Category: Press Releases

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Winners of BlueTech innovation prizes announced

• Technologies for surface water monitoring and mains assessment take awards • Major global corporations and utilities share their challenges • Brave Blue World documentary trailer premiered A floating buoy that can monitor algal blooms using satellites and a technology that employs machine learning to assess the condition of water distribution mains were winners of…

Technologies for textiles and aquaculture win MIT Water Prize

A membrane technology for textile manufacturers and a recirculating aquaculture system have been announced as joint winners of the MIT Water prize. Student-led teams SiPure and Symbrosia will share the US$35,000 prize with Volta Irrigation, a social enterprise focused on resource optimisation in agricultural small-holdings. The MIT Water Innovation Prize is a start-up competition run…

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Unravelling the water quality paradox at BlueTech Forum

A complex water quality challenge is on the horizon for utilities as more becomes known about micro-pollutants, customers acquire the means to carry out analysis at the kitchen tap and the downward pressure on cost remains. BlueTech Research chief executive Paul O’Callaghan captures viewpoints from some of the industry leaders taking part in BlueTech Forum…

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More from less: building water resilience at BlueTech Forum

The theme for BlueTech Forum 2019 – Innovating Towards Resilient Water Systems – was selected as a result of conversations with participants such as Emilio Tenuta, vice president of corporate sustainability at Ecolab, and Devesh Sharma, managing director, Aquatech. Here they share their views on how resilience and innovation can help bridge the water scarcity…

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Water runs through the circular economy

Circular economy approaches can add value to a vast range of processes and product sectors, but water is the ‘blue thread’ that flows through it all, Nick Jeffries tells Paul O’Callaghan, chief executive, BlueTech Research. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was launched in 2010 with a mission to accelerate the global transition to a circular economy.…

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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 BlueTech Research. David Sedlak is Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University…

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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. Michael Pawlyn first became professionally interested in biomimicry 20 years ago when he joined the team that was working on…

Brave Blue World Documentary

Brave Blue World – A Perfect Storm for Water An engaging new documentary will showcase water like never before. Called Brave Blue World, the feature-length documentary will provoke a fundamental rethink, revolution and paradigm shift in how people view the treatment and delivery of water, a vital element to life on Earth. The circular economy,…

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 Magazine. Click here, to find out more about The Environment magazine and to see its future…

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As the world turns: shifting to a circular economy

BlueTech Research is an intelligence group that analyses the major drivers shaping the water sector, and interprets how they create opportunities for technologies and businesses in water. I would like to share with you some insight into how we think, and how we are approaching and analysing this sector.   There are different kinds of…