2024年美国水务行业研究报告：行业进展、市场变化、新兴挑战与阻碍（英文版）

2024Water ReportBLACK & VEATCH 2024 WATER REPORT | ABOUT THIS REPORT | 2A dozen years since Black & Veatch first launched its annual analysis of the U.S. water sector, the industry’s complexities have grown more profound with challenges intensifying by the day.Unsurprisingly, the industry’s aging infrastructure remains the preeminent headache, as it has been for decades. Regulations relating to contaminants — often so-called “forever chemicals” — and the lead-and-copper rules continue to evolve and stoke uncertainty. Blamed for more frequent and severe weather events, climate change more than ever is testing the resilience of water infrastructure — and with droughts, impacting water supply. Cyber threats are on the rise, pressing the need for utilities to bolster their defensive postures. What are utilities doing in the face of the “silver tsunami,” the rising tide of retirements in the industry?All of it provides the backdrop to Black & Veatch’s 2024 Water Report, a deep dive into many of the industry’s top issues, based on expert analyses of our survey of roughly 630 U.S. water industry stakeholders.Amid all the headwinds, opportunity still abounds. While still not used to its full potential in heightening resilience and sustainability, data continues to hold great promise in helping utilities do more with less with infrastructure well past its prime. Sustainability — what we define as the ability to meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future ones — is taking deeper root as a critical strategic focus.The 2024 Water Report offers a comprehensive overview of what’s changed — and what has not — in an industry with enormous potential to accelerate innovation in strategy, operations and funding. AboutThis ReportContact usGet expert help for your water needs.ContentsExecutive Summary 4 A Rising Tide of Change: U.S. Water Sector Navigating Challenges, Opportunities as Sustainability, Resilience Drive DiscussionCybersecurity10 Growing Concern About Cyberattacks Calls for Additional GuidanceContaminants16 Modular Solutions, Predictive Modelling Good Steps Toward Managing Drinking Water ContaminationEnvironmental and Treatment21 Managing Current, Emerging Regulations in WastewaterRates25 Growing Needs for Infrastructure Investment, Ratepayer EducationSustainability and Decarbonization28 Water Conservation, Loss Mitigation Emerge as Top Tactics for Sustainability, DecarbonizationClimate Change33 Climate Change: An Evolving Paradigm for Sustainable InfrastructureWorkforce39 The ‘Silver Tsunami’: Surging Retirements Stoke Workplace Challenges for U.S. Water UtilitiesAsset Management, Digital Water41 As Data Maturity Levels Rise, Digital Water Strategies are RevisitedAbout the Authors49BLACK & VEATCH 2024 WATER REPORT | CONTENTS | 3Executive SummaryBLACK & VEATCH 2024 WATER REPORT | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 5A Rising Tide of Change: U.S. Water Sector Naviga