Current and future trends in hydrology - need your suggestions

Hi all,

I did my PhD in water and data analytics. I have started a consultancy/company in the same area. I have also worked in industry for last 2.5 y. I observed that there is a significant difference between research and the industry in hydrology. For example, consider the filed of non revenue water - one of the hot fields right now in industry but very rarely researchers are working on it.

According to you, what fields would be in demand like 🔥 in industry in the next 10 years? And do you think that researchers are working on the same?