Breakthroughs in RO membrane technology

Toray Japan announced the highest throughput RO membrane with 70% efficiency. Another announcement came from India challenging the Toray claim by Kent RO with ZERO waste!

11 smart city water tech start ups

Smart water tech startups identified by data research firm CB Insights many under the water management category. Including Wexus, Banyan, SEW, Flowworks, Opti & Fathom.

Botanic dyes

With botanic dyes sustainable denim takes on limitless possibilities.  Advance Denim has made serious investments in their indigo dye process to produce the most sustainable and safe true indigo denim possible.

Oil /water separation problem solved?

U of T researchers developed a sponge that removes oil from water. Kobe University's Research Center succeeded in developing an ultrathin membrane for high performance separation of oil from water.

Huge bond and investment announcements

SFPUB $628 million Bond.  $416 Million in Grants for Water Infrastructure across New York, Toronto launches $3B project to improve water quality in Lake Ontario. $3.2 billion, 50-year plan to raise New Orleans-area levees. $840 million plan to tackle India's water shortages in the country’s seven heartland states.

M&A Activity

Dupont acquires Oxymem.

Dupont acquires Desalitech. 

Emagin has joined Innovyze.

New filter technology inspired by our bodies

These networks of artificial membranes have shown impressive desalination properties, exhibiting far more selective salt and presumably other contaminant removal when compared with existing processes. Using Medical Dialysis technology to water purification portable purification units can be backwashed & needs no energy. 

How serious is the water situation in India?

The Hindu spoke to N.K. Ranganath, managing director, INDO Region, Grundfos Pumps India, on how serious the problem is in India and the way out.

Combined Sewer Systems

Stormwater overflow - How do WWTPs manage heavy rainfalls?

Tutorial video by AET.

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9th World Water Tech      Feb 25-26 2020                  in London, UK

Developing Resilient Water Systems for a Sustainable Future.

MENA Water Summit
17 March 2020
in Kuwait

Achieving water stewardship standards with stakeholders collaboration.

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Global Water Summit18 - 29-31 March 2020
in Madrid Spain

Questions our assumptions about where the world is moving. 

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