Siva Kowsika
Company: Xtraleap
Location: Hyderabad, India
I am a serial entrepreneur and working on water sustainability idea for the families of india. Xtraleap’s mission is to supply clean and germ-free water to an entire house at low cost.
Archive for month: January, 2023
Stephanie Krubsack
Company: Purevant Living
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Naturally drawn to the wellness and eco realms, Stephanie founded Purevant Living, creating a platform to bring awareness to socially responsible initiatives, products, and services, that benefit our overall wellness and the environment. The Woman In Wellness podcast was developed after learning about all of the amazing efforts in Milwaukee and beyond, as a platform to share the knowledge of these extraordinary women in the community. The Things You Should Know podcast series highlights all of the products, services, or companies, that bring awareness to or support health and wellness, sustainability and the environment, or practice social responsibility. The new Person & Planet podcast series and paired magazine combines both sustainability and wellness in a unique pairing of multiple forms of media.
Purevant Living stands for health, wellness, the environment, and giving back. We aim to help companies develop brand identity through digital marketing, carbon neutral communications and consulting services.
Mark Lambert
Company: WaterMark Resource Development Inc.
Location: Encinitas, California
Mr. Lambert is a senior executive with extensive experience in the Water and Environmental industries and has a strong track record of success in the management of successful organizations. Mr. Lambert has held various senior management positions in the Water Industry including IDE Americas Inc., American Water, U.S. Filter Corporation, and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). Mark Lambert is Founder and Managing Partner of WaterMark Resource Development Inc.
Lambert is actively involved in the water industry community. He serves as an Imagine H2O mentor. He also serves as advisor to Oneka Technologies; developer of a zero-energy ocean water desalination systems. Mark is also an advisor to Olympus Capital and Prodos Capital. Lambert has been an active member of the international Desalination Association (IDA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Quality Association (WQA).
Mark Lambert
Company: WaterMark Resource Development Inc.
Location: Encinitas, California
Mr. Lambert is a senior executive with extensive experience in the Water and Environmental industries and has a strong track record of success in the management of successful organizations. Mr. Lambert has held various senior management positions in the Water Industry including IDE Americas Inc., American Water, U.S. Filter Corporation, and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). Mark Lambert is Founder and Managing Partner of WaterMark Resource Development Inc.
Lambert is actively involved in the water industry community. He serves as an Imagine H2O mentor. He also serves as advisor to Oneka Technologies; developer of a zero-energy ocean water desalination systems. Mark is also an advisor to Olympus Capital and Prodos Capital. Lambert has been an active member of the international Desalination Association (IDA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Quality Association (WQA).
Melissa Landman
Company: Droople
Location: Boston, MA
Melissa is Head of Sustainability at Droople. Droople’s mission is to provide people and businesses worldwide with smart tools and insights to make better use of water. To do so, Droople is working towards digitizing the 100+ billion water-based assets “off radar” today all around the world. Using our Water Intelligence Solutions, sanitary ware, water treatment systems, appliances, and many more are interconnected in an IoT network to deliver fine-grained, in-context, time relevant insights.
Ulf Leonhard
Company: Watervent
Location: Berlin, Germany
I am the founder and owner of Watervent. At Watervent, we match technology entrepreneurs (focus: cleantech, water, industry and related) with investors; especially with family business owners (“corporate investors”) from Germany, Austria & Switzerland!
We have a vast network in central Europe (esp. Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to Mittelstand family companies mainly in the manufacturing industry.
Personally acquainted with > 700 VC investors and Corporate Investors throughout Europe, Israel and USA/Canada.
Michael Lesniak
Company: CEO Water Mandate, Water Resilience Coalition
Location: Spokane, WA
Worldwide, the availability of freshwater is threatened by mankind’s activity. My passion is helping businesses operate at the intersection of water, climate, technology, energy; and enabling abundant outcomes in communities while allowing corporations to thrive and grow.
Business as usual is not cutting it, I bring thinking that disrupts norms by leveraging deep domain experience in water, energy, project development, and operations working across 50 states and 60 countries and partnering with the worlds largest corporations, indigenous communities, NGO’s, water innovators, and governments to have positive IMPACT as mankind adapts to the new reality.
To address the water crisis, collective aligned action and freshwater additionality programs are the open call and are leading catalytic communities to show the way.
Additionality involves the protection and restoration of freshwater resources from pollution and other human activities, as well as creating new sources of freshwater from oceans, waste water, industrial processes, impaired water, snow/ice, and storm water.
By investing in projects, and practicing efficient and sustainable water management, companies can achieve NET ZERO and NET POSITIVE WATER IMPACT while countries ensure the availability of freshwater now and in the future.
Travis Loop
Company: waterloop
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
I am the founder, producer, and host of waterloop, a nonprofit media outlet that explores water solutions through podcasts, videos, and social media content. The aim is to help water leaders discover solutions and drive change with the aim of advancing sustainability and equity.
The Weekly Dive #13
You can now harvest up to 2.5 gallons of alkaline water from the air at home. TidalWatt’s underwater turbines are 60x smaller and produce 3x as much energy as wind turbines. The water industry cannot ignore digitisation and we explore why. Industry experts share their views on the water-tech investment landscape in 2023. Sea sponges and marine bacterias could help us fight COVID. This week, we are highlighting David Katzev, one of HydroDAO’s key advisors. Learn about his impressive background and why he is passionate about water.
Your weekly Bonus – What do the new PFAS restrictions mean for 2023?
This week’s quote:
“From birth, men and women carry the
weight of gravity on their shoulders.
They are bolted to the earth.
But they have only to sink beneath the
surface of the sea and they are free.”
– Jacques Yves Cousteau
What’s New with Water?
Pioneering air-to-water technology harvests high-quality drinking water at home
This air-to-water dispenser makes up to 10 liters of alkaline water per day.
Underwater Turbines’ Energy-Capture Blows Wind Model Out of the Water
Brazilian startup TidalWatt’s underwater turbines are 60x smaller and produce 3x as much energy as wind turbines.
Wastewater recycler Membrion makes light work of removing heavy metals
PureTerra, a venture firm that aims to fund “disruptive water technologies,” is pumping millions into Membrion.
The Water Council announces winners of 2022 Tech Challenge
This year’s Tech Challenge awarded $10,000 prizes to a Slovakia-based company and a Texas-based company.
What’s New in the Industry?
What does the investment landscape look like for the water-tech industry in 2023?
Ahead of the World Water-Tech Innovation Summit in London (February 21-22), we asked eight investors, accelerators and utilities for their investment predictions for the year ahead.
Why the water industry cannot ignore digitisation
Amara’s law state that we tend to overestimate the impact of new technology in the short run, and we underestimate it in the long run.
Saudi private sector to drive industry growth as Kingdom ups desalination capacity
The Kingdom is investing greatly in wastewater treatment infrastructure to allow the recycling and reuse of water.
Growing Israel could need dozens more desalination plants by 2065
A study finds that Israel’s rising population levels could require the construction of 30 new reverse osmosis facilities.
What’s New in the Science?
Swimming in Open Water Poses a Serious Risk Few People Know About
A new study warns there is evidence linking the sport to a lung condition called swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE).
Breakthrough in fighting Legionnaires’
A new study of domestic and hospital drinking water systems found Legionella in 41% of samples.
COVID-fighting chemicals identified in sea sponges and marine bacteria
The compounds found are effective against several variants including delta and omicron.
Agronomist checked whether hydrogels can save agriculture from water shortage
It turned out that this approach is unlikely to help save agriculture from drought.
David is a senior civil engineer at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). EBMUD is a California public utility that supplies high-quality drinking water, generates renewable energy and provides wastewater treatment and pollution prevention services that protect San Francisco Bay.
Through a system of pipes and facilities, EBMUD supplies Sierra mountain water to 1.4 million East Bay customers. EBMUD’s water service area spans 332-square miles in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, extending from Crockett in the north, southward to San Lorenzo, eastward from San Francisco Bay to Walnut Creek, and south through the San Ramon Valley.
For more than 50 years, EBMUD has helped protect public health and San Francisco Bay with wastewater treatment and innovative pollution protection programs. The wastewater system serves approximately 685,000 people in an 88-square-mile area along the east shore of the bay.
Thank you David for your work and leadership in bringing clean drinking water to our communities.
What’s in the Future?
2023 Is Ushering In New Wave Of PFAS Limits For Drinking Water, Industrial Operations
“Laws and regulations restricting ‘forever chemicals’ in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine”
Jeff Macon
Company: Missouri Technology Corporation
Location: Kansas City, MO
I have worked with a number of ventures in the water space through my venture development efforts at Fresno State’s Water, Energy, and Technology (WET) Center. Currently, I support the State of Missouri’s venture capital efforts to fund promising science-backed technologies.