Dr. Seán Ó hÓgáin:

The importance to the community cannot be stressed enough because these technologies could be used to empower the community and could also be used to set up local jobs. The other important point we are trying to get across in the term "zero waste approach to water" is that both wastewater and rainwater are resources. They are there and should be used, and they can help to deliver a more resilient infrastructure for us. The important thing is to start designing water into our developments rather than what we are doing at the moment in designing them out. We have to take cognisance of the fact we will have to do something with this water, so why not use it as a resource?