The following appeared in the Wall Street Journal on September 11, 2011 By YULIYA CHERNOVA Joe Duty BY THE TRUCKLOAD With fracking’s growth, tankers unloading wastewater keep a Texas recycling site busy The growing volume of dirty water produced in shale-gas drilling has triggered a gold rush among water-treatment companies. Energy companies increasingly are drilling for natural [...]
Why Now?
Two questions that tell us when the time has come for high-tech water Water technology is destined to be one of the great tech investment opportunities of the next decade. With a limited amount of water on earth, the population continues to grow while businesses develop. Investing in water is emerging as one of the [...]
A pioneer’s view of the frontier
Each year since 2009, the Artemis Water Tech Top 50 Review has identified 50 companies that show the promise of water tech. Quite of few of them have already emerged from product launch to raise capital, close partnerships and install at their first customers. The Artemis Review looks at a worldwide pool companies that are [...]
The Soft Path for Water – Beyond the Dams, the Vats and the Pipes
Peter Gleick, one of the leading visionaries on the future of water, came to speak at the fourth Artemis Top 50 Fellows’ Forum last week. Gleick is the founder and President of the Pacific Institute, a policy think tank that has pioneered new approaches to water management. For the last 30 years, the Pacific Institute [...]
Following Up with 2011 Winners
Continued Success by Top 50 Water Tech Competition Winners Final applications for the 2012 Top 50 will be sent out to the jury this week, who will soon begin to evaluate water tech companies based on their technology, application of that technology and business viability. Last year’s winners have achieved much success since the awards- [...]
Chris Morrison on Business Viability
This morning, Chris Morrison, VP of Strategic Sales at Nalco, an Ecolab company, spoke at the Top 50 Fellows’ Forum. Chris is the Chairman of the team of judges assessing the business viability of the companies contending for the Artemis Project’s Top 50 Water Tech Awards. He led a discussion on what it takes for [...]
Competition out of Singapore
Water Tech Start-Ups coming out at Singapore International Water Week Last week Laura Shenkar led the first-ever boot-camp for water-technology start-ups from Singapore at the Singapore International Water Week. As a densely populated island-city-state, careful management of water resources is especially necessitated- a factor that may make it a hot-spot for water technology development. And [...]
Waste Not…
How New Water Tech Uses Wastewater To Meet Energy Needs Clean water and energy are limited resources under increasing demand, but waste is in high supply. Necessary for the health of people and ecosystems, wastewater treatment has also been very energy-intensive. Though most are looking to reduce energy use, power still accounts for 25%-40% of [...]
2011 Top 50 Winners: Where Are They Now?
Following The Water Tech Industry’s New Leaders The 2011 Artemis Top 50 are showing leadership in the water tech industry with some significant gains to announce. Now that the applications for this year’s Top 50 are currently rolling in, we can take a look back at what those named as the most promising water tech [...]