The winners of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring sustainable designs, innovative products, bold social initiatives, and other creative projects that are changing the way we work, live, and interact with the world. The Water Council is proud to announce that it received an Honorable Mention Award in the water…

The Water Council (TWC) and Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) are pleased to announce a novel partnership to promote corporate water stewardship across the world. “As global organizations with headquarters blocks away from Lake Michigan, The Water Council and Rockwell Automation understand the vital importance of protecting the world’s freshwater resources,” said Dean Amhaus, TWC president…

Milwaukee grew along the shores of the Great Lakes, and there was a time when its communities and industries paid little attention to what it was dumping in its water. Today, Milwaukee is a global leader in managing water naturally through a collaborative, watershed-based approach that serves as a model for other cities. But more work remains to be done, and Milwaukee will rely on its collaborative network more than ever in the coming years as it undertakes the largest cleanup effort in Great Lakes history.

Western U.S. states have been negotiating for months over how to address the Colorado River’s shrinking water levels, which have worsened from overuse and more than two decades of drought intensified by climate change. On Tuesday, the Biden administration waded into the stalemate with a proposal on how best to allocate water cuts and stave…

The UN Water Conference, the first such event in 46 years, was billed as a marquee attraction, a chance to corral public and political attention and train it on the global challenges of too much water, too little water, and water that is too polluted. Public officials, business leaders, and scientists from the Great Lakes…

Water is one of the most important natural resources on the planet. It is integral to both life on Earth and conducting business. Seventy percent of the world’s freshwater is used in agriculture, making it critical for food production. Additionally, 57 percent of CEOs who responded to the U.N. Global Compact/Accenture survey in 2022 reported that air,…

An IoT device to monitor flow and temperature, AI-powered analytics for water utilities, a high-efficiency water from air system, robotic pipeline assessment, a PFAS destruction solution and more are among the global innovations that will be part of The Water Council’s BREW 2.0 Post-Accelerator in 2023. The cohort includes companies from the U.S., France, Norway,…

The Water Council has opened its spring Tech Challenge with topics chosen by industry leaders to help solve challenges in the water sector. The semi-annual Tech Challenge is open to anyone with a novel solution for the selected topics, including researchers, individuals, entrepreneurs, startups and established companies. This session’s topics, selected by program sponsors A….

Nutrien has received the Water Council’s WAVE Verification, demonstrating its commitment to water stewardship in agriculture through a credible, independently verified Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) claim. This verification indicates that Nutrien has assessed water-related risk across the enterprise, identified the highest water-related impacts using credible water-related data and implemented best practice in improving water stewardship…