“Madness” as the Courage to Think Beyond Conventional Frameworks

Is managing every single drop of rainwater madness? For many, it still means high costs, new technologies, and difficult design decisions. Just 100 years ago, the very idea of retaining “free” rainwater would have been considered absurd. Today, inaction leads to far greater losses. This presentation will show how ambitious visions of water management collide with the realities of budgets, regulations, and site constraints—and why thinking beyond conventional approaches has become the sensible way forward.