THE VIEW FROM EUROPE An Interview with Overseas Member, Andreas Fleishmann By: Beverley Ferrara, European Representative at The Water Council Tailored for success A number of European companies from Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany have joined TWC during the past year through Overseas Membership. Benefits include connections to US market stakeholders, soft… Read More
International Blog: Catalan Water Partnership By: Beverley Ferrara, European Representative at The Water Council Certain groups I interact with in Europe more than live up to their name: Like the Catalan Water Partnership (CWP) in Spain. This group is especially welcoming and friendly – as well as extremely astute. Their open approach could… Read More
Two new global call-for-solutions launched Do you have a solution for softening wastewater from coal-fired power plants or perhaps a bright innovation for detecting bacteria? If so, you’ll be interested in two new water challenges from China and Israel that have been launched by the Global Water Tech Hub Alliance. Open until June 18, 2019, applicants… Read More
Spring Member Meeting Recap Thank you to InSinkErator for hosting The Water Council’s Spring Member Meeting To kick off The Water Council’s Spring Member Meeting, InSinkErator showed off their striking new R&D headquarters that opened in October 2018. The facility was nothing short of spectacular with different product testing rooms, collaborative work spaces and open… Read More
BREW 4 winner DMR International continues its efforts towards water remediation By: Karen Frost, VP Economic Development at The Water Council Recently, Rick Latella of DMRI, Professor Bruce Eshelman and Medina Konjuhi of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW) hosted Ben Benninghoff and Peter Wood of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and Karen Frost of… Read More
Now Hiring: Vice President Marketing and Communications APPLICATIONS CLOSED The Vice President Marketing and Communications is responsible for overseeing all marketing and communications activities for The Water Council. Working with the Executive Management team and reporting to the President & CEO, the Vice President leads a small marketing team in the execution of a communications… Read More
Water Stewardship in Agriculture Wisconsin farms look to the AWS Standard to address water quality challenges By: Dylan Waldhuetter, Alliance for Water Stewardship North America Program Manager The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) has made significant inroads within the Food and Beverage processing and manufacturing sector. As we continue to work toward… Read More
A Different Kind of “Blue Wave” on the Horizon Learning to appreciate true value of water for businesses By: Matt Howard, VP Water Stewardship at The Water Council & Director of AWS North America Last week I had the privilege of participating in a dinner conversation moderated and curated by The Atlantic…. Read More
The Water Council Fall 2018 Member Meeting Recap Thank you to MSOE University for hosting The Water Council’s final Member Meeting of 2018. StormGUARDEN – A Pilot Program Success Story Carrie Bristoll-Groll Principal/CEO, Stormwater Solutions Engineering Stormwater Solutions Engineering, a Pilot Program winner in 2017, over the past year deployed their StormGUARDen, a planter style… Read More
Sustainable filters derived from sustainable materials STAR Water Solutions designs innovative filter for stormwater pollution By: Taylor Baseheart, Communications Manager for The Water Council Metals, pathogens, pharmaceuticals and toxic compounds. These are just a few things that wastewater can carry. Removing these components is commonly done with sand filters that have an… Read More