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.
Climate innovation isn’t a choice, it’s a necessity. Increasingly, companies participating in The Water Council’s innovation programs are purposely built for the circular economy, a powerful model for living within planetary boundaries.
The Water Council is currently conducting a request for information on behalf of Green Lake Association seeking effective and proven technologies, materials, nature-based systems, or engineered solutions for addressing excessive phosphorus and duckweed loading in ambient waters.
Welcome to another edition of our Where Are They Now? series. Today’s featured company is really making the most of the programs available through The Water Council. In 2021, BloomOptix participated in the first cohort of our BREW 2.0 Post-Accelerator and started a pilot project in Wisconsin and New York through our Pilot Program. Learn about how those programs benefited the company and what it has planned for the future in this interview with Igor Mrdjen, BloomOptix project and science lead.
Welcome to the next entry in our Where Are They Now? series. This time we’re featuring Fixed Earth Innovations. Fixed Earth won our fall 2020 Tech Challenge with its solution to remediate PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” Since then, the company has expanded into the U.S., brought in Cimbria Capital (a member of The Water Council) as a shareholder and more. President Timothy Repas also sat on the PFAS panel at our 2022 Water Leaders Summit. Check out our interview with Daniel Lanman, Fixed Earth executive vice president.
Our Water Leaders Summit is only two weeks away! We’ve put together a dynamite slate of discussions for the Oct. 5 and 6 event centered on today’s biggest water headlines, including water scarcity in the West, water’s role in national security, corporate water stewardship and PFAS remediation.
The Water Council congratulates the winners of our Future Water Leaders Fund Student Pilot Project!
The Water Council took a trip to the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Oak Creek, Wis., to check out a pilot demonstration by Tomorrow Water of its Proteus technology. The four-month pilot is part of The Water Council’s Pilot Program, arranged in partnership with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD). Proteus could potentially revolutionize wastewater treatment by reducing the space and time needed to treat the water.
When we think about international growth, we often think about big organizations. But depending on customer needs and company offerings, overseas markets can offer meaningful opportunities for smaller companies as well. One example is KenWave Solutions, a Canadian/Japanese firm that has recently been pursuing growth opportunities in the U.S.