Smart rainwater management may be the latest trend

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 09. 03. 11:11

Rainwater is a treasure. This is also the opinion of the Hungarian professionals interviewed by Wavin, and almost every second architect, facility operator, and city manager believes that the demand for sustainable rainwater management is constantly increasing. According to the lessons learned from the research, the implementation will not depend on expertise or technical possibilities, but according to experts, a significant number of decision-makers still do not recognize the health and financial opportunities inherent in sustainable water management. However, with thoughtful planning and digital solutions, the natural circulation of water can now be implemented in any city.

Don’t just put away the preserves for “winter”

In the coming years, we will probably hear a lot about intelligent rainwater management, as we are already experiencing firsthand that, thanks to the extreme distribution of precipitation, our cities are regularly swimming in rainwater, and we are struggling with long, hot, dry periods. Draining the precipitation as quickly as possible cannot be an ideal solution, because how do we get water again when the drought comes? Expensive and limited. However, the solution is very simple: the precious rainwater can also be “put away” for more delicious times. Innovative solutions such as intelligent rainwater reservoirs and drains, blue-green roofs that implement the natural cycle of water on a small scale, root reservoirs that help urban trees survive, or so-called rain gardens that retain precipitation help with this.

The Hungarian specialists are already prepared

Wavin, a leader in rainwater management worldwide and in Hungary, asked more than a hundred domestic architects, landscape architects, planners, facility operators, and experts in the field of urban management about the retention and recycling of precipitation. According to the respondents, there is an overwhelming interest in sustainable solutions, as only 4-4 percent of them see that there is no or stagnant demand for green solutions. But any good idea is only as good as it can be implemented, and in the field of rainwater management, according to those interviewed, this is primarily limited by insufficiently informed decision-makers and – probably related to this – financial possibilities. According to the respondents, the experts, the lack of expertise, or the technical possibilities cannot hinder the domestic implementation of rainwater management.