regulatoryflexibilityandrisk-sharing

modelsthatlowerthebarrierstoadoption.As

highlightedbytheOrganisationforEconomicCo-

operationandDevelopment(OECD),13theWorld

Bank14andGCEW,15thisisnotjustatechnicalissue,itisagovernanceandsystemsdesignchallenge.

Politicalattentionandinvestmentareincreasing,

butregulatoryframeworksandinstitutionalcapacityarelagging.Publicagenciesremainrisk-averse

andlackatransformativemission.16Procurementstillprioritizesthelowestcostoverthehighest

value,andfinancingrarelysupportsearly-stageordecentralizedsolutions.Asaresult,ecosystemsgenerateideasbutstruggletoembedthemat

scale,particularlyincomplexurbansettingswithfragmentedgovernanceandlegacyinfrastructure.

Thisreportfocusesonbridgingthatgap.By

identifyingthesystemicenablersthatallow

innovationtoscale–andhighlightingwherethey

areweakorabsent–itprovidesastrategiclensformovingfrompilotstointegrated,city-widesolutions.

Reportstructure

Thisreportisstructuredtoexplorehowenablingenvironmentscanbedesignedandstrengthenedtoacceleratewaterinnovation:

Section1outlinestheurgencyofurbanwater

innovation,reviewslimitationsinexistingframeworksandintroducesthesystemsthinkingapproachandco-designprocessthatunderpinthiswork.

Section2presentstheWater-BOOSTframework,explainingitsconceptualfoundations,core

principlesandthesystems-basedmethodologyusedtoanalysewaterinnovationecosystems.

Section3appliesthemethodologytosixglobalcities,offeringecosystemmappings,insightsandspotlightcasesdrawnfromfieldresearch.

Section4exploreshowtheframeworkcanbe

operationalized,includingcross-citycomparisons,digitalprototypedevelopmentandstrategic

pathwaysforscalingandapplication.

Thereportcloseswithabriefreflectionandcalltoaction.

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1

Unlockingwaterinnovation

Toscalewaterinnovation,citiesneedsystems-basedapproachesand

coordinatedactionacrosssectorsandstakeholderecosystems.

1.1Theneedforurbanwaterinnovation

cascading,suchasfloodsthatcontaminatedrinkingwater18ordroughtsthatconcentratepollutantsandincreasehealthhazards.19

Addressingthiscomplexityrequiresinnovationgroundedinasystems-basedviewofthewatersectoranditskeydimensions(Figure1),whichincluderesources,usersandcorefunctions.20

Urbanwatersystemsareundergrowingpressurefrommultiple,interconnectedrisks.Whetherthe

issueistoomuch(flooding),toolittle(scarcity)

ortoopollutedwater,citiesfaceintensifying

water-relatedshocksandstresses.17Fragmentedgovernanceandlimitedinvestmentcapacity

furtherexacerbatetheserisks,leavingmanycitiesunpreparedtorespondatscale.Therisksareoften

FIGURE1

Dimensionsofthewatersector:resources,users,corefunctionsandend-of-cyclepressures,wherewastewater,treatmentandchallengesconverge

Wastewaterand

greywater

Brackish/saline

water

Surfaceandgroundwater

Atmosphericwater

Rainwater

Agriculture70%Industry20%Households10%

Treatmentand

waterreuse

Infrastructure(naturalandman-made)

Services(utilitiesandeconomics)

Management(institutions

andknowledge)

Challenges

andneeds

ScarcityExcess(flooding)QualityAllocation

Challenges

Careofresources

andtheirecosystems

Mitigationof

water-relateddisasters

Universalaccesstowaterandsanitation

Needs

Source:AdaptedfromWehn,U.,&Montalvo,C.(2018).Exploringthedynamicsofwaterinnovation:Foundationsforwaterinnovationstudies

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Imagecredit:KayBaileyHutchison

(KBH)DesalinationPlant,ElPasoWater

Thesedimensionsareinterwovenwithagrowingsetofchallenges–scarcity,excess,declining

qualityandinequitableallocation–andneeds,

includingecosystemprotection,universalaccessandriskmitigation.AsFigure1shows,manyofthesechallengesconvergeattheendofthecycle,wherewaste-watertreatmentandreuseremain

weakpointsforinnovation.

However,implementationlagsbehindambition.Manycitiesstilllacktheenablingconditionsto

translateinnovativeintentintosystemicchange.Thishighlightstheurgentneedformethodologiesthatmapwaterinnovationecosystems,reveal

bottlenecksandguidecontext-specificaction.

1.2

Limitationsofexistingframeworks

Overthepasttwodecades,theglobalwater

sectorhasseenagrowingwaveoftools,pilotsandframeworksaimedatadvancingurban

watersustainability.Yet,despitethismomentum,innovationeffortsremainhighlyfragmented,

oftensiloedacrossinstitutions,disciplinesand

geographicalboundaries.21Manyinitiativesfocusonasingledimensionofthewatersystem–whethertechnical,environmentalorfinancial–andasa

result,struggletosupportsystems-basedchangeorscaleeffectivelyacrossdiversegovernanceandinfrastructurecontexts.

Inresponsetotheselimitations,newerconceptualapproacheshavebeguntoemerge.Urbanwaterneutrality22andwaterneutralitygovernance23offeractionablemodelstomitigatethenetimpacts

ofnewdevelopments,complementingbroader

approachessuchasintegratedurbanwater

management(IUWM).24Theseshiftsreflecta

growingmovefromreactivemanagementtowardsproactive,systems-basedinnovation.

Whilemanyofthemoreestablishedframeworks

providevaluableinsightsintoresilienceplanning,

infrastructureperformance,digitalmonitoringor

scenariomodelling,theytendtofocusonindividualcomponentsofthewatersysteminisolation.Asa

result,theyrarelyaddressthestructuralenablers

neededtomovefromdiagnosistodelivery.Inmanycases,cities–includingcityauthoritiesandutilities–understandwhatneedstobedonebutremain

unclearonhowtoalignactors,unlockfinancingandimplementsolutionssystemically.

Table1summarizesasampleoftheseestablishedtools,whichspanarangeofusecases,fromurbansustainabilitybenchmarkingandscenarioplanningtoresilienceassessmentandnature-basedsolutiondesign.Yetmostremainlimitedingeographic

application,institutionalscopeorsystem

integration.Thisunderscoresthepersistentneedformethodologiesthatnotonlyassesswatersystemsperformancebutalsohighlightthesystemic

enablers–regulatory,financial,institutional–thatarenecessarytoactivateandscaleinnovationindiverseurbancontexts.

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Comparisonofselectedtoolsforurbanwaterinnovationandresilience,outliningfocus,context,geographyanddevelopers;toolsareshowninapproximatechronological

TABLE1

orderofimplementation

Tool

UrbanWater

OptioneeringTool(UWOT)25,26

CityBlueprint

(BlueCityIndex)27

WaterMet2Tool28,29

Water4Cities

(PolisWizzTool)30,31

CityWater

ResilienceApproach

(CWRA)and

OurWaterTool32,33

DesignwithWater2.034

,

Designframeworkintegratingwaterintourbanplanning

Hull,NewYorkCity,Shanghai,

variousUnitedKingdomplanninginitiatives

Arup

Keyfocusandfeatures

Simulatingwatertechnologiesatdevelopmentscale

Indicator-basedassessmentof

urbanwatersustainabilityusing25indicators

Scenariomodellingforlong-termurbanwaterplanning

Smartwatermanagementplatformusingreal-timedata

Frameworkanddigitaltoolforurbanwaterresilienceplanning

FoundationResilienceShift

Citiesorregionsapplied

Alicante,Bodø,Gdansk,Lisbon,London

Amsterdam,Istanbul,Melbourne,Milwaukee,Quito,Rotterdam,pluscitiesinmorethan30countries

Belgrade,Bucharest,Istanbul,Oslo,Trnava

Amman,CapeTown,Ljubljana,Manchester,MexicoCity,Miami,Skiathos

Thessaloniki

KWRWatercycleResearchInstitute,EuropeanCommission,UniversityofUtrecht

UniversityofExeter,EUTRUSTproject

UniversityofAthens,WaterBoardofSkiathos,EUHorizon2020

Arup,StockholmInternationalWaterInstitute,WorldBank,Rockefeller

organizationsinvolved

UniversityofExeter,B-WaterSmart

Developersor

Sources:EnvironmentalModelling&Software,25WaterSmart,26WaterResourcesManagement/KWR,27DrinkingWaterEngineeringandScience,28EuropeanCommission,29Proceedings,30PolizWizz,31ResilientCitiesNetwork,32InternationalCoalitionforSustainableInfrastructure,33Arup34

Methodology:Buildingasystems-basedapproach

1.3

Thisresearchprojectwasdesignedtoinvestigatetheenablingenvironmentsforwaterinnovation–thepolicy,institutional,financialandgovernanceconditionsthatallowwatersolutionstoscale.

Existingframeworksrarelyexplainwhypromising

innovationsfailtoachievesystems-baseduptake.Thisgapled