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Across large parts of the Middle East and Asia, entirely new water infrastructure for public water supply is being planned and built . Rapid urbanisation, economic growth, population increase, water scarcity and climate change are forcing governments to expand and re-design their drinking water systems at scale. ( OECD )   This situation is very different from Western Europe, where water networks are largely in place and investment focuses mainly on rehabilitation and effici

In many rural regions of the Global South, the idea of drinking straight from the tap is still a distant dream. Families fetch water from rivers, ponds or hand pumps, and often have no choice but to drink from unsafe sources. Boiling water over open fires is the only protection they know – and it comes at a high price: time, health, deforestation and CO₂ emissions. At Grasshopper Investments, we have developed a decentral water supply concept that tackles all of this at once

When the UN agreed on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, it created a roadmap for “fixing the world” by 2030 – ending extreme poverty, stabilising the climate, protecting biodiversity and strengthening societies. ( UNDP ) In that complex agenda, SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation is not just one goal among many. It sits right at the centre. The UN itself describes water and sanitation as “at the very core of sustainable development” and stresses that SDG 6 under

Modular Technology Concept: How Grasshopper Opens Access to Major Infrastructure Projects Good water projects don’t start with digging a hole in the ground – they start with a smart technology concept that can be repeated, scaled and trusted. That’s exactly what our Modular Technology Concept is about. What is the Modular Technology Concept? Together with our project development company Intelligent Water Solutions (Inwasol) and partners from the German water sector and acad

When you open a tap in Frankfurt, Amsterdam or Zurich, you don’t think about it. The water is simply there – clear, drinkable, reliable. For most people in Europe, this feels so normal that it almost disappears from view. Globally, however, this “invisible” infrastructure story looks very different. According to WHO/UNICEF data, around 2.2 billion people still live without safely managed drinking water – roughly one in four people worldwide. ( unwater.org ) And even where wa

Over the last decade, energy transition has dominated investor conversations: renewables, grids, batteries, electric mobility. Over the next decade, a different but closely connected theme will move to the centre of the stage: water – and in particular, drinking water infrastructure . From a capital-need perspective, water is already in “mega-theme” territory. Estimates suggest that USD 6.7 trillion will be needed for water-related infrastructure by 2030, rising to USD 22.6