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GlobalWaterWorks Webinar Series Kicks off with NYT Best-Selling Author Seth M. Siegel

Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Sep 22, 2020 / 0 comments

If you thought America’s drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps, says NYT Best-selling author Seth M. Siegel. ====REGISTER TO  JOIN NYT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SETH M

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New This Week: Valuing Water and Water Quality

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Mar 04, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: Check out AWWA’s step-by-step guide to help utilities embrace innovation. JOIN US LIVE! Learn from the experts at February 23 Resilience Webinar and join us February 24-26 when East meets West at WWM Conference and 3D Exhibit. GWW SPOTLIGHT :Lauren Del Ciello  of Water Quality Products Magazine, is the managing editor of Water Quality Products (WQP) Magazine, a media partner

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New This Week: Water Connections, Collaboration and Education

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Feb 25, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: Check out AWWA’s step-by-step guide to help utilities embrace innovation. JOIN US LIVE! Learn from the experts at February 23 Resilience Webinar and join us February 24-26 when East meets West at WWM Conference and 3D Exhibit. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Tamara Kahn of TMA BlueTech, who used snow last week to flush her toilet in the midst of power outages.

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New this Week: Smart Water Solutions

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Feb 17, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: Is water as valuable as diamonds? GWW SPOTLIGHT: Michael Karl, who’s seeking input on a SWAN Digital Twin White Paper. Karl is co-chair of SWAN’s Digital Twin Architecture Committee, and Brown and Caldwell’s National Smart Utility Technology Leader. We are including a link to the conceptual white paper concept here, and invite you to contact Michael

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New This Week: Working Together for Water

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Feb 10, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: Now on Demand – you can watch the PFAS and Arsenic Webinar which reviews a New Jersey case study where a rapid response to these problems was needed. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Meet David Pong, founder of WateRoam filtration technology, whose Singapore innovation is helping100,000 people across 38 countries treat water at the source. If you

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New This Week: We’re All Important to the Future of Water

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Feb 01, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: The International Center for Clean Water advances technical and scientific expertise on all areas of water.  GWW SPOTLIGHT: Fernando Ramirez sees the water crisis as one of humanity’s greatest challenges, so is taking action to address it. Not only did he form the Bridges 2030 charity, but he signed on as Managing Director of

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New This Week: Water Issues Span the Globe

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jan 28, 2021 / 0 comments

 News Worth Sharing: Movies about water can be hopeful or despairing. Jim Lauria reviews two movies exemplifying both ends of the scale.  GWW SPOTLIGHT: Bobbi Harris is founder of Smart Water, Smart City and an expert with utility market analysis, strategic intelligence and marketing strategy. She was named one of the ESI 2019 Global Smart Energy Elites.

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New This Week: The Future of Water

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jan 19, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: Book lovers – join The Water Tower Virtual Book Club. The next meeting will discuss Rain by Cynthia Barnett. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Diana Rodriguez wants to hear from other Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) pros. The chemical engineer who is working to develop wastewater treatment plants is also hoping to create a virtual education program

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New This Week: Innovation Shines in Water Technology

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jan 13, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: Sustainability isn’t free—Learn how to talk to your CFO about it! GWW SPOTLIGHT: Karen Frost manages water technology, economic development and innovation for The Water Council, which introduced GlobalWaterWorks to the global water innovation ecosystem! Karen oversees three innovation programs: post accelerator, pilot and corporation open innovation. She invites queries from late-stage technology companies. 

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New This Week: 2021 Will Be a Great Year for Water!

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jan 04, 2021 / 0 comments

News Worth Sharing: See how efficient farms in the Netherlands produce 20 times more food with only 25% of the water normally needed. GWW SPOTLIGHT: Katrin Schuhen invites all to share how you deal with microplastics in water. How do you detect them, how do you remove them, how do you control your processes to protect the environment? Katrin

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New This Week: Planning for a Brighter New Year

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 28, 2020 / 0 comments

GWW SPOTLIGHT: Learn how water reuse and conservation will help us address water demand in the Past and Future 100 Years from Bill Hoffman. Bill received the 2020 “Water Star Award,” an annual recognition given by the Alliance for Water Efficiency at the Water Smart Innovations Conference. SNEAK PREVIEW: Next week, GlobalWaterWorks will publicly launch our WaterTech Showcase! We invite

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New This Week: GlobalWaterWorks – Gifts from the Water World

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Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 21, 2020 / 0 comments

KUDOS TO DR. PAUL O’CALLAGHAN:  You can call him Dr. O’Calllaghan, as he just completed his PhD Thesis, “The Dynamics of Water Innovation.”  He’s made his thesis available through the BlueTech Research Web site, and we recommend it to anyone innovating on or investing in water technology. WATER TECH SHOWCASE: We’ve added a YouTube playlist to the

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New This Week: Collaboration Advances Smart, Efficient #Watertech

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Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 14, 2020 / 0 comments

GWW SPOTLIGHT: Travis Loop featured  Lynn Broaddus, a leading voice in water policy discussions and the new President of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), in his recent Words on Water. We’re hopeful we may also hear from President Broaddus at the  Water and Waste Management (WWM) International III, February 24-26, 2021. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Join GlobalWaterWorks in supporting the February

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New This Week: Water – The Growth Accelerator

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 07, 2020 / 0 comments

GWW SPOTLIGHT: Our member spotlight this week is on Jennifer Loudon, Founder and CEO of Intelligent Water Services and laboratory manager at Raritan Township MUA.Jennifer is a self-starting environmental scientist with a wide range of experience and previous project areas, including wet chemistry, ecotoxicology, marine biology, sustainability, solid waste and wastewater management, and aquatic ecotoxicity analysis…to name

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New This Week: Smart Marketers Make Waves

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 01, 2020 / 0 comments

GWW SPOTLIGHT: UK Member: Andrew Walker, founder of Blue Gold Marketing and co-founder of KnowH2ow Academy. In this 15-minute interview, Andrew shares three strategies and 5 channels to support more rapid integration of new water technologies. NO WATER, NO FOOTBALL: More than 11 million fans of Manchester Football were engaged through this simple campaign, sponsored by Xylem. The campaign brought awareness

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New This Week: Thankfulness

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Nov 24, 2020 / 0 comments

In the spirit of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, we extend our heartfelt THANKS for being part of this community and for being a reason global water works! 👍 🦃  💦 GWW SPOTLIGHT: Tim Keane is an expert on in-building sanitation focused on solving waterborne pathogen issues. He is a regular and valued contributor to the GWW community for

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WASH

World Water Day 2020 – An Inflection Point and Opportunity to Acknowledge Water’s Role in Health

Blog
Posted by ThirstAgency - Mar 22, 2020 / 0 comments

It was four years ago on World Water Day that we launched GlobalWaterWorks (GWW) , an organization committed to accelerating the adoption of smart water technologies. The pending threat of extreme water scarcity that we will witness in our lifetime inspired – no, commanded – that we act! Our small team of committed individuals set

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It’s a new world for water tech…

Water Technology
Posted by Mary Eggert - May 13, 2019 / 0 comments

DOWNLOAD our two-page overview to see how GWW’s expert approach is accelerating adoption of smart water technologies. Drones, sensors, satellites, BigData and analytics are providing real-time visibility in to systems and helping to automate operations. Localized and distributed systems – including mobile, water-from-air technology – are creating a future for water technology innovation and commercialization very

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Sewers are Talking

Sewers are Talking…about Smarter Infrastructure Investments

Case Studies / Waste Water / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Mar 11, 2019 / 0 comments

Greg Quist, PhD, Chairman of the Urban Water Institute and founder and CEO of SmartCover Systems, took the audience of big data experts in attendance at O’Reilly’s Strata Data Conference “to the dark side” – where water and sewer systems are dangerously old, sewer spills are frequent and water main breaks wreak havoc. In his

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GlobalWaterWorks Salutes #RunningDry Movement and Invites Use of NRWA Savings Engine to Save Water, Save Energy and Save Money

News / Water Crisis / Water Efficiency / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jan 24, 2019 / 0 comments

GlobalWaterWorks salutes Mina Guli, water advocate and ultra runner, for her commitment to running 100 Marathons in 100 Days for one reason – to shine a light on the global water crisis. Mina completed 62 marathons in 62 days before a stress fracture took her off the track, but not off purpose. The global running

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GWW at The MIT Water Summit 2018: Thirsty Cities – Nov 15-16

Blog / Education / Utility Management / Waste Water / Water Crisis / Water Efficiency / Water Reuse / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Nov 06, 2018 / 0 comments

By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 50% today. Many cities are already running out of water. The MIT Water Summit is a great opportunity to meet and hear from top people in the water sector including speakers from water utilities & government agencies, industry & start-ups, NGOs, and academia. Mary Conley Eggert, GWW’s Chief Innovation Officer, will be on the panel: Implementing Innovative Solutions, Friday, Nov 16th.

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Enabling the Digital Water Utility of the Future

Utility Management / Waste Water / Water Investment / Water Quality / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Aug 29, 2018 / 0 comments

It’s time for data to fuel technology to drive transformational change for water utilities, save millions of dollars for municipalities, and protect citizens and the environment.

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Statue of Liberty

Isn’t it time we got smart about water – America?

Water Stewardship
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jul 03, 2018 / 0 comments

The state of the nation may seem bleak when you look at recent water challenges, but numerous water organizations and technology are helping America get smart about water management. You can help speed that process by sharing the experts, models and technology success stories showcased by GlobalWaterWorks.

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The digital transformation of water: It just makes sense

Case Studies / Utility Management / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 22, 2017 / 0 comments

North America’s water industry leaders discussed the digital transformation of the water industry in 10 separate roundtables, organized by GlobalWaterWorks at the SWAN North American Alliance Workshop in Chicago.

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Smart home technology

Give customers what they want: Timely, transparent answers to their questions

Utility Management / Water Efficiency / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Nov 23, 2017 / 0 comments

In today’s consumer-driven world, customers want to know everything that affects them, whether it’s electronics and home goods, or water and other utilities. Learn what utilities can do to engage customers and become heroes.

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Want to know how to save water AND save money?

Education / Water Efficiency / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Nov 22, 2017 / 0 comments

The U.K. is lending its water smarts to the U.S with Save Water Save Money, and GlobalWaterWorks is pleased to partner with CEO and founder Tim Robertson to spread the word. SaveWaterSaveMoney is used by 90% of UK utilities to engage customers in achieving water mandates by tapping their customers’ natural desire to know and

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Roundtable Discussions

GWW leads discussions with water management experts at WATEC Israel 2017

Blog / Education / News / Waste Water / Wastewater / Water Crisis / Water Efficiency / Water Investment / Water Quality / Water Reuse / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Sep 18, 2017 / 0 comments

GlobalWaterWorks Leads Panel of Water Management Experts at WATEC Israel 2017 where attendees learned about go-to-market strategies and success stories that are accelerating adoption of smart water technologies.  

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InvestH2O

InvestH2O INTEGRATE session helps water pros net opportunities

Blog / Education / News / Water Crisis / Water Efficiency / Water Investment / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jul 21, 2017 / 0 comments

Last month at Invest H2O, GlobalWaterWorks (GWW) debuted the INTEGRATE Panel that discussed how to help industry participants share their knowledge, connections and rapidly scale results. Why INTEGRATE? The water industry is fragmented, silos run deep in essential areas of research and innovation and technology isn’t adequately integrated in the water industry.

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The dirty little secret in water… might just be… revenue!

Case Study / Wastewater / Water Investment / Water Reuse / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jun 01, 2017 / 0 comments

Savvy wastewater pros are leading the way by using technology to efficiently manage wastewater and create new revenue streams in areas that were previously thought of as waste. The dirty little secret is only dirty because it starts with wastewater. Smart, data-driven processes are harvesting nutrients, energy and water (N.E.W. Water) from wastewater. Furthermore, they

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Earth versus the built environment

Blog / Waste Water / Water Crisis / Water Reuse / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Apr 20, 2017 / 0 comments

Celebrate Earth Day with a discussion of fresh water sustainability  I live in Chicago and I love it. I grew up in New York City and I love it too. I think cities are efficient with their public transportation, tall buildings and walkability. So much better than sprawl. But I do worry about the toll that our

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World Water Day: Why waste water?

Waste Water / Water Crisis / Water Reuse / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Mar 21, 2017 / 0 comments

A great day to raise awareness, inspire and take action! The first celebrated World Water Day took place in 1993, after the United Nations declared that a day was needed to celebrate and protect fresh water. The 2017 World Water Day theme is Wastewater: Why waste water?  At GlobalWaterWorks, we are looking to help advance

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Emory University

Futuristic WaterHub®: A case study in reuse

Case Study / Water Efficiency / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Mar 07, 2017 / 0 comments

First-of-its-kind Emory University program exposes students to cutting-edge technology for water recycling and reuse As a self-proclaimed “life-long student,” I am required to do a lot of reading. And more reading. That “more reading” is a perfect fit for my new role as a Senior Researcher at GlobalWaterWorks. I was recently reading my copy of

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Lessons from Scrooge for a better water legacy

Water Crisis / Water Stewardship / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Dec 29, 2016 / 0 comments

I always enjoy learning from Rich Meeusen, CEO of Badger Meter, who is also the Chairman of The Water Council.  He is an encyclopedia of water history and knowledge, and I thought his reflections on a better water legacy, modeling Scrooge’s new legacy in the Christmas Carol, were worth repeating: Future visions like the 2030 Report on

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Is the tide of interest finally rising for water investment?

Water Investment / Water Stewardship
Posted by ThirstAgency - Nov 21, 2016 / 0 comments

Many suggest water investment isn’t happening. GlobalWaterWorks believes the tide of interest is rising, and we’re just a few years away from a tsunami of water investment.  Here’s why. The world’s water woes are escalating due to continued drought and you can’t go a week without seeing an article like the Economist’s 11/5 “Liquidity Crisis.” Efficient

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Time for a Groundwater Revolution

Groundwater / Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - Jul 31, 2016 / 1 comments

Each year, over 200 times more groundwater is extracted from the earth than oil. According to the International Hydrogeologist’s Association, groundwater provides 50% of the water needed for irrigation and drinking water in the U.S.  And, it provides as much as 99% of the water needed in land-locked countries and desert climates. While groundwater is the

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Orbital Systems shower of the future

An economic case for water-saving technology

Water Technology
Posted by ThirstAgency - May 29, 2016 / 0 comments

Innovations at this month’s International Emerging Technology Symposium (IETS) provided a strong economic case for investment in water-saving technology. One such innovation, the NASA-engineered Orbital Systems shower, uses a closed-loop system to recycle heated water. The “shower of the future,” already in use in Europe, captures energy and water savings as high as 80% and 90%, respectively.

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It’s Earth Day. Let’s agree to make more efficient use of water

Water Efficiency / Water Stewardship
Posted by ThirstAgency - Apr 22, 2016 / 3 comments

By Maria Diecidue, Director of Communications, Global Water Works Technology and systems thinking enables more efficient use of water to help preserve life on earth. During my career, I have promoted technology for the improvement of business processes that take waste out of the supply chain, improve customer relations and use algorithms to accurately identify

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Net Work Circle of Influence

Make Your Net Work for Water

Education
Posted by ThirstAgency - Apr 08, 2016 / 0 comments

It’s no secret.  Water isn’t working.  Just say Flint, California or the global water crisis, and you need to say no more.  This message isn’t about what’s broken.  It’s about an opportunity all of us have to make our net work better by sharing a story or making a connection.  That may sound too easy, and I

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Global Water Works Aims to Accelerate Adoption of Water Saving Technologies

Water Stewardship
Posted by ThirstAgency - Mar 21, 2016 / 0 comments

On the eve of #WorldWaterDay 2016, we are pleased to announce the creation of Global Water Works.  While thousands of organizations have been advocating for water conservation for decades, only in the last few years have we had the technology to measure what we’ve always wanted to manage.   The arrival of big data, artificial

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Flint Crisis Awakens Nation + Resources

Water Quality
Posted by GWW2016 - Feb 02, 2016 / 0 comments

This post first appeared on LinkedIn. Flint has awakened the nation to the problems around our crumbling infrastructure. If you’re concerned about lead in your water, this @PostCrescent report by Wisconsin’s Center for Investigative Reporting provides practical steps that local consumers can take to minimize problems while infrastructure is addressed. My recent foray into the water industry has

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Don’t Be a Scrooge… A Brighter Future Awaits

Water Stewardship
Posted by GWW2016 - Dec 24, 2015 / 1 comments

Last week, I and my colleague, Maria Diecidue, had the pleasure of visiting with Rich Meeusen, CEO of Badger Meter and Chairman of The Water Council. We discussed his legacy in light of the prediction by the 2030 Water Resource Group that demand for water will exceed supply by 40 percent in 2030:   “When I look

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Global Poisoning and a 40% Water Shortfall… If Only this Global Water Crisis was Sci-Fi

Water Crisis
Posted by GWW2016 - Nov 10, 2015 / 0 comments

Last month’s record “king tides” on both coasts, documented by the Washington Post and nearly every coastal paper, provide a visual reminder of climate change.  They are a stark contrast to the West Coast drought and fire pictures that have been in the news in recent months. As startling a contrast as these pictures present, neither

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