News Worth Sharing: The U.S. EPA’s Water Toxicity Sensor Challenge is calling for innovators to develop a fast and accurate sensor to identify pollutants in water. GWW SPOTLIGHT: A number of GlobalWaterWorks members have achieved Bronze and Silver Ambassador levels in the last few months. THANK YOU GWW Ambassadors for helping us fulfill our vision to solve the
News Worth Sharing: You can help fund a young professional leader in the water industry just by walking! GWW SPOTLIGHT: Rotary International hosted its International Service Summit this last weekend, with three members of the GlobalWaterWorks community, Prakasam Tata (India’s WWM and USKids4Water) Bernhard Groth (Haiti)and Peter Lattey (Los Angeles Rotary) sharing strategies to address water problems impacting more than 2 Billion people around
News Worth Sharing: The UNLEASH USA 2021 Hack will focus on solving sanitation issues in Alabama’s Black Belt Region. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Tina Mazzocchetti Wojnar is Program Manager of the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association, and happens to be hosting the 47th annual WWEMA Washington Forum April 27-29 as part of the Annual Water Week. Tina is a regular contributor and
News Worth Sharing: Have a great video about a research project focused on solving a water challenge? Check out the Water Industry TV Contest. GWW SPOTLIGHT: You may have already met Shannon Spurlock. She is the founder and CEO of Ochotona Consulting, and a regular facilitator of our collaboration sessions. Shannon has the unique ability to advance
GWW SPOTLIGHT: Walter “Wallie” Ivison of Brisbane, Australia, founder of World Environment Solutions, is a 14-year veteran in atmospheric water innovation. He’s managed to tackle the energy hurdle with atmospheric water by coupling systems with existing energy sources. The addition of his 60-liter systems to W3’s water kiosk provides an example of a “movement” that may lead
News Worth Sharing: This online art exhibit, Think About Water, celebrates our connection to water through the works of ecological artists. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Meet Gary Wong, Principal, Global Water Sector, AVEVA, which is now the world’s largest industrial software provider as a result of last month’s acquisition of OSI soft. Gary is chair of SWAN Americas and
News Worth Sharing: Here are 5 steps toward integrated urban water management. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Karen Jedele kicked off GlobalWaterWorks first Office Hours with news of $5.5B in capital available for water projects. Her firm screens opportunities for the largest investment banks and investors. If you missed it, and want to know more about it, we encourage you
News Worth Sharing: Short Video Provides More than a Dozen Ways to Value Water, courtesy “The Streams” producers: @WillSarni and Tom Freyberg GWW SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Raj Rajaram started Midwest Engineers in Chicago in 1986. and founded Tetra Tech, an environmental management company, in India in 1997. Dr. Rajaram has contributed to more than 40 publications and has written
News Worth Sharing: Want to make a difference? Consider partnering with your local Rotary Club to help provide clean water and sanitation to those in need. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Chris Sosnowski has a huge heart for water and a passion to serve the people that run small and medium water and wastewater utilities. As the CEO of Waterly, he
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, this week’s #MemberSpotlight is a salute to all #WomenInWater! Many of GWW’s events are spearheaded by women, but we also know there’s a desire for women to connect 1:1, so we created a special group in which you can share ideas, celebrate successes, and further opportunities for women.