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The Water Council today announced the election of five new members to its board of directors. The recently elected board members bring expertise from various aspects of the water cycle as well as business development. The new board members include Ken Bockhorst, Karen Dettmer, Melissa (Missy) Hughes, Elizabeth Koehler and Mark Roehl.
“We are extremely fortunate to welcome five individuals who lead water technology businesses, Wisconsin’s economic development organization,
The Water Council, a nonprofit organization championing water technology growth in the world’s freshwater hub, today announced the winners of its Pilot Program. Launched in 2015 and funded by grants from the Fund for Lake Michigan (FFLM), Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and Wells Fargo, the Pilot Program accelerates the validation of promising water technologies, paving a path to commercialization.
From solutions that address ozone purification for food and bever
The Water Council, along with corporate sponsors A. O. Smith Corporation, Badger Meter and Zurn, a Rexnord company, today announced the third Tech Challenge competition with focused topics on leak detection technologies and energy harvesting from water networks.
The Tech Challenge was launched in 2018 to identify cutting-edge freshwater technologies or ideas with a high potential for commercialization or implementation
AWS North American member General Mills earns a spot on the Carbon Disclosure’s Project’s ‘A-List’ for climate change and water security. They were one of only 10 companies that received top scores in both categories and the only food and beverage company on both lists.
“It’s a business imperative for us to be responsible stewards of natural resources within our walls while ensuring that same accountability across our value chain. We are depende
Originally donating 50 air purifiers to two hospitals in China, founding Water Council member and Wisconsin company A. O. Smith increased their donation to 2,000 air purifiers to 100 hospitals in China. This donation is valued at 1.5 million.
Read more about A. O. Smith and other Wisconsin companies working to combat coronavirus.
Water Council founding member A. O. Smith donated 50 air purifier units to hospitals in China fighting the coronavirus outbreak, and working with the Red Cross in China to install 150 more. A. O. Smith’s air purifiers are very effective in the removal of the H1N1 virus, which is reportedly the same size as the coronavirus.
The Water Council, with its supporting corporate sponsors, has announced the winners for the second round of the Tech Challenge. This round focused on innovative solutions for inline sensors that detect water quality parameters and artificial intelligence for pipe networks and systems.
The Tech Challenge program augments corporate open innovation channels and identifies emerging freshwater technologies and ideas with a high
Corporations seeking to achieve AWS Standard certification and quantify the results of their water stewardship performance will now have the option to integrate EcoMetrics as a third-party verified, assured and transparent way to quantify and report on the environmental, social and economic impacts to the watershed, landscape, local communities and economies. The overall goal for both parties is to promote water stewardship by increasing the number of sites implementing the AWS Standard in No
Water Council member UW-Whitewater was recognized for their online Master of Business Administrative program which ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin and No. 25 in the nation. Both online business and non-business studies placed in the top 50 in the nation ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
"We’re proud to extend the reach of our exceptional academic programs with online degree offerings. Having pioneered one of the first fully online MBA programs in the nation, UW-Whitewater has th
At the recent CES 2020 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, TIMES Magazine’s ‘Top 25 Best Products of CES 2020’ featured Hydraloop’s water recycling system. This technology purifies water from baths, showers and washing machines, and can recycle up to 85% of water in the home safe for re-use in toilets, pools and irrigation systems.