Global Wastewater Challenges
Wastewater treatment plants face significant pressure to upgrade their facilities due to population growth, industrial expansion and tightening of legislation.
Sludge disposal
Total Cost & Financing
Footprint & Land
Environmental Compliance
Energy Consumption
Time
1.8 billion
people use a source of drinking water contaminated with feces, putting their health at risk.
10 trillion
dollars of investment required in water resources infrastructure through 2030 to meet demand.
80%
80% of the world's wastewater is dumped largely untreated into the environment polluting rivers, lakes and oceans.
584 million
tons/CO2e methane emissions from untreated watewater per year in 2025.
Even in Norway...
+ 1900
Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWPTs) requiring upgrade or expansion within the next 20 years.
*Source: Norsk Vann
+55%
WWTPs considered non-compliant according to national regulations.
*Source: Norsk Vann