How to Build the World Leading Water Innovation Accelerator: Imagine H2O
Water Innovation Accelerators became more common in recent years. Yet the world reference remains unchanged: Imagine H2O. Why and How? Let’s review! with 🎙️ Scott Bryan – President of Imagine H2O 💧 Imagine H2O is the world leading Water Innovation Accelerator with $800+M raised in early-stage funding and 1.1 billion people (and counting) served.
How to Mitigate 4 Shades of Water Risk Through Impact Investing
Turning the narrative from “Water is Life” to “Water is a Risk” makes its associated challenges more straightforward. This is an opportunity for investment funds to have an impact. Why and How? Let’s review! with 🎙️ John Robinson – Partner & Co-Founder at Mazarine Ventures 💧 Mazarine is an impact investor backing young technology companies … Read more
Passing the Baton: How to Bring Innovation to Market Faster & More Reliably
With the inception of its Innovation Labs, Xylem intends to provide a common framework for the water innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems to work with the US Giant. Why and How? Let’s review! with 🎙️ Sivan Zamir – VP Xylem Innovation Labs 💧 Xylem is one of the largest water and wastewater technology company globally and … Read more
How to Save over 1 Million Tons of CO2 Every Year with Thermal Hydrolysis
Thermal Hydrolysis Processes are rolled out worldwide for as long as there are COP conferences. Cambi Group, the World leader with an estimated 80% market share, estimates that it represents 1 million tons of CO2 equivalent saving compared to the best available alternative. What’s inside these appealing thermal hydrolysis processes? Let’s review! with 🎙️ Eirik … Read more
Radical Collaboration: 12 Staggering Ideas to Regenerate the Water World
BlueTech Forum 2022’s Theme was straightforward: Radical Collaboration for Regeneration. I got to chat with 6 industry leaders about their take at the matter! with: 🎙️ Menno Holterman (President & CEO @ Nijhuis Saur Industries) 🎙️ Snehal Desai (EVP & Chief Growth and Sustainability Officer @ Evoqua Water Technologies) 🎙️ Ralph Exton (Chief Marketing & … Read more
How to be Alone, Early, Crazy but Actually Right: The History of Zenon
Membrane Bioreactors systems weigh $4Bn a year today (and growing). Yet, in the early eighties, no one really believed membranes would ever make a dent in clean water applications. So before envisioning a wastewater application, there was a long way to go… and a valley of death to cross for Zenon! with 🎙️ Andrew Benedek, … Read more
Can Lithium Mining Astoundingly solve the Brine Riddle with Benefits?
Lithium Mining is expected to deliver the lithium-ion battery industry 500’000 metric tons a year. Sure, conventional lithium supply will grow by 300% over the next decade but that will still not be sufficient! Hence, it might be an opportunity to get creative and to look for lithium in… water. How? Let’s review. with 🎙️ … Read more
Why is One Water the Best Way to Manage our Vulnerable Water Cycle?
We tend to put water management in silos. Drinking Water, Wastewater, Water networks, Sewers, Flood prevention… All of those have one thing in common: water. This is why you shall start leveraging the One Water framework today! It will swiftly turn into a key asset in our race to net zero water. Let’s review how, … Read more
How Water UK intends to Reach a Good Net Zero, Two Decades Early!
When it comes to the race to net zero water, Water UK leads the charge. Not only did it set ambitious goals, but also in a quite timely manner: the routemap leads to 2030! The cherry on that cake? It’s not only about “net zero.” They’re before and above all aiming for a GOOD one. … Read more
How to ensure Energy and Carbon Resilient projects with a Simple Screening Tool
The Asian Development Bank has put together a Screening Tool for the Energy Evaluation of Projects. As a result, it can guarantee that the water and wastewater projects it backs are fully aligned in the race to net zero water! with 🎙️ Stephane Bessadi – Senior Procurement Specialist for the Asian Development Bank 💧 The … Read more
How to cut Wastewater’s Energy Related Carbon Emissions in Two at No Cost?
50% of wastewater’s energy-related carbon emissions can be eliminated with existing technologies. What’s even better in the race to net zero water is that 95% of this impact is achievable at zero to negative cost! with 🎙️ Austin Alexander – Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem 💧 Xylem is a leading water technology … Read more
Who will become the US’s first Water Reuse Champion Ever?
What levers can you play on to promote greater water reuse? Well, you can act on the money side of the equation, for instance, by incentivizing the deployment of new technologies through grants and loans. But also by making the wrong behavior more expensive. Wanna find out more? Let’s review it… with 🎙️Jon Freedman – … Read more
3 Crazy Simple Tips to take the Bore out of Business Meetings or Water Conferences
Have you ever attended a business meeting that seemed to drain your soul out of your body? Or happily slept in a water conference, to digest the jet lag and be in a good shape for the real conference content, aka the late drinks at the with 🎙️ Annyse Balkwill – Founder of the LuminUS … Read more
How to Save Time, Money, and Water thanks to 92% Accurate Leak Detection
with 🎙️ Victoria Edwards – CEO & Co-Founder of FIDO Tech 💧 FIDO AI is a data-as-a-service (DaaS) end-to-end leak detection solution that identifies leaks, sizes them, and tells you where to dig to repair them
What would it Empower, if Water Actually Became a Non Fungible Token?
with 🎙️ Katrina Donaghy – CEO & Co-Founder of Civic Ledger 💧 Civic Ledger is an award-winning blockchain company that builds trust layer solutions for the markets of tomorrow
These 2 Global Water Business Blocks Will Help to Mitigate the 3rd One
with 🎙️ Christopher Gasson – Owner of Global Water Intelligence and authority on water finance and markets 💧 Global Water Intelligence is the leading publisher and events organizer serving the international water industry.
The 7 Secrets of the Water Company of the Year you shall Absolutely Steal!
with 🎙️ Reinhard Hübner, CEO of SKion Water, 2021’s Water Company of the Year 💧 SKion Water is an international water technology platform, that aims to empower water technology companies to make a difference.
17 Decisive Insights that could Actually Impact the Water Industry
with 🎙️ Antoine Walter, Podcaster in Chief at GF Piping Systems – happy to share the Water Industry Insights he collected for you over the past 6 months! 💧 19 guests shared 1’114 minutes of Wisdom in this Season 4. I dived a bit deeper into 17 of these learnings to add my pinch of … Read more
How to Make your Wastewater Treatment Plant Remarkably Carbon Negative
with 🎙️ Geoff Ward, CEO of Hazer Group Limited (nb: Hazer stands for “Hydrogen And Zero Emission Research) 💧 Hazer Group Limited is a pioneering company undertaking the commercialization of a low-emission hydrogen and graphite production process.
Is the Hydrogen Economy actually an Astounding Investment Opportunity?
with 🎙️ Alena Fargere, Principal at SWEN Capital Partners and co-founder of the first European investment fund dedicated to renewable gases. 💧 SWEN Capital Partners, a benchmark player in sustainable investments in private equity, just announced the first closing of its second SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWIFT 2). It will be a direct contribution … Read more
Is Hydrogen more of a Water Sector Miracle or a World’s Decarbonization Problem?
with 🎙️ Paul Martin, Chemical process development expert & founder of Spitfire Research. 💧 Spitfire research is a Process development consulting company for a decarbonized future, where Paul acts as an antidote to marketing hopium and a tireless advocate for a fossil-fuel-free future.
The Best Industrial Wastewater Treatment System Is The One You Forget
with 🎙️ Jonathan Rhone, President, and CEO of Axine Water Technologies 💧 Axine Water Technologies specializes in the on-site treatment of the toughest organics in industrial wastewater.
Is Supercritical Water Oxidation a Solution for PFAS, Energy (& More)?
with 🎙️ Kobe Nagar, CEO & Co-Founder at 374Water 💧 374Water is a cleantech company, that builds and develops Innovative physical-thermal technology (Supercritical Water Oxidation – SCWO) for resource recovery from waste and emerging contaminants elimination.
How to Establish Compliance Confidence for Every Water Utility
with 🎙️ David Lynch, CEO & Co-Founder at Klir 💧 Klir is building the All-In-One Operating System for Water.
Can Groundwater Trading help California save $580 million per year?
with 🎙️ Ellen Bruno, Extension Economist @ UC Berkeley 💧 The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley leads research and outreach on economic and policy issues relevant to California’s agriculture and natural resources.
Could We Please Stop Burning Industrial Wastewater? This is Much Better!
with 🎙️ Steven De Laet, CEO & Founder of Inopsys 💧 Inopsys provides mobile & modular side stream on-site solutions for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
Are you Still Fighting Green Algae? Here’s What to do Instead!
with 🎙️ Cesar Narvaez, CEO & Founder of NXO Engineering 💧 NXO Engineering is a deep tech startup in the Water and Sanitation industry developing a new generation of wastewater treatment plants.
How to Use a Costly Material to bring Membrane Treatment Costs Down
with 🎙️ Sebastian Andreassen, CCO, Director and Co-Founder of Cembrane 💧 Cembrane is the world’s largest producer of Silicon Carbide (SiC) membranes for OEMs & System integrators within Water & wastewater treatment.
Four Successful Exits and Counting: What’s next, disrupting UV Disinfection?
with 🎙️ Wayne Byrne, CEO of Typhon Treatment Systems 💧 Typhon Treatment Systems is a company on a mission to make Water Disinfection Safe, Affordable, and Accessible without the use of Mercury.
The Best Insights of the Internet of Water might not be Where you Think
with 🎙️ Ramzi Bouzerda, CEO and founder of Droople 💧 Droople is a Swiss cleantech building the Internet of Water, with the aim of making the world aware that water matters.
How to make Hydraulic Modeling so Easy that even You will want to Use It!
with 🎙️ Luke Butler, Director of Innovation at Qatium 💧 Qatium is a new frontier in digital water management, giving utilities of all sizes the visibility to improve network performance, identify efficiencies and ensure continuity of service.
How Water Trading Unbelievably Killed One Million Fishes (and a River)
with 🎙️ Scott Hamilton, Researcher, Policy Advisor and author of “Sold Down the River” 💧 in “Sold Down the River,” Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells explore how Robber Barons and Wall Street Traders Cornered Australia’s Water Market.
How To Irresistibly Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa When All Water Experts Step Out
with 🎙️ Walid Khoury, General Manager of Desalytics & Water Influence Guru 💧 Desalytics is a social impact investment vehicle helping solve Africa’s water challenges that ambitions to change the Water landscape in the Sub-Saharan region.
18 Months Left to “Close the Gap”: Beware, the Water Clock is Ticking!
with 🎙️ Mina Guli, CEO and Co-Founder of the Thirst Foundation, Director of the Antarctic Science Foundation, Director of the Global Water Partnership and Adventurer. 💧 The Thirst Foundation is dedicated to getting the global water crisis to the top of the agenda and driving innovation to use less water every day.
Central Water Management Networks won’t Handle 2050. Time for an Epic Move?
with 🎙️ Aaron Tartakovsky, CEO and Co-Founder of Epic Cleantec 💧 Epic Cleantec offers end-to-end service for the design, engineering, permitting, installation, and ongoing operations of onsite water reuse systems.
Solid, Liquid, Gas, And… A Fourth Phase of Water?!
with 🎙️ Gerald Pollack, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the WATER research journal, Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science, and Author of – among other books – “The Fourth Phase of Water.” 💧 The 4th Phase of Water, or Exclusion Water, is a semi-liquid or crystalline … Read more
How to treat PFAS out of Water and protect our Health, Economy, and Biodiversity
with 🎙️ Henrik Hagemann is the CEO and Co-Founder of Puraffinity. 💧 Puraffinity is a GreenTech Company that designs smart materials for environmental applications. Their cutting-edge material design and creative engineering approach may provide a new horizon to solve the daunting PFAS / Forever chemicals challenge we face.
Do Nature-Based Solutions Work? These New Case Studies Will Verify It!
with 🎙️ Silvana Di Sabatino, Professor of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Bologna, and coordinator of the OPERANDUM project. 💧 The OPERANDUM Project aims at delivering the tools and methods for the validation of Nature-Based Solutions as a way to enhance resilience in European rural and natural territories by reducing hydro-meteorological risks.
Can Nature-Based Solutions Better Protect Cities from Soaring Environmental Risks?
with 🎙️ Marc Barra, Urban Ecologist specializing in nature-based solutions at Paris’ Agency for Biodiversity, in charge of the H2020 REGREEN project. 💧 The REGREEN Project promotes urban livability through fostering nature-based solutions in Europe and China using evidence-based tools and improved urban governance to accelerate the transition towards green, equitable and healthy cities.
How to Manage Flooding and Improve Water Quality without Steel, Concrete, and Hard Engineering
with 🎙️ James Murray, MGSDP Manager at the Glasgow City Council 💧 the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership (MGSDP) thinks about and manages rainfall to end uncontrolled flooding and improve water quality.
A Climate Modeller’s Truth on the Controversial Project of Iceberg Harvesting
with 🎙️ Alan Condron, Scientific Researcher and Climate Modeller at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 💧 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the world’s leading, independent non-profit organization dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education.
How To Save 126 Trillion Liters A Year? Solve Non-Revenue Water!
with 🎙️ Olivier Narbey, Senior Business Development Manager – Water Network Performance at GF Piping Systems 💧 GF Piping System is the leading flow solutions provider across the World.
The Magical Substance You Need to Green a Desert Actually Comes from Antarctica
with 🎙️ Abdulla Alshehhi, Managing Director of National Advisor Bureau Limited, CEO of Q2 General Cleaning, and Business Support Section Head at GASCO 💧 National Advisor Bureau Limited leverages creativity and innovation to be a leading Consultant Firm For start-up businesses & Established Companies
The 3 Painful Challenges the US Water Sector Desperately Needs to Overcome
with 🎙️ Alexander Loucopoulos, Partner at both Sciens Capital Management and Sciens Water 💧 Sciens Water is a research-driven investment fund that identifies uncovered, under-researched, or misunderstood opportunities in the water sector that are hence undercapitalized.
3 Paths to Reach SDG 6 by 2050: All Our Hopes are on #3!
with 🎙️ David Lloyd Owen, Managing Director of Envisager, Columnist for Global Water Intelligence, Advisor on several boards, and author of “Global Water Funding.” 💧 In his Global Water Funding book, David Lloyd Owen discusses global progress towards fulfilling SDG 6, proposes alternative solutions to lack of funding, and examines the reasons why countries are … Read more
Design Thinking Will Make You Fail Faster: That’s Exactly What You Need!
with 🎙️ Lea Im Obersteg, Head of Global Design Thinking @ GF Piping Systems 💧 GF Piping Systems is the leading flow solutions provider across the World.
A 5% Boost on This Growth Funnel Step Easily Makes 95% More Profit. Jackpot?
with 🎙️ Gilles Toussaint, Founder @ GT Impact and Host of the “Mission First – Entrepreneurs for Future” podcast 💧 GT Impact strives to help Greentech companies to increase their revenue with efficient growth marketing sprints and data-driven content marketing
Choosing the Best Suited Ozone Diffusion System. What does Data Say?
with 🎙️ Jim Lauria, Vice President Sales and Marketing at the Mazzei Injector Company and Board Member at the International Ozone Association 💧 Mazzei Injector Company is a global leader in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of venturi injectors, flash reactors, and other high-efficiency mixing technologies and ozone diffusion systems.
How to Speak Up and Empower More Young Water Professionals
with 🎙️ Hasmik Barseghyan, President of the European Youth Parliament for Water, among other strategic roles at the World Water Quality Alliance, the World Energy Council, the International Secretariat for Water, or Woman in Climate and Energy. 💧 The EYPW aims to promote youth involvement in the water sector by increasing their awareness of water … Read more
How Biomimicry Leverages the Best of 3.8 Million Years of R&D
with 🎙️ Denise E Mall, Managing Director of EnsO Earth 💧 EnsO Earth focuses on the intersection of living futures, biomimicry, circularity, and ecological design thinking to go beyond sustainable towards regenerative solutions.