Water Tech

A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84971-473-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1110 g

This book unveils how the world in the twenty-first century will need to manage our most fundamental resource need, water. It outlines how stakeholders can improve water use in their homes, their businesses, and the world.

In particular, it focuses on the role of stakeholders in crafting a twenty-first century paradigm for water. Investors not only drive innovation through direct investment in new technologies but also by highlighting risk and driving reporting and disclosure within the business community.

Water Tech highlights the business drivers to address water related issues. These include business disruption, regulatory risk and reputational risk along with opportunities in the commercialization of innovative technologies such as desalination and water reuse and treatment. The authors argue that through increased attention on water scarcity through activities such as reporting and disclosure we are now accelerating innovation in the water industry. They show how we are just now capturing the true cost and value of water and this is creating opportunities for investors in the water sector. The text takes the reader through key aspects of emerging innovative technologies along with case studies and key issues on the path to commercialization. A roadmap of the opportunities in the water sector is presented based on interviews with leading authorities in the water field including innovators, investors, legal, regulatory experts and businesses.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarni, William

Pechet, Tamin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Wasserwirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Marcus Norton Foreword Tom Kostigen Part 1: Innovation Introduction 1. The Value of Water 2. Global Trends as Drivers for Innovation Part 2: What is Water Tech? Introduction 3. Do Water and Innovation "Mix?" 4. Water Supply 5. Water Demand 6. The Water, Energy, and Food Nexus Part 3: Building the 21st Century Water Industry – Ideas, Money and Commercialization Introduction 7. The Ideas 8. The Money 9. Commercialization 10. What does Success Look Like? 11. The Global World Water Forum 2024

Über Autor(innen)

Will Sarni is an internationally recognized thought leader on water stewardship and sustainability strategies, and author of Corporate Water Strategies (Earthscan, 2011). Will works with some of the most recognized global brands in developing water stewardship strategies. He is a Board Member of the Rainforest Alliance has worked with several NGOs as an advisor on water-related programs. He is based in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Tamin Pechet is CEO of Banyan Water, a private-equity funded company using information technology to reduce water costs and risks for large commercial and institutional customers. He is also Chairman and Co-Founder of Imagine H2O, a global non-profit organization spurring water entrepreneurship. He is based in San Francisco, California, USA.