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A critical challenge: nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment

Nitrous oxide (N2O) has nearly 300 times the global warming potential of CO2 – and N2O makes up to three-quarters of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from wastewater treatment plants. Addressing N2O emissions is therefore crucial to reducing the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment plants, both industrial and municipal. However, N20 emissions are poorly understood, hard to measure, and…

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AI, Large Language Models and the future of water

Generative AI, including Large Language Models (LLMs), is being integrated into the water sector, offering transformative benefits in data analytics, automated reporting, and predictive maintenance. In this web briefing, Senior Research Analyst Dr Olga Murujew and TAG Expert Gigi Karmous-Edwards discuss their report on the opportunities and challenges that AI are bringing to the water sector. The briefing discusses specific applications of AI, the emerging regulatory landscape, the market opportunity and the intersection of LLMs with other digital technologies such as digital twins. There will also be a Q&A session.

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more_vert Water and Lithium: 2024 Update
close Water and Lithium: 2024 Update Report Summary This report includes significant updates to our early 2022 report on Lithium and the Water Economy and should be useful to those engaged with brine and water treatment for production of lithium compounds for the lithium-ion battery (LiB) value chain. Updates include: • A new addressable market analysis • Analysis of the advancement…
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more_vert Metal recovery from industrial wastewater and sludge
close Metal recovery from industrial wastewater and sludge Industrial wastewater, sludge, and mining tailings contain vast amounts of critical metals required for the global energy transition and other valuable minerals and metals. This report examines the drivers and barriers to metal recovery from these waste streams, the metal recovery technology landscape, examples of successful metal recovery projects, and what the future of the metal recovery market will look like.
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more_vert Kemira KemConnect
close Kemira KemConnect KemConnect is a digital platform developed by Kemira for optimizing various aspects of water treatment processes, primarily focusing on optimizing, and automating chemical dosing. Currently, KemConnect addresses six different process needs: primary treatment, sludge dewatering, phosphorus removal, disinfection, odor and corrosion control, and chemical stock management.
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more_vert What the desalination industry thinks: emerging technologies – a BlueTech Research/IDA survey
close What the desalination industry thinks: emerging technologies – a BlueTech Research/IDA survey The International Desalination Association (IDA) and BlueTech Research collaborated on a global survey of desalination industry professionals to gather opinions on the current status and commercial prospects of a range of early stage and emerging desalination technologies, and to identify research gaps. The results are presented in the attached report.

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Markets are made up of individual projects which BlueTech tracks from the bottom up. Markets grow at different rates when going through the different stages of the technology adoption cycle. BlueTech’s analysis is based on the Water Technology Diffusion Model and on granular data shared with us by technology vendors. This enables us to provide robust and…

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