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Ben Burggraaf, Head of Energy at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

Ben Burggraaf received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Twente University in 2003 and became a Charter Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in 2008. He worked at Corus/Tata Steel for 12 years. Initially working at the research & development... Read More

Michael Pawlyn, “Pioneer of Biomimicry”, Exploration Architecture

Michael Pawlyn is an architect and innovator who has been described as a pioneer of biomimicry. He established his firm Exploration Architecture in 2007 to focus on designing high-performance buildings and solutions for the circular economy. Prior to setting up... Read More

David Sedlak, Plato Malozemoff Professor at University of California at Berkeley

David Sedlak is the Plato Malozemoff Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He is also the Co-Director of the Berkeley Water Center and Deputy Director of the NSF engineering research center... Read More

Xylem

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility,... Read More

Water 4.0: lessons in innovation from history

Urban water and sewerage systems have evolved over millennia and learnings from the past have much to teach about the next wave of innovation. Professor David Sedlak from University of California Berkeley shares his thoughts with Paul O’Callaghan, chief executive of... Read More

The Water Research Foundation

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is the leading research organization advancing the science of all water to meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. WRF is a nonprofit, educational organization that funds, manages, and publishes research on... Read More

Imagine H20

Imagine H2O, the water innovation accelerator, provides entrepreneurs around the world with the resources, insight and visibility to launch and scale innovative water businesses. Since 2009, Imagine H2O has helped over 60 innovative companies win customers and receive... Read More

China Water Risk

China Water Risk (CWR) is a non-profit initiative dedicated to addressing business & environmental risk arising from China’s limited water resources. CWR aims to foster the efficient and responsible use of China’s water resources by engaging the global business... Read More

WaterWorld Magazine

WaterWorld Magazine is dedicated to delivering up-to-date information on technology, products and trends in the water and wastewater industry. Monthly editorial topics include: energy management, biosolids treatment and disposal, chemicals, pipe maintenance and... Read More

Aqualia – Sustainable Algae Biorefinery for Agriculture and Aquaculture

Aqualia is the water management company owned by the citizen services group FCC (51%) and by the Australian ethical fund IFM Investors (49%), serving close to 25 M customers in 1000 communities in over 20 countries. Aqualia is Europe’s fourth largest private... Read More

Acuva

Acuva Technologies Inc., based in Vancouver, Canada, designs and manufactures advanced UV-LED drinking water disinfection systems. Acuva’s globally patented technology delivers microbial disinfection rates of 99.9% or greater in compact, energy efficient,... Read More

Electro Scan

Electro Scan Inc. designs, develops, and markets machine-intelligent probes that automatically locates and quantifies defects in gallons per minute or litres per second. Disrupting the trillion-dollar construction market, the company uses a SaaS-based solution to... Read More

Puraffinity

Founded in 2015, UK based Puraffinity is revolutionizing water treatment and purification solutions to protect global environmental and human health. Developed to address the growing issue of water pollution, CustoMem Granular Media (CGM) is a novel bio-based... Read More

PowerTech Water

PowerTech Water (PTW) is a cleantech, advanced carbon materials company building an electrochemical water treatment platform to tackle all aspects of water purification with environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions. PTW has developed the capacitive... Read More

iota Services®

iota Services® is the commercialisation arm of South East Water, a government-owned metropolitan water utility in Melbourne, Australia. South East Water is renowned for its innovations which reduce its operating costs and improve its customers’ experience. As South... Read More

Arup

Arup helps the world manage its water – from the supply of clean drinking water to understanding flood risks, from drainage to sanitation. The successful design, development and maintenance of our water infrastructure requires the integration of many disciplines.... Read More

BlueTech Research

BlueTech Research is a global provider of water technology market intelligence. Our team is comprised of leading industry experts in water technology market intelligence, Technology Market Research Analysts and an Environmental Technology Assessment Group (TAG) who... Read More

Biomimicry – sourcing water technology answers in nature

The natural world has always provided inspiration for creative minds, but biomimicry in water technology engineering and design is delivering real-world benefits. Architect Michael Pawlyn shares his explorations with BlueTech Research chief executive Paul O’Callaghan.... Read More

Cindy Wallis-Lage President, Black & Veatch’s Water business

Cindy Wallis-Lage is the President of Black & Veatch’s water business and serves as a member of the company’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. In this role, she leads a workforce of more than 2,800 professionals in more than 75 offices located in the... Read More

Barry Liner, Chief Technical Officer and Director of Water Science & Engineering Center, Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Barry Liner, PhD, PE, BCEE Chief Technical Officer and Director of Water Science & Engineering Center, Water Environment Federation (WEF) Dr. Liner leads WEF’s Innovation Initiative, covering topics ranging from intelligent water systems to nutrient management to... Read More

Paul Knuckle, BSc, External Funding Lead, Severn Trent

Paul has many years’ experience within the energy, waste and natural resource sectors; working with public, private and voluntary sector organisations. This includes industrial and domestic resource efficiency, renewable energy planning, carbon reduction initiatives,... Read More

Brian Powers, Director, External Options Development, Dow Energy & Water Solutions

Brian Powers is the director of External Options Development for Dow Energy & Water Solutions, a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company. DW&PS is a leading supplier of filtration, purification and separation technologies, offering more than 1500 advanced... Read More

Helge Daebel, Investor Director, Emerald Technology Ventures

Helge leads the water practice at Emerald Technology Ventures, a globally recognised Cleantech Investor with a twenty-year investment history. Part of this history has been unique traction in the water space including successful exits to major industry players (SUEZ,... Read More

Hans-Ulrich Buchholz, Environmental Compliance Water & Biodiversity, L’Oréal

Expert in Environmental Protection, focus on water resources. Hans-Ulrich Buchholz is working at L’Oréal corporate QEHS (Quality, Environment, Health and Safety) department as water and waste water expert. His responsibility is water and waste water management of... Read More

UK utilities are going global to deliver PR19 goals

Brexit presents a challenge and an opportunity for UK utilities. Paul O’Callaghan reports back from this summer’s BlueTech Forum in Vancouver about the changing shape of innovation. This article recently appeared in the September 2018 edition of The Environment... Read More