Complex agendas for new technology adoption in the UK water industry

Risk Analysis Strategies in the Water Utility Sector: An Inventory of Applications for Better and More Credible Decision Making

“…Clark et al 22 report that technology adoption is increasingly becoming a concern of strategic planners and policy makers within the water industry. The introduction of novel technology poses risks due to the inherent difficulty of preparing accurate estimates of the costs, performance and system-wide effects of new components and processes; and the long development cycles required for changes in regulations and consumer demands.…”

Water and Business: A Taxonomy and Review of the Research

“…Based on Wilson (1977), Wood (1990) coined the SEPTember mnemonic to help business identify the environments it encounters: social, economic, political, and technological. 12 Water-Related Articles Found (1959 Academy of Management Journal (Clark, Jeffrey, & Stephenson, 2000) Technological assessment of palm oil production and the concomitant waste water in Nigeria (Taiwo et al, 2000) Third World needs high-tech science (Pitroda, 1993) Historical, modern water pollution technology (McKee, 1972) Water quantity (resource development) Environmental Overuse of water resources None Undesirable allocation Modeling to determine future county water supply (B. V. Dean et al, 1994) Predicting when to initiate water resource development projects (Erlenkotter et al, 1989) Feasibility of 300-foot breach in lake to prevent flooding (Chesteen & Baird, 1985) Flood and low water problems (Parker & Farley, 1980) Sustainable resource allocation (Burt, 1964) Time dimension Modeling to determine future county water supply (B. V. Dean et al, 1994)…”

“…Technology can be used to increase quality by reducing point and nonpoint source pollution 16 through advances in wastewater treatment plants as well as by educating people on how to properly dispose of hazards such as medical waste and batteries. Our search revealed only four academic articles that we would categorize here: two essays about the role technology can and should play to solve water quality issues (McKee, 1972;Pitroda, 1993) and two that examine the impact of specific technologies on wastewater treatment (Clark, Jeffrey, & Stephenson, 2000;Taiwo et al, 2000). There would seem abundant opportunity then for business research to examine the social, economic, and political implications of advanced technology to solve water quality issues.…”

Effectiveness of Subsidies in Technology Adoption: A Case Study Involving Reverse Osmosis (RO) Membrane Technology

“…In the water treatment industry, the technology and products used in processing will affect two factors: environmental quality and efficiency of processing. Adoption of new technologies in water treatment that aim to improve efficiency of processing is often hampered by a lack of understanding of the complexity of the issues that affect the trials and purchasing decisions (Clark, Jeffrey, & Stephenson, 2000). Water treatment technology adoption directly affects the level of sustainability of the technology adoption process, especially in the case of SWRO membrane technology.…”