Fraunhofer Building Innovation AllianceWithin the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB is particularly responsible for the water management and system solutions.
Water management – water resources management, safe water supply, sanitation, and wastewater treatment – is a global key challenge of the 21st century. Innovations in all sectors of water management are essential – in industrialized countries and especially for the developing world, in arid and semi-arid environments.
The Fraunhofer IGB has developed a toolbox of technical innovations for sustainable decentral water management systems, which are embedded in holistic infrastructure concepts and combined with energy and waste management. These innovations can be adapted and combined to generate individually the most favorable solution for the specific needs of each country or region.
Fraunhofer IGB offers systems solutions for future-oriented municipal water management in rural regions, for newly developed areas, urban districts in need of modernization and also for holiday resorts, tourist centers and hotel complexes. The system is especially effective for regions with no previous water infrastructure, lacking sewage networks and central sewage treatment plants. The concept is also ideal for areas where old types of infrastructure can no longer be adapted to cope with new challenges arising from climate changes or population increases/decreases.