Water Values Podcast

Industrial Water Applications and Reuse with Gradiant Co-Founder and COO Prakash Govindan


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Prakash Govindan, COO and Co-Founder of Gradiant, provides a phenomenal look at industrial water applications and reuse. Prakash describes a multitude of issues and uses relating to water in industrial settings. He does a great job putting water in context of business needs and political decision-making.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Prakash’s upbringing in the Chennai, India, and how it shaped his appreciation of water
  • How Prakash earned his Ph.D. and became unemployable, so had to start a company
  • How Prakash worked on and invented zero liquid discharge technologies at MIT
  • How in Prakash’s words, Gradiant is a water company that solves societal problems
  • How Gradiant facilitates lithium extraction and production, and PFAS destruction
  • Gradiant’s involvement in industrial water reuse
  • Prakash’s unique perspective on the intersection between water, geopolitics, and national security in the context of the semiconductor industry
  • How water-intensive industries can flip a water rich area to water-stressed (see: Taiwan, where Prakash explains uses 60% of its water in the semiconductor industry)
  • Water reuse in industrial applications and manufacturing processes
  • Differences in developing water reuse solutions for greenfield and brownfield projects
  • How Prakash tries to futureproof water solutions
  • Why water is not a piece of the puzzle, it is the puzzle
  • Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

    • Prakash’s LinkedIn profile
    • Gradiant’s website
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