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The Weekly Dive #33

Book now the first-ever all-electric commercial flight with SAS. A UCLA desalination startup just struck a deal with Boeing. First steps on plastics treaty after Paris talks. Top US chemical firms to pay $1.2B in settlement for PFAS contamination. Water vs. Wastewater, do you know the difference? Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race. Iraq’s oil bloom blamed for worsening water crisis.

The Weekly Dive #32

Veda Austin back on our Oceanside Chat! First affordable and adaptable AI-driven maritime tracking system. Pani awarded “Breakthrough Technology of the Year”. Supreme Court issues disappointing decision for the nation’s water, Erin Brockovich has some to say about it. Aquatech startup eFishery becomes a unicorn. Evoqua is now part of Xylem. Proof-of-concept computer that uses running water now predicts events better than digital computers.

The Weekly Dive #31

Gradiant becomes latest Water Tech unicorn after receiving $225M. Feds invest $2.8B to improve public lands. Water vapors detected in space. New innovative powder uses sunlight to purify water. BMW unveils ‘The Icon’ electric hydrofoil at Cannes Film Festival. More about why VCs are betting on Water Tech. Waterplan gets $11M in Series A. Scientists find bacteria and fungi capable of breaking down plastics.

The Weekly Dive #30

New York City is sinking! More everyday items discovered to hold PFAS, among them: contact lenses and food pesticides. SFO becomes first US airport to test wastewater for Covid-19. Seaweed-based straw gets funding. Underwater drone gets €2M. Swiss Ecorobotix receives $52M. Biden-Harris administration releases $600M to modernize water power in the US.

The Weekly Dive #29

Forget the cloud, save your data on your DNA. Congratulations to Karen Frost and The Water Council for $1 million. Gigantic ice deserts full of black algae are making the ice melt faster. A startup sending spacecrafts using water propulsion. New US tech to remove 100 tons of CO2 per year. AI solutions entering the water industry. Chicago’s $1 billion deal to sell its water. H&M Foundation invests in soundwave innovation to reduce microplastics. Mushrooms’ electric communications increase after rainfall.

The Weekly Dive #28

Our  Oceanside Chat with Giulio Boccaletti is live. Machine learning reveals a new theoretical phase of Hydrogen. World’s first 3D-printed fish fillets. $100M for water tech investments. World’s largest hydrogen-electric zero-emission aircraft. New water tech degree program. 20,800 antibiotic-resistant genes in clouds. Long-banned PCB pollutants found in the deepest places on Earth.

The Weekly Dive #27

PFAS linked to post-diet weight gain. US water infrastructure has backlog of $625 Billion. New robots explore and clean the oceans. Here is how corporations can help solve the water crisis. Shrimp farming startup Tepbac raises $2.25M. The Air Water Company becomes the first publicly traded SPAC for atmospheric water technology.

Veda Austin

Website Location: New Zealand Veda Austin is a New Zealand water researcher, author, artist and mother of three. For nearly a decade she has been photographing water in a ‘state of creation’, the state between liquid and ice that she believes is responsive to consciousness. Veda views this important phase from three perspectives. Scientifically, water […]

Giulio Boccaletti

LinkedIn Location: London, United Kingdom For the last 20 years, Giulio’s work has been at the intersection of geophysical and ecological science, public policy, and business strategy. Water security and our relationship with Earth’s climate are particular interests of his. He started out as a scientist, working on climate dynamics and physical oceanography at Bologna […]

Dolf Zantinge

LinkedIn Location: Netherlands Dolf Zantinge is a pioneer IT entrepreneur with a background in fiber optics, telecommunications, data mining, enterprise solutions, and artificial intelligence. He is the founder and creator of the Analemma water wand and one of the co-creators of Somarka Coherent Water. Early in his career, he co-founded Syllogic, an international IT firm […]