Featured - Emily Hicks - FREDsense - PFAS Analytics in 5 Days - PFAS Field Kit Test

FREDsense: Revolutionizing Water Quality Monitoring with Biosensor Innovation

May 7, 2025

Discover how FREDsense’s innovative biosensor technology is revolutionizing water quality monitoring with real-time, automated contamination detection systems.

Featured - Peter Christou - Swirltex - Building a $8 Million Enhanced Tubular Membranes Sales Pipeline

Swirltex: Revolutionizing Wastewater Treatment with Bubbly Innovation

Apr 30, 2025

Discover how Swirltex’s innovative bubble-enhanced membrane technology is revolutionizing wastewater treatment and opening new opportunities for water reuse.

Featured - Sephan Van Hoof - Blue Foot Membranes - Unbreakable MBR Membranes

Blue Foot Membranes: The Next Evolution in Water Filtration

Apr 16, 2025

Discover how Blue Foot Membranes is revolutionizing water filtration with innovative technology that delivers superior performance and cost savings.

Featured - Peter Yolles - Echo River Capital - 100x Multiple in Water Tech

Echo River Capital: Pioneering the Future of Water Innovation

Apr 3, 2025

Discover how Echo River Capital is revolutionizing water technology investment through specialized expertise and strategic portfolio development.

Featured - Amandine Muret - 1001 Fontaines

1001 Fontaines: Engineering Sustainable Water Access Through Social Entrepreneurship

Mar 22, 2025

Discover how 1001 Fontaines enables local entrepreneurs to provide clean water access through sustainable business models in rural communities.

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Amazon’s Water Footprint: Tech Giant’s Quest for Water Sustainability

Mar 19, 2025

Explore Amazon’s innovative approaches to water management across its global operations, from data center cooling to watershed restoration initiatives.

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Turing: The AI Revolution Quenching the Water Industry’s Thirst for Innovation

Feb 26, 2025

Discover how Turing’s AI technology is revolutionizing water management, offering unprecedented opportunities for efficiency and innovation in the water sector.

Featured - Jay Keener - Altillion

Altillion: Pioneering Digital Intelligence for Water Asset Management

Feb 6, 2025

Discover how Altillion’s AI-powered digital intelligence platform is revolutionizing water asset management for utilities and infrastructure operators.

Featured - Alexander Fuglesang - FLocean - SubSea Desalination

Flocean: Pioneering Ocean-Based Water Solutions

Jan 15, 2025

Discover how Flocean’s innovative ocean water desalination technology is revolutionizing sustainable freshwater production while protecting marine ecosystems.

Featured - Terry Paule - Botanical Water Technologies

Botanical Water Technologies: Harvesting Liquid Gold from Plants

Dec 4, 2024

Discover how Botanical Water Technologies extracts pure water from plants during food processing, creating sustainable water sources for global communities.

Featured - Luke Shors - Capture6

Capture6: Revolutionizing Carbon Removal Through Advanced Water Technology

Nov 27, 2024

Discover how Capture6’s innovative water-based carbon removal technology is transforming the direct air capture landscape with unprecedented efficiency.

Featured - Amielle Lake - Carbonet - How PAM is the new Karen

Carbonet: The Carbon-Based Revolution in Water Treatment

Nov 13, 2024

Discover how Carbonet’s revolutionary carbon-based water treatment technology delivers superior purification at lower costs for water industry professionals.

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The Algae Revolution: How Gross-Wen Technologies is Cleaning Our Water Through Nature’s Filter

Oct 23, 2024

Discover how Gross-Wen Technologies’ innovative algae-based wastewater treatment system is revolutionizing water purification while creating valuable byproducts.

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How MembrIon Cracked the Water Tech Commercialization Code

Oct 2, 2024

“Your technology is fascinating, but we rate you 1.5 out of 10.” Imagine receiving this assessment just after raising a $12.5M Series B round. For most startup founders, such feedback would be devastating. For Greg Newbloom, CEO of water technology company MembrIon, it became the catalyst for a complete reinvention of his business. The water … Read more

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How Veolia’s AI Prowess is Redefining Water Technology Leadership

Sep 25, 2024

In the bustling corridors of Veolia, the buzzword isn’t just sustainable water management anymore. It’s AI. Meet Andrew Collier and his digital team, who are not just transforming water treatment but setting audacious goals to marry artificial intelligence and LLMs with Veolia’s vast network of industrial solutions. Their ambition? To turn tens of thousands of … Read more

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How Kando’s STREAMi Simplifies Complex Water Quality Data for Executives

Sep 18, 2024

In an era where automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionizing industries, wastewater management is (no longer) lagging. Kando, a wastewater intelligence company, is pioneering this shift with its AI assistant, STREAMi. This transformative tool aims to alleviate some of the sector’s most pressing issues, from workforce shortages to complex data analysis. But STREAMi isn’t … Read more

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How Kemira Defied Market Odds to Lead in Bio-Based Tech

Sep 11, 2024

Who could have imagined that water treatment could be both a strategic and a sustainability-driven endeavor? (yeah, I know, you, probably, or you wouldn’t be here, but please play along!) Yet, that’s precisely the journey Kemira is on, led by Riikka Timonen, the company’s VP of New Markets and Biomaterials. In an era where environmental … Read more

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How Grundfos is Reinventing Itself as a Global Leader in Water Tech Solutions

Sep 6, 2024

In a world where water scarcity and climate change pose imminent threats, one company is plotting a course toward an audacious goal: providing water access to 300 million people by 2030. Grundfos, traditionally known as a pump manufacturer, is at the vanguard of this transformation, reshaping itself into a comprehensive water and climate solutions provider. … Read more

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How SUDOC Manufactures a 100x Smaller and 1000x More Powerful Catalyst

Sep 4, 2024

When you think of groundbreaking innovation, you probably don’t immediately think of laundry or wastewater treatment. Yet, SUDOC is turning heads by doing just that—with a new, tiny catalyst that is 100 times smaller and 1,000 times more powerful than its predecessors. Imagine a product that makes water treatment more efficient, reduces harmful chemical use … Read more

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How VAPAR’s AI Makes Underground Pipe Inspections Seamless

Sep 4, 2024

In the world of infrastructure, underground pipes don’t exactly get a lot of love. Hidden from view, they silently transport water, sewage, and storm runoff, serving as the backbone of our urban landscapes. But when things go wrong down there, the results can be catastrophic—think burst pipes, sinkholes, and flooded basements. That’s the kind of … Read more

This Water Tech won CES 2020: Where are they now?

Jul 24, 2024

Remember the buzz at CES 2020? Among thousands of cutting-edge innovations, one stood out and took home the “Best of the Best” award: Hydraloop. This game-changing water tech company wowed everyone with its mission to combat water scarcity. So, where are they now, and what makes Hydraloop so revolutionary? Let’s dive in. with 🎙️ Sabine … Read more

The World’s Best Water Entrepreneur Actually Runs a Charity

Jul 17, 2024

When we think of world-changing entrepreneurs, names like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Bill Gates often come to mind. But there’s another one that deserves a spot on that list: Gary White. Along with his co-founder, the Hollywood superstar Matt Damon, Gary is transforming lives by addressing one of the most pressing global issues – … Read more

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How Adionics Took a Bold Stand in the Competitive DLE Landscape

Jul 10, 2024

Imagine transforming the way we extract one of the most critical elements for our green future—lithium. This is where Adionics’ cutting-edge advancements and strategic pivots could reveal the company to be a game-changer in the Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) market. Wanna learn more? Let’s dive into it: with 🎙️ Gabriel Toffani – CEO at Adionics

Featured - Matt Boczkowski - Aquaporin - The Rockstar Water Tech Company rooted in Nobel Prize-awarded research

How Aquaporin Channels Reverse and Forward Osmosis Together for Growth

Jul 3, 2024

Imagine harnessing the power of nature to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: water scarcity. That’s exactly what Aquaporin is doing with its groundbreaking technology. By mimicking the natural process of water transport in cells, Aquaporin is not only changing the game in water treatment but also setting new standards for… water entrepreneurship! Wanna … Read more

Featured - Jordan Grose - Ionic Solutions - The greenest most sutainable desalination technology

How Ionic Solutions Trades High Pressure for High Efficiency in Desalination

Jun 26, 2024

Desalination has always been synonymous with high energy consumption and significant operational costs, but what if there was a way to make it more efficient and sustainable? Enter Ionic Solutions, a company that aims to revolutionize the desalination industry with its cutting-edge technology. Let’s explore it: with 🎙️ Jordan Grose – Vice-President of Commercialization at … Read more

Featured - Lauren Enright - SCS Global - The First Water Stewardship Standard

How to End Bullshit and Measure your Water Stewardship Commitments Right

Jun 19, 2024

Water stewardship is a buzzword that’s often thrown around in corporate boardrooms and environmental conferences, but what does it truly mean? And more importantly, how do we ensure that companies’ commitments to water sustainability are not just empty promises? Let’s dive into the nitty-gritty of water stewardship, the necessity of standards, and how to measure … Read more

Featured - Megan Glover - 120Water - Multiplying Customer base by 50 for the US Lead Inventory Champion

How 120Water Profitably Multiplied Its Customer Base by 50 in 4 Years

Jun 12, 2024

When Megan Glover co-founded 120Water in 2016, she was driven by a personal mission sparked by the Flint water crisis. As a concerned consumer and a seasoned marketing executive, she saw a glaring gap in the accessibility of water quality testing for everyday people. Fast forward to 2024, and 120Water has transformed from a consumer-focused … Read more

Featured - Tim Naughton - Salinity Solutions - Next Generation Reverse Osmosis

How Salinity Solutions Squeezes More Water out of Any Stream for Half the Energy

May 29, 2024

Ok, water scarcity and pollution are two of the biggest challenges our world faces today, right? So imagine a technology that could dramatically reduce energy consumption, cut water rejection, and make water reuse and resource recovery simpler and cheaper. Too niche? Too good to be true? Well, we should probably look at Salinity Solutions. Let’s … Read more

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The Economic Fiasco Behind the Global Water Crisis

May 22, 2024

Why is the world struggling to solve the water crisis when the solution seems so simple? Humanity spends $153.2 Billion on Water every Year, yet by 2030 water demand is expected to exceed supply by 40%, 2.1 Billion people still don’t have access to safe drinking water, and just a little less than half of our wastewater is dumped to … Read more

Featured - Fajer Mushtaq - Oxyle - PFAS Destruction That doesn't break the bank

How Oxyle Destroys PFAS with the Energy You’d Actually Waste

May 15, 2024

Yes I know, we just entered the PFAS removal age, so why already looking on the horizon? Well, removal is great if we stop drinking PFAS. But if the concentrated waste stream goes to landfills (and pollutes soils) or gets burnt and sent to the atmosphere, where’s the win? We’ll inevitably enter the age of … Read more

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How Swirltex Nearly Crushed Its Founder Before Taking Off

May 8, 2024

Peter Christou had a water membrane epiphany in his garage in Edmonton. But a terrible timing and some financial difficulties of one of his investors basically turned him… homeless, and in the need to steal food to survive. As Swirltex has since soared and proved its worth, let’s explore the full story: with 🎙️ Peter … Read more

How SimpleLab Turned an Arsenic Removal Failure into a Lab Logistics Success

Apr 24, 2024

In the challenging yet ever-evolving world of water tech startups, sometimes what seems like a failure can pivot into a tremendous success story! Such is the tale of SimpleLab, who initially embarked on a mission to remove arsenic from drinking water, only to discover their true calling in revolutionizing lab logistics. Let’s explore it: with … Read more

Featured - Craig Beckman - Aqua Membranes - Spacers to enhance the performance of reverse osmosis membranes

How Aqua Membranes Prints Three Dimensional Benefits for Mesh Addicts

Apr 10, 2024

In the intricate Water Tech World we explore every week, Aqua Membranes has emerged as a pioneer, fundamentally altering how spiral wound membranes are constructed by replacing traditional netting spacers with innovative printed spacer technology. This seemingly simple switch carries profound implications not only for the efficiency and sustainability of water purification systems but also … Read more

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How Aclarity Bootstrapped its Journey from B2C to PFAS Destruction

Apr 3, 2024

In the landscape of environmental innovation, where necessity drives invention, Aclarity stands as a beacon of progress, particularly in the battle against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This formidable challenge, rooted deeply in the domain of water purification, found a formidable adversary in Aclarity—a company that pivoted from consumer-focused solutions to spearheading advancements in PFAS … Read more

Featured - Prakash Govindan - Gradiant - First Ever Water Tech Unicorn

How Gradiant Became the First and Only Water Tech Unicorn

Mar 25, 2024

The journey to becoming a water tech unicorn is no small feat. Simply put: it had never been done… until Gradiant achieved that billion-dollar milestone last year. Today, we’re exploring that journey and the learnings that we can all take out from this: with 🎙️ Prakash Govindan – Co-Founder and COO of Gradiant

Featured - Brian Iversen - Cimbria Capital - Why Venture Capital is Failing in Water

An Unpopular & Challenging (yet True?) Take on Venture Capital in Water

Mar 20, 2024

Venture capital (VC) has been the lifeblood of innovation across many sectors, propelling startups from garage projects to global giants. Yet, in the nuanced and critical sector of water and water technology, VC’s role is both celebrated and scrutinized. We’ve often covered here the VC’s point of view, let’s look at the other side of … Read more

Featured - Yossi Yaacoby - Water Resilience - Israel National Water Company

How to Improve Water Resilience with Israel’s National Water Company

Mar 13, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing environment, water resilience has emerged as a critical aspect of sustainable development and disaster preparedness. The frequency of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and droughts underscores the importance of ensuring that water utilities can withstand and quickly recover from such events. This imperative is not just about managing a precious … Read more

Featured - David Sedlak - Water for All

How to Overcome the 6 Water Crises Ahead. The Rise of Small Scale Solutions?

Mar 6, 2024

In “Water For All” David Sedlak offers a compelling exploration of the multifaceted water crises facing our world today. At a time when pessimism could easily take hold, Sedlak encourages a different view—one of optimism and innovative problem-solving. Through a detailed examination of past and present water crises, he provides a roadmap for overcoming the … Read more

Featured - Sean Furey - Kerstin Danert - Water Development3

The Do’s and Don’ts of Rural Water Supply 100 Days after MrBeast’s Big Splash

Feb 28, 2024

In the wake of MrBeast’s impactful 100 Wells initiative, the spotlight has turned towards the critical issue of water development in rural areas, especially within the challenging landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa. While such high-profile projects ignite conversations and inspire action, understanding the complexities of providing clean, sustainable water supplies demands a deeper dive. Enter experts … Read more

Featured - Tom Ferguson - Burnt Island Ventures

The Secret Formula for Profit in Water Tech Venture Capital

Feb 14, 2024

Venture Capital has long been said to not be a fit with Water endeavors. As the water sector is deemed to be conservative, success stories in water entrepreneurship were thought to be unpredictable and irrational, hence impossible to invest in. Yet, with the rise of specialized funds such as Burnt Island Ventures, all these preconceptions … Read more

Featured - Antoine Walter - Sudhir Gadh - Micro-Dosed Lithium - Third Element Water

Micro-Dosed Lithium: Tap Water’s Health Hack?

Feb 7, 2024

Let me write that sentence I hate: water is essential for life. But beyond hydration, what if it also played a crucial role in enhancing public health? That’s the promise of micro-dosed lithium. This trace mineral, we usually associate with mining for the battery supply chain, is now being spotlighted for its potential health benefits … Read more

Featured - Big Data Deeper Insights Crafting Smarter Water Strategies - Kimberly Nelson - True Elements

Big Data, Deeper Insights: Crafting Smarter Water Strategies

Feb 1, 2024

In an era where technology seamlessly blends with daily life, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are not just buzzwords but pivotal tools reshaping industries. The water sector, the critical component of our environmental ecosystem you know so well, is no exception. At the forefront of this technological revolution is True Elements, a company that’s … Read more

Featured - Water Reuse Revolution to solve growing Water Scarcity and Infrastructure Challenges - Aaron Tartakovsky - Epic Cleantec

The Economic Incentives of the Water Reuse Revolution

Jan 26, 2024

In the face of escalating water scarcity and the pressing demand for sustainable solutions, the concept of water reuse has surged from a niche environmental concern to a central economic opportunity. No longer just a conversation about conservation, water reuse has evolved into a narrative of smart economics, where the value of reprocessed water is … Read more

Featured - Fostering Political Will and Public Acceptance to develop Water Reuse - Austin Alexander - Xylem

Beyond Technology: The Social Dynamics of Water Reuse

Jan 24, 2024

In an era where water scarcity is becoming an increasingly pressing issue, the concept of water reuse should emerge as a beacon of hope. But while technological advancements have made water reuse a feasible solution, there’s a critical aspect that often goes overlooked – the social dynamics influencing its adoption. Today, we’re looking at water … Read more

Featured - A Flow of Opportunities- The Unseen Potential in Water Careers - Veolia - Kendra Morris

A Flow of Opportunities: The Unseen Potential in Water Careers

Jan 19, 2024

Let’s face it: water is often taken for granted. Yet, behind every drop of clean and accessible water is an intricate network of water professionals dedicated to its management and preservation. The water industry, while crucial, is frequently overlooked when considering dynamic and rewarding career paths. Let’s explore the hidden potential and myriad opportunities within … Read more

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New Year, New You, New Water Job?

Jan 17, 2024

Happy New Year! With the start of a new year, it’s the perfect time to look at new job opportunities, especially in the water industry. This field is about to see a big change. Many experienced people are retiring, leaving room for new talent to step in. This change, often called the ‘silver tsunami,’ is … Read more

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These 5 Water Technologies Mitigate CO2 Emissions 5000x Better than Trees

Nov 29, 2023

Let’s explore five paths a water professional can follow to reduce the water sector’s carbon impacts. This year alone, I’ve traveled to six continents, I’ve taken 56 planes, and I’ve emitted nearly 12 tons of CO2 equivalent from that alone. As I started having a hard time looking my kids in the eye and telling … Read more

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How to Buy a Water Company (and Turn in a Profit)

Nov 23, 2023

I dived into 23 years of M&A records in the Water Industry (and sat down with a bunch of first-hand experts 😉): 3 major trends stand out: 1️⃣ The most active players are American utility consolidators. Within the top 10 M&A fanatics, 6 respond to this description, and a 7th is also consolidating utilities (although not … Read more

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My 5 Killer Water Technology Breakthroughs from Aquatech Amsterdam 2023

Nov 15, 2023

Fresh from the bustling halls of Aquatech Amsterdam 2023, the water sector’s epicenter for cutting-edge insights, here’s my personal selection of the water technologies you need to hear about. There’s a bit of disruption, a bit of translation, a tad of sturdiness, and a good piece of grit, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Shall we look into … Read more

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Coding the Future: Ginkgo Bioworks’ Synthesis of Biology and Technology

Nov 8, 2023

Dive into the microscopic world where Ginkgo Bioworks is redefining the boundaries of biotechnology, transforming cells into high-performance solutions for the water industry and beyond. In this episode, we unravel the revolutionary tech that’s turning biological cells into the next-generation toolkit for environmental sustainability. with 🎙️ Kimberly Kupiecki – Senior Director at Gingko Bioworks 💧 … Read more