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Milwaukee: Making Waves Wisconsin’s once-mighty industrial powerhouse is reinventing itself as a water tech hub Posted by Dan Simmons from U.S. News on August 22, 2018 MILWAUKEE — MOE MUKIIBI has seen the world: childhood in Uganda, graduate school in Arizona, Houston after that. His water expertise has made him a global name in the field, called upon to… Read More

Hero of the Week: Dr. Kyana Young, Marquette University Strategic Innovation Fund Posted by Erin Bloodgood from Shepherd Express on May 15, 2018 Dr. Kyana Young, a postdoctoral fellow at Marquette University (MU), began working in the Global Water Center in 2016. With a background in environmental engineering, Young’s passion is finding solutions for safe… Read More

Stonehouse Water Technologies gears up for first production run Rev Up Posted by Molly Dill from BizTimes on Feb 19, 2018 Stonehouse Water Technologies LLC Leadership: Hensley Foster, president Headquarters: Milwaukee What it does: Develops water purification systems Founded: 2012 Employees: Eight Next goals: Complete first full-scale manufacturing run for Water Pod 8. Revenue: Projected 2018: $2.25 million What if the residents… Read More

Stonehouse Water Technologies raises $1.55 million in first funding round Posted by Lauren Anderson from BizTimes on Nov 29, 2017 Stonehouse Water Technologies LLC, an early-stage Milwaukee startup that develops water purification products, has raised $1.55 million in its first funding round, the company announced today. The funding will allow the startup, which has developed patent-pending… Read More

When the folks at Stonehouse Water Technologies of Milwaukee were contacted about helping with Kewaunee County’s water issues, they had no idea that conditions were worse there than some of the Third World countries the company has worked with. Charles Bensinger, director of water analytics at Stonehouse, said in Third World countries they usually are… Read More

A sign on the white igloo perched next to the brown, murky water of the Menomonee Canal south of downtown says: “Making the Unthinkable Drinkable.” A small hose carries the canal’s heavily polluted water inside the 8-foot-diameter dome. A button on the outside can be pushed to dispense clear water that is clean enough to drink,… Read More