Technological innovation

Technological innovation is driven largely by both human wants and needs. Technological innovation can create both positive and negative pressures, sometimes simultaneously, resulting in increased or decreased water demand, supply and quality. Technological innovation is one of the most unpredictable drivers. It can create rapid, dramatic and unexpected changes, both in pressures and solutions. Impediments to the dissemination of technology must be overcome if developing countries are to benefit from innovations developed in richer countries.