Tag: BlueTech Forum

Welcoming the Year of the Water Tiger

Happy Chinese New Year, as we welcome in the Year of the Water Tiger, which occurs only once every 60 years. The next one you can mark will be in 2082! In Chinese astrology, water is one of the five elements and when combined with the 12 animals, produces the 60 unique combinations. I don’t…

Resource recovery potential unveiled in Venice

By Paul O’Callaghan, CEO, BlueTech Research Last week I attended the IWA Resource Recovery Conference in Venice. For two-and-a-half days, there were presentations on every imaginable aspect of wastewater resource recovery: magnetic extraction of phosphorus as vivianite, Kaumera alginate production factories in the Netherlands, manufacturing protein from biogas in Belgium, recovery of nitrogen from source-separated…

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Industries closing the loop on water resilience

As large industrial water users join BlueTech Forum in London in June, their leaders tell BlueTech Research chief executive Paul O’Callaghan that water resilience goes well beyond technology into whole catchment management and deep community engagement. A shift in the way big industrial water users manage resources is taking place as corporations seek to strengthen…

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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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…

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BlueTech Forum 2019 – Innovating Towards Resilient Water Systems

Join the most current water discussion at BlueTech Forum. BlueTech Forum will gather large water corporates, small water tech companies, international utilities, industrial end users, investors and research institutes in London’s Kew Gardens on June 5-6th. The theme of this year’s event is Innovating Towards Resilient Water Systems. The water cycle is where the impact…

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Energy and Resource Recovery from Wastewater – Roundtable Discussion

Written by Tim Evans, O2 TAG Partner, for his roundtable discussion on Energy and Resource Recovery from Wastewater at the 4th annual BlueTech Forum. Tim discusses Biogas and nutrient recovery market opportunities and technology trends. Detailing an overview of Recovery from Wastewater, and phosphate, and discussion questions on biogas production.