Sustainable Development Goals Delivered by Fluence

Fluence's mission is to deliver clean, safe water to wherever it's needed around the world. In this quest, we are making great progress in meeting the U.N.'s SDGs, including:

Good Health and Well-being

Fluence treats 58.8 billion gallons (222.7 billion L) of wastewater annually, and removes dangerous contaminants from the environment. Because clean water and health are closely linked, water pollution kills more than wars and all violence combined: Each year, 3.4 million people, mostly children, die from water-related diseases.

Gender Equality

A lack of local water infrastructure means that 2.1 billion people worldwide have to carry water, a task that falls mainly to women and girls. On average, they spend their days walking 3.7 miles (6 km) and carrying 110 pounds (50 kg) of water. Fluence's distributed water treatment and reuse solutions provide local access to clean water, freeing women from this grueling labor.

Clean Water and Sanitation

Water scarcity affects more than 40% of people around the world at some time, an alarming figure that’s projected to rise as temperatures do. By 2050, it's projected that at least one in four people will suffer from recurring water shortages. Fluence's strategy and goals are aimed at improving sanitation and water accessibility, especially in places with severe water stress.

Affordable and Clean Energy

Fluence's anaerobic digestion technology generates 156 GWh of renewable electricity each year. Wastewater byproducts can be turned into methane gas, which in turn produces heat or electricity, making wastewater treatment an energy-positive process and a good source of clean energy.

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Water demand doesn't merely increase with population growth -- it increases proportionally to a country's GDP, particularly water demand for industry. And, proper water infrastructure enables people to pursue better jobs than carrying water, encouraging economic growth.

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Water and wastewater treatment today follow an outdated model from the early 20th century, one relying on giant centralized plants as well as extensive in-ground piping networks connecting these plants to users. Decentralized treatment is more affordable, quicker to deploy, and easier to maintain than centralized treatment, and it facilitates water reuse.

Sustainability Cities and Communities

Today's cities often have thousands of miles of piping infrastructure to maintain, much of it more than 100 years old. Because most of it is underground -- and under buildings -- repairing and replacing the pipes is prohibitively expensive. The overlay of a decentralized system can bypass the old network, and deployment is fast and simple.

Responsible Consumption and Production

Water and wastewater treatment use enormous amounts of energy. The world's wastewater treatment today uses more electricity than consumed by the entire country of France. In addition, over-extraction of water from aquifers can lead to their collapse, preventing future natural storage of water. Energy-efficient and energy-positive solutions are needed to address these intensifying challenges.

Life Below Water

Discharge of inadequately treated wastewater causes algal blooms, which kill fish, a vital source of protein worldwide. Fluence's wastewater solutions provide reliable effluent quality, removing harmful nutrient pollution that induces deadly algal blooms.

Life on Land

The world's population is predicted to hit 9.7 billion by 2050, and increasing urbanization and industrialization reduce the amount of land available for farming. And, climate change means more frequent and severe droughts, requiring more food to be produced from less land, using less water. Water treatment and reuse efficiency are keys to meeting this objective.