Water BOOST Enabling Innovation for Future Ready Cities 2025

Water innovation ecosystems in practice: City-level insights City-level mappings reveal how water innovation ecosystems function in six global contexts, highlighting enablers, constraints and opportunities.3 San Francisco’s water innovation ecosystem operates within a context of recurring droughts35 and is supported by a regulatory framework at both the state and city level that actively mandates and facilitates innovation. As a global innovation hub, home to Silicon Valley’s technology ecosystem, the city benefits from a vibrant community of innovators, a strong start-up culture and a population that actively embraces sustainability and forward-looking solutions. Within the water sector, this innovation-friendly environment is reinforced by the leadership of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), which has institutionalized pioneering practices such as mandatory on-site water reuse in large new buildings.3.1 San Francisco Water-BOOST diagram for San Francisco FIGURE 8 Source: World Economic ForumDisclaimer note: The stakeholder gr oups and organizations listed in this diagram r epresent a sample of those engaged in this r esear ch. Their inclusion does not imply exclusivity , nor does it suggest that other actors within these gr oups ar e less r elevant or less active. Categorization is indicative and should not be interpr eted as fixed.San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)G1 San Francisco Department of Public Health + Califor nia State Water Resour ces Contr ol Boar dG2 Epic Cleantec + Fluid Analytics A1 Imagine H20 + Echo River Capital A2 Stanfor d University + UC Berkeley + Pacific InstituteS1 Califor nian citizens S2Weak enablersG2E1 SE2 E3 E2G1 E5 A2 A1 SE1S1 S2SE3E4 Water-BOOST: Enabling Innovation for Future-Ready Cities 22