April 28, 2021
Our deteriorating water and wastewater infrastructure is at a crossroads, creating the potential for dramatic disruption as vital systems reach the end of their useful lives. With staggering totals of investment required, and unlikely to be realised, we need to operate our infrastructure more cleverly – stretching its useful life out several more decades. In…
April 28, 2021
Before founding BlueTech Research, Paul O’Callaghan was lead author on the groundbreaking report Water Technology Markets 2010. This report analysed the prospects of a wide range of innovative technologies across the water and wastewater treatment space. A decade later, we take stock of the changes in Water Technology Markets 2020. What has come to pass?…
April 28, 2021
BlueTech’s end of year web briefing provided a round-up of the key highlights from research completed in 2020, as well as a look forward to the growth opportunities in 2020 and beyond. The webinar focused on the top investments and acquisitions and notable analyst alerts in 2020. TAG Expert Steve Gluck also picks his top…
April 28, 2021
Rhys Owen and Divya Inna present the research directions for 2021. Listen on-the-go with our podcast version!
April 28, 2021
Growing environmental concerns and tightening of industrial discharge regulations mean that disinfection processes that do not rely on chemicals are gaining increasing interest. The market drivers are, as with on-site chemical generation, a desire to avoid or minimise the costs of chemicals storage and transport. This is a disparate area that includes pasteurisation, cavitation, and…
April 28, 2021
Our consumption of data is growing at a breakneck speed as the internet becomes more ubiquitous in our daily lives. The amount of water and power for cooling consumed by the data centers (DCs) which underpin this infrastructure is a significant issue. The combined reported annual water consumption of Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google is…
April 28, 2021
In this web briefing TAG expert Wade Miller discussed trends within municipal reuse, summing up the changes in the market and expanding on our latest report, which updates BlueTech’s 2016 Insight Report on municipal reuse. We analysed where the market is growing and why, and discussed the latest regulatory shake-ups which will direct the course…
April 28, 2021
Interest is growing in disinfection using UV-LED, particularly in light of the pandemic. But what does the technology landscape look like, and how realistic are some of the claims? TAG expert Jim Cosman and BlueTech Research Analyst Vincent Pileggi discuss BlueTech’s latest report, cross-compare a selection of some of the most innovative companies and…
April 28, 2021
Advanced Primary Treatment (APT) is an alternative for conventional primary treatment in wastewater treatment plants that dramatically reduces footprint, increases solids removal, and reduces the incoming solids and BOD load to secondary treatment, and can also increase biogas generation through carbon diversion. APT is increasingly being adopted by municipalities for reasons ranging from carbon diversion…