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For 30 years, Clearwater Industries has been manufacturing rugged, reliable water clarification equipment from its home in southeastern Wisconsin. But that doesn’t mean the company – now in its second generation of leadership – isn’t continually innovating. A few years ago, Clearwater paired up with a Spanish company, SigmaDAF, to bring its technology to the U.S. That partnership has helped Clearwater continue to grow, and it is expecting a record year in 2026.

Geotek Water Solutions, the winner of our fall 2025 Tech Challenge, uses low-enthalpy geothermal energy to treat water with up to 65% lower energy costs than conventional systems. This affordable, off-grid treatment provides resilient water infrastructure to emerging markets. Learn more about the company in this Q&A with CEO Ichor Joshua.

APX10 is a SaaS innovator that helps water and wastewater utilities turn sprawling operational data into actionable insights for smarter infrastructure investment decisions. Learn more in our monthly member spotlight.

2025 was a watershed year for The Water Council, starting with the retirement of founding CEO Dean Amhaus and the appointment of Karen Frost as executive director. Learn more about The Water Council’s year in our December newsletter.

Aquagga offers end-of-life PFAS destruction solutions for environmental remediation firms, industrial filtration companies, solid waste managers and environmental site managers. Learn about this company, its recent accomplishments and how it has benefited from membership in The Water Council in this month’s member profile.

Founded and led by engineers, Beckhoff organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion technologies that become unique tools for one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., through its family of companies, is a leading provider of solutions designed to promote safety and regulation, energy efficiency and water conservation in the commercial, light industrial and residential markets of the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Learn more about Watts in our monthly member spotlight.

Founded in 2014 by Drs. Martin Gross and Zhiyou Wen at Iowa State University, Gross-Wen Technologies (GWT) is a leading company in algae-based wastewater treatment. Learn more in this month’s member profile.

Atkinson Lab, based at Princeton University in New Jersey, won the spring Tech Challenge in the category of sensors for biological organisms and disinfectant byproducts. Learn more about the company in this interview with founder Joshua Atkinson.

Nafura Advanced Technologies won The Water Council’s spring Tech Challenge in the category of removal of organic contaminants in water. Learn more about Nafura and how winning the Tech Challenge has helped the company in an interview with Harry Brooksbank, founder and CEO.