Water & Wastewater Asia May/June 2023

Features

“This filtration system does not require electricity”: Interview with Prof Thalappil Pradeep, winner of 2022 VinFuture Special Prize for innovators from developing countries
Prof Pradeep has developed a low-cost filtration system to remove arsenic from groundwater, helping more than 7.5 million people in India get access to clean water.

Kori Odyssey: The sail to secure drinking water in Pacific islands
Martin Bourillet — Mascara Nouvelles Technologies’ (NT) project manager — shares about Kori Odyssey initiative led by a team of three; sailing and utilising solar energy to secure drinking water in remote areas.

    NM3’s environmental monitoring innovation
    NM3 Tech — a water sampling and biomonitoring start-up — is backed by Ripple2wave, a Singapore-based incubator building water technology leaders. It leverages its expertise in IoT and big data analytics to deliver advanced systems that monitor the quality of water, air, and soil.