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Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring vs the 1887 Petri Dish

12 June 2026
Lorenzo Falzarano, founder of Orb, on the (don't) Waste Water S13E21 blog cover about real-time microbial water quality monitoring

The standard drinking-water test dates to 1887 and takes 72 hours. Real-time microbial monitoring cuts that to seconds, and 2025 was its best funding year yet.

Categories Water Tech Business Tags biosensing, digital water, microbial water testing, Orb, real-time water quality monitoring, water sensors, water tech investing, water testing methods
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