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Notes and briefings

Frameworks tested against real sites, and the research we return to when the answer is not obvious. Each note is written to be used, argued with, and taken into a meeting.

ForesightAugust 20266 min read

Water is the last linear economy, and the largest unpriced asset in the room

The sector still measures success in volume. A circular frame measures value retained, and changes what a lender, a regulator and a board are willing to fund.

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BriefingMarch 20265 min read

Reuse is a market, not a mandate

Regulation creates the supply of treated wastewater. Demand, pricing and grade decide whether a reuse plant runs at forty per cent of capacity or ninety.

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Sources we return to

World Bank, Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) The three-outcome framework we underwrite on the home page.
UNEP foresight brief on water as a circular economy resource Where the resource framing comes from, and what it asks of a finance desk.
Resource Innovation Institute, water circularity working group Practitioner best practice for controlled environments and reuse at scale.
KPMG in India, circular economy as a growth lever Infrastructure read as an engine for growth rather than a cost line.

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