Water Technology Access Partnership (WTAP), a joint initiative between Imagine H2O Asia and The World Bank, kicked off its first project in Pakistan with Aquaffirm. They will collaborate with the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) to validate their patented digital sensor for real-time arsenic testing across over 200 wells in Punjab province. LEARN […]
In the world of water and wastewater, algae is often seen as the problem. With agricultural runoff, municipal and industrial wastewater, and other sources of nitrogen and phosphorus entering our waterways, harmful algal blooms are increasing at an alarming rate. This is contaminating our drinking water, killing marine life, and polluting the broader environment. In […]
Across the country, city councils are passing legislation to promote onsite water reuse, with San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin leading the way. As real estate owners and utilities face these new regulations, Epic’s success proves that the future of water and wastewater infrastructure is already being rebuilt — and it’s resilient, efficient, and pretty epic! Here, […]
The Urban Water Challenge features the Ocean Sewage Alliance & Sanivation on World Oceans Day Last year on World Ocean Day, the Urban Water Challenge featured The Nature Conservancy’s Stephanie Wear to explain sewage pollution, the ocean sized problem no one was talking about. Since then, we have worked with Stephanie and 15 other water […]
Smart Monitoring from Pumps to Pipes Large-scale, centralized water and wastewater infrastructure struggle to meet the needs of fast-growing populations across the Asia-Pacific. As more informal settlements spring up in Asia’s megacities, utilities aren’t well resourced to expand network coverage. This is because building centralized systems incur high capital costs and are not always economically […]
Hear how three aerospace engineers are revolutionizing climate solutions in India From prolonged dry spells to devastating floods, cities around the world are increasingly facing climate whiplash. In 2019, Pune, an Indian city of more than five million residents, was hit by extreme droughts that left thousands without clean water. In 2020, flash floods rained […]
Fluid Robotics wins the $5,000 Urban Water Challenge Audience Choice Award As election day in the United States continues a week later, we are excited to announce that the ballots for the 2020 Urban Water Challenge Audience Choice Award have been tallied and the results have not been contested. In August, we asked you, the […]
Field Factors will receive $100k in deployment awards, mentorship and visibility support Field Factors wins the Urban Water Challenge This year, the Urban Water Challenge, in partnership with 11th Hour Racing, reviewed applications from 235 promising solutions accelerating sustainability through innovation. We were inspired by the diverse background and approaches of this year’s applicants — from former […]
Imagine H2O’s Water Innovation Week runs from March 24–26 in venues across San Francisco. With the theme “The Next Decade”, an eclectic mix of water leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, customers, advisors, students and more will meet to discuss what is possible for the sector over the next ten years. Here are five reasons why you should […]
PFAS has increasingly gained a lot of media coverage over recent years. Documentaries and films have been created to educate people about these water contaminants that have infiltrated the environment and caused mass contamination. But what exactly is PFAS? And more importantly, how can we get rid of it? Henrik Hagemann & Tali Harif, CEO […]