Through a radical two-year experiment living inside a mini-Earth, ecologist Dr Mark Nelson developed a deep understanding of humans’ connection with the planetary biosphere and our impacts on the water cycle. Biosphere 2 was a 1.2 hectare (3.1 acre) virtually air-tight ecological system containing five areas modelled on Earth’s biomes and an agricultural system. Built…
A Black Swan event is a term used by Nicholas Taleb, to describe a turbulent event outside of the realm of our previous experience. According to Taleb, things which are anti-fragile, get stronger when challenged, while things which are fragile, break when shocked. The stock market and global supply chains are fragile. Our communities are…
The Innovation Pavilion at WEFTEC, which takes place in Chicago from 30 September to 4 October, boasts a truly international line-up for 2017. Companies from New Zealand, Denmark, Finland and Turkey are among those sharing some of the most promising technologies in the water industry. Technology market intelligence specialist BlueTech Research has selected seven of…
Los Angeles based industrial wastewater specialist, OriginClear, and Milwaukee-based stormwater company, PaveDrain have won the first ever China BlueTech Awards. The outstanding innovation of the two US companies along with the China market readiness of their technologies, impressed the judges of this prestigious new event co-organised by Mandarin Environmental and BlueTech Research. OriginClear and PaveDrain…
A meter-to-customer software and services platform and an advanced self-cleaning filter have been named as two of the most innovative technologies in the water industry today. FATHOM Water Management, Inc. (“FATHOM”) from Arizona and Spiral Water Technologies of California were selected by attendees at BlueTech Forum as likely to transform the shape of the water…