Many sectors are threatened by water stress, creating a pressing need to explore the use of alternative water sources or water reuse. There has been an increase in innovative water treatment technologies to leverage such sources, yet many of these innovations have been slow to implement. Here, we discuss that this could be due to a lack of focus on factors outside of technical and economic considerations usually explored. There is a need to focus our attention on the organizational factors that can either drive or hinder water treatment technology uptake. Using a case study from the chemical sector, we show how the decision-making process behind technology adoption is complex and that we must capture perspectives from multiple types of stakeholders.

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超越技术经济考虑：将组织约束纳入适合使用的技术

许多部门都受到水资源压力的威胁，迫切需要探索使用替代水源或水回用。利用这些资源的创新水处理技术不断增加，但其中许多创新的实施进展缓慢。在这里，我们讨论这可能是由于缺乏对通常探讨的技术和经济考虑之外的因素造成的。我们需要将注意力集中在可能推动或阻碍水处理技术采用的组织因素上。通过化学行业的案例研究，我们展示了技术采用背后的决策过程是多么复杂，我们必须捕捉多种类型利益相关者的观点。