Tag: innovation

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Development and Application of a Model to Study Water Technology Adoption

This paper develops a set of criteria that can be used to study industry adoption and dissemination of water technologies through various stages of a market adoption model. It tests the applicability of these criteria on a diverse array of over 488 water technologies. Based on case studies, it seeks to define the typical and…

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Assessing impact of innovative water technologies – report published

The latest paper from BlueTech Research, Assessing and Anticipating the Real World Impact of Innovative Water Technologies, has been published in The Journal of Cleaner Production. Authored by Paul O’Callaghan, Lakshmi Manjoosha Adapa and Cees Buisman, the paper’s highlights include: Levels of impact are defined based on reference sites, countries and market value The average…

Challenges, solutions, and innovation in the water sector

BlueTech Research’s Founding CEO, Paul O’Callaghan discusses challenges, solutions, and innovation in the water sector during World Water Week in Stockholm alongside J. Carl Ganter, co-founder and director of Circle of Blue. Watch the full interview here Link to full article here available on Circle of Blue Website. Circle of Blue the center for frontline…

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Meet the innovators – BlueTech’s neighbours at Aquatech

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU research and innovation programme ever, with nearly 80 billion euros of funding available between 2014 to 2020. It promises breakthroughs, discoveries and world firsts, by taking great ideas from lab to market. By coupling research and innovation, with an emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges,…

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Connecting with the BlueTech community at Aquatech

At BlueTech Research, our partners and clients are part of our community. We thrive on collaborating, exchanging ideas and learning from each other to find solutions to global water issues. Having a presence at industry events worldwide is integral to that. Not only do we get to meet long-standing friends from the BlueTech community, we…

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Top 10 WEFTEC technology talks announced by BlueTech

We are just days away from WEFTEC 2019, when more than 500 water leaders and innovators will present papers to our industry peers. If you are going, we hope you have found our series of recommendations helpful in planning your itinerary. We have looked closely at emerging trends, innovation and what could be commercially significant.…

More leading WEFTEC speakers announced by BlueTech

The global water industry is gearing up for WEFTEC 2019, which is only a few days away. As the biggest event of its kind in North America, with inspiring speakers from around the world, delegates can expect to be inundated with a choice of high-quality presentations. That’s why we have been announcing our key recommendations…

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Be inspired at WEFTEC by the brightest academic minds in water

We’re continuing to bring you our recommendations for WEFTEC 2019, compiled by our expert analysts who have reviewed in detail the 500 papers being presented. We know delegates can feel blinded by the sheer number of high-quality presentations on offer at events like WEFTEC, which is why we’ve created a top 100, based on what…

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Winners of BlueTech innovation prizes announced

• Technologies for surface water monitoring and mains assessment take awards • Major global corporations and utilities share their challenges • Brave Blue World documentary trailer premiered A floating buoy that can monitor algal blooms using satellites and a technology that employs machine learning to assess the condition of water distribution mains were winners of…

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…