Bringing forth the “gee-whiz” water innovations of today and making them the iPhones of the future has a lot to do with rigorous testing with authoritative frameworks for evaluating new approaches. The US National Science Foundation has funded a new Engineering Research Center (ERC) focused around water with a ten-year, $40M grant. It is the [...]
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In Fracking’s Wake
The following appeared in the Wall Street Journal By YULIYA CHERNOVA Joe Duty BY THE TRUCKLOAD With fracking’s growth, tankers unloading wastewater keep a Texas recycling site busy The growing volume of dirty water produced in shale-gas drilling has triggered a gold rush among water-treatment companies. Energy companies increasingly are drilling for natural gas using [...]
Shale Gas Boom Creates Market Opportunity To Clean Fracking Water
The following appeared in Forbes As U.S. shale gas resources and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have entered the national consciousness, protests from nearby residents, then regulation, have followed. Yet rather than being bad for business, this regulation is actually spurring a new market in water technologies, according to a comprehensive report by the Artemis Project, [...]
Water Treatment Firms See Boon in Business as Gas Drilling Spreads
A new measure imposed by Pennsylvania regulators to stop natural gas drillers from disposing harmful wastewater at treatment plants has sent the industry scrambling for alternatives. Companies specializing in the latest filtration technologies are rushing to meet the need. Some firms are already positioned with proven solutions that can handle wastewater from fracking operations. Many [...]
Ontario’s Water Leadership Summit to Honor the Artemis Project Top 50
The Artemis Project, a boutique consulting practice dedicated to helping companies thrive in a world of increasing water scarcity, announces today that winners of the 2011 Artemis Project Top 50 will be honored at the H2Ontario Global Water Leadership Summit on May 17th and 18th in Toronto, Canada.
What You Need to Know about the Blue Business Revolution
The risk of water shortages to business was first identified three years ago at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Since then, leading investors in the major businesses worldwide have been highlighting the risk that water scarcity poses to operations—not just in the third world through supply chains, but also in key markets in the developed [...]
Artemis Top 50: The Value of Winning
Water is a unique area of technological innovation. Given the dangers that water scarcity and infrastructure breakdown pose to businesses and communities, there is an imperative for wholly new approaches to water management. Water industry leaders, investors and customers are looking for promising technologies. The Artemis Project Top 50 provides a rigorous, independent mechanism for identifying [...]
Water: The Next High-Tech Boom
During the 20th century, high tech proved to be an enormous source for economic growth. Venture-funded start-ups like Intel, Juniper Networks and Amazon have grown to drive 17% of GNP in the US, and are responsible for similar chunks of economies in countries like Israel. Innovations like the telephone, fax and personal computer provide tremendous [...]
Top 50 Deadline Extended
“The Artemis Project, a boutique consulting practice dedicated to helping companies thrive in a world of increasing water scarcity, has extended the deadline to enter its 2011 Top 50 competition. The Artemis Project Top 50 identifies the most promising water technology companies worldwide and supports their entry into full-scale markets.”
Managing High-Tech Water– Introducing Executive Roundtables
2011 was not kind to water tech start ups. We estimate that total venture funding for the year dropped to $140 million, about 50% from 2010. In the face of an overall collapse in the cleantech investment boom, the IPO market has effectively shut down for most venture-backed cleantech companies. In spite of its importance, [...]