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BlueNotes episodes

  • Raw Water – Today’s Fringe, Tomorrow’s Mainstream?
    Earlier this month, Stephen Colbert on the Late Show joked about the recent ‘raw water’ phenomenon. For those of you not yet familiar, this is a new fad in which the public is invited to pay for water that is ‘unfiltered, untreated and unsterilized.’In March’s podcast, Divya Inna speaks to BlueTech CEO Paul O’Callaghan about his thoughts on the “raw water” phenomenon. The podcast also features short 1-minte pitch style interviews with some of the BlueTech Forum Innovation Showcase companies. Solutions offered range from bio-electrochemical treatment and ceramic membranes to newer trending themes such as 3D printing, hydrothermal sludge processing and DNA sequencing.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    24 min
  • A retailer’s approach to sustainable water management - Walmart’s story
    The Circular Economy dynamic offers a framework that is both resilient and restorative for generations to come and also a mechanism for transitioning growth into a positive trend for the environment, the economy and the society. “Managing Water in the Circular Economy” is our theme for BlueTech Forum this year. Over the past year, a number of different corporate end users have shared with us their water challenges. On today’s episode we speak to Walmart, an American multinational retail corporation about its role in water and discuss the key innovation challenges in its businesses. We also discuss an upcoming report that BlueTech is working on 1,4-Dioxane. This is a new unlegislated emerging contaminant who’s physical and chemical properties and behavior is creating challenges for treatment.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    22 min
  • Biotechnology in water and Industrial stormwater
    Over the last few years, our ability to make sense of biological information has increased in sophistication. Today, we can predict the 3-dimensional structure of an enzyme, simulate activity and optimize the molecule using computational biotechnology tools. The cost of biological information/data has also dramatically declined. In the podcast we speak with Jens Kolind from Novozymes on what all this means for water going forward and the challenges in implementing biotechnology on a wider scale in water treatment. We also focus in on industrial Stormwater and speak to Ryan Janoch from Mapistry. The interest in this area is fast growing at both a public and company level. For a company, industrial stormwater presents both an environmental and financial risk. The Clean Water Federation Act offers an opportunity for citizens to file a complaint against non-compliant companies on behalf of public and regulatory agencies. The rate of lawsuits filed against organizations in California has increased to 30 a month and it is likely this will occur in other parts of the United States. This litigation aspect will likely tighten stormwater permits across the country in the coming years.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    28 min
  • BlueTech Tasting Menu – December Podcast
    The holiday season is almost here and as we draw the year to a close, BlueTech are finishing the year with our End of Year “Water Almanac” web briefing.We speak to a panel of 12 water experts on 3 key notable ideas / trends that they have seen in 2017 and what they expect for 2018. You can register here.Rhys Owen, BlueTech’s Research Editor, reviews our December Intelligence Briefing. Following on the heels of WEFTEC and AQUATECH Amsterdam, we speak to Research Analyst Erin Partlan about the latest innovative companies BlueTech has come across as part of our ongoing technology scouting exercise.Finally, we speak to our guest speaker for this month, Will Sarni – Founder and CEO of Water Foundry. Water Foundry is an organization that supports US and international water technology companies and non-governmental organizations in developing and implementing market entry and growth strategies. We catch up with Will on the topic of Corporate Water Strategy and Value. We are also delighted to announce that Will Sarni will speak at BlueTech Forum 2018 which will take place on 6th & 7th June in Vancouver and we hope to see you there.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    19 min
  • Nestle talk to us about their corporate sustainability goals and what they are doing to maximise water efficiency.
    Divya Inna speaks to Nestle who will chair one of the corporate end-user Roundtable sessions at BlueTech Forum 2017. Nestle talk to us about their corporate sustainability goals and what they are doing to maximise water efficiency.Next BlueTech then catch up with Nijhuis Industries CEO Menno who talks to us about Circular Economy and provides an overview of Key Industrial Market Trends. At BlueTech Forum, Menno will provide a keynote and will share insights with us by taking us on a global Tour de Force, starting in South America and moving eastwards to Africa, Europe, Russia and China. This keynote will provide examples that illustrate innovations to address the food-water nexus, circular economy, water scarcity and the need for new business models to help create and deliver projects.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    15 min
  • How Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are affecting water sources
    In this weeks podcast Divia Inna, Water Technology Market Analyst with BlueTech Research provides an overview of research conducted in March. We will then be speaking to Lauren Smith, a fellow research analyst about a new emerging problem substance, Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) that is affecting water sources and we catch up with Technology Assessment Group member and expert in biosolids management Bill Toffey who shares the latest on sludge treatment.PFAS BluePrint report and Webinar with slides now available to purchase, please get in touch here for further information.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    17 min
  • How the water reuse landscape is developing
    This week on the BlueTech tasting menu, we speak with Rhys Owen, BlueTech Editor in Chief about the March intelligence briefing. We speak to LuminUltra CEO, Pat Whalen about their participation at BlueTech Forum. Finally, Wade Miller, a member of our technology assessment group and expert in Water Reuse, discusses his roundtable at BlueTech Forum. Wade’s roundtable will examine how the water reuse landscape is developing, with specialised approaches for industry and growing municipal interest.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    14 min
  • How sensors and big data assist with asset management
    This week on the BlueTech tasting menu, Divya Inna, Water Technology Analyst speaks to our sensor expert Dr. Corina Carpentier. This podcast will look at sensors and big data. Water security, safety and process optimization are all key benefits of early warning systems and this ties into the theme of BlueTech Forum 2017– Water and the 4th Industrial Revolution. We have chosen a different angle and at BlueTech Forum Corina will investigate how sensors when combined with data analytics can assist with asset management. Corina explains this topic in more detail.


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    Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence.

    Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

    10 min

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