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PFAS pressure points and the membrane shake-up
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The proposed EU PFAS ban is poised to reshape the membrane landscape, pulling PVDF into the regulatory crosshairs and forcing utilities, industrials a...
Ceramic cembranes, VBact innovation, and Xylem’s reset
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode spotlights three themes driving BlueTech’s current research cycle. Rhys and Divya open with the momentum behind ceramic membranes, ahea...
The quiet revolution in electrodialysis and lithium recovery
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Electrodialysis is making a comeback. Once niche, ED and EDR are being reinvented with smarter membranes, modular stack designs, and solar-powered ope...
WEFTEC Special
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WEFTEC is where the future of water takes shape, and in this BlueNotes special, we cut through the noise. From the 281 submitted abstracts, our analy...
EDR, microfibers, and PFAS: signals to watch
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Electrodialysis Reversal (EDR) is getting a second life. Once overshadowed by reverse osmosis, new designs, capacitive approaches, and ceramic membran...
PFAS sensing, Ecolab’s big bet and playmakers: the signals to watch
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PFAS sensing is heating up—but still waiting for a true breakthrough. Dr. Kim Wu joins to explore a market set to hit $480M by 2026, with field-base...
Potable reuse goes global. And Political.
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
BlueTech's TAG expert Dr. Sebastien Tillman joins Rhys and Divya to unpack a wave of projects in places as unexpected as Belgium and the UK, chal...
BlueTech’s summer stack: from Unicorns to PFAS, Plasma and more
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Autonomous water plants are here—and 49 of them are already running in China, serving 17 million people with no one on-site. Dr. Kim Wu unpacks this...
From CO₂ to CPUs: what net zero and AI are doing to water
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there are at least 16 different ways to capture carbon—and some of them actually generate water? Others, however, could increase water ...
Water efficiency: the next frontier in cooling tech
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Vishal Wagholikar joins Rhys and Divya to break down findings from his new Horizon Scan on cooling technologies. As data centres grow more power-hu...
From PFAS to atmospheric water: industry shifts in January 2025
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
January 2025 brought significant changes to the water industry. From extreme weather events affecting Cork, Australia, and LA, to the EPA's withd...
The Last Drop of 2024: Blue Notes Into 2025’s Waters
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this finale episode, Rhys and Divya reflect on the year's achievements, including the launch of a Market-creating Legislation and Regulation T...
PFAS Destruction: Innovations and Insights from BlueTech’s Horizon Scan with Jacob Steele
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the BlueNotes Podcast, hosts Rhys Owen and Divya Inna are joined by Jacob Steele, Senior Research Analyst and author of Blu...
Green Chemistry and Ultrafiltration membranes in the Fast Lane
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Green Chemistry takes center stage as Rhys and Divya dive into the world of sustainable chemical manufacturing and the importance of the 12 principles...
Top Picks and Trends from WEFTEC 2024
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With WEFTEC a couple of weeks from now, hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen dive into the highly anticipated event, which is the largest water industry eve...
The next wave: Earth Observation Science and the evolution of Brine Management & ZLD
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Earth Observation Science (EOS) is a rapidly growing field, with applications ranging from water risk assessment to sustainability reporting. Satellit...
Lithium and hydrogen markets, thermal sludge treatment, and upcoming research
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Blue Notes podcast, hosts Divya and Rhys discuss recent travels and conferences, including high-profile events on lithium and h...
BlueTech Forum 2024: Highlights and Reflections
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Blue Notes podcast, the hosts, Rhys and Divya, begin with a discussion about recent technical hiccups Rhys faced and a brief up...
Edinburgh calling! 🏴 Network with water leaders at Bluetech Forum 2024
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features the upcoming Bluetech Forum, an event hosted by BlueTech Research that convenes experts from the global water sector. Scheduled ...
Bluetech's Global Endeavors: From New York Premieres to Water Innovations
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Blue Notes podcast, hosts Rhys and Divya discuss a variety of topics including the excitement surrounding the global premiere o...
Our Blue World Premiere recap, soft sensors and reverse osmosis insights
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rhys and Divya discuss the global premiere of 'Our Blue World, A Water Odyssey' in New York, highlighting the fantastic cel...
Innovation in Action & Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Wastewater Treatment
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Blue Notes dives into the world of water innovation. Join Divya and Rhys as they discuss the upcoming Bluetech Forum in Edinburgh, Sco...
Data, desalination, and disruption: The water industry's new wave
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We delve deep into the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) in the water industry as we explore the ra...
From batteries to chips: can innovation quench our water woes?
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of BlueNotes, hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen cover a range of pressing topics shaping the intersection of technology, sustainabi...
BlueTech Insights: Navigating the Waters of 2024
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of the BlueNotes podcast, hosts Divya and Rhys discuss various topics related to the water industry. They begin by mentioning t...
Water Insights Unveiled: Navigating 2023 and Beyond
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen as they reflect on the pivotal water-related events of 2023. From the rise of PFAS concerns, extreme weather event...
The Lighthouse Plenary: Visionary Leadership in Water Stewardship
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BlueTech Forum 2020 Every industry contains a troop of pioneers – the catalysts, the moonshot thinkers – and doers, the ones we all end up follow...
Water and the Circular Economy, Nick Jeffries, Insights & Analysis Team, Ellen Macarthur Foundation
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BlueTech Forum 2019Nick works in the Insight and Analysis team of the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, a group of scientists, engineers and other technical...
The BlueTech Forecast Water Technology Markets 2020
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before founding BlueTech Research, Paul O’Callaghan was lead author on the groundbreaking report Water Technology Markets 2010. This report analysed...
Michael Flynn, NASA Ames Research Center
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this closing keynote at BlueTech Forum 2018, Michael Flynn from NASA Ames Research Center shared his insights on managing water in a closed loop...
Biomimicry – Are the answers in nature? – Michael Pawlyn, Pioneer of Biomimicry
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Pawlyn is an architect and innovator who has been described as a pioneer of biomimicry. He established his firm Exploration Architecture in 20...
Online Bacterial Monitoring
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In BlueTech's recent web briefing, TAG expert Corina Carpentier presents some of the findings from BlueTech’s latest Horizon Scan on online bac...
BlueTech's 2019 End of Year Webinar
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BlueTech’s end of year web briefing provided a round-up of the key highlights from research completed in 2019, as well as a look forward to the grow...
Brave Blue World Premiere In Hollywood Highlights & More
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome everyone to 2020 – the year of 366 days! It has been the start of something new for BlueTech too, towards the end of last year many of you m...
December Podcast
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this months podcast, with the end of year in sight, it is time to stand back and reflect on on what we have seen, heard and talked about and in thi...
Unicorns, white horses and ponies: winning the water technology race
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just back from WEFTEC 2019 and for those who have been following us on social media, you would have seen our activities at WEFTEC. In case you haven’...
When the well runs dry!
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Divya Inna this month as she speaks to BlueTech Research CEO, Paul O’Callaghan about his recent trip to India to understand how people are deal...
Bugs Vs Drugs
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard of superheroes but what about the bad guys – superbugs? What challenges do they pose for the future of medicine, and for wastewate...
The Serious Relationship of Art and Technology
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Science and cutting edge technology has helped solve problems, but what do we do when the problem is too big for us engineers and scientists to handle...
Demystifying bio-electrical systems
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The BlueTech team are heading to the beautiful Kew Gardens this week for our 2019 BlueTech Forum conference and we are lucky to be joined by a group o...
Industrial Innovation Needs
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this month’s podcast, we talk to industrial end users from key sectors such as Food & Beverage, Brewing and Consumer Goods who share with us ...
Defining Disruptive Innovation
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this month’s podcast, we provide a framework to classify ‘disruptive innovation’, inspired by Clayton Christensen’s original definition and...
March Podcast
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this month’s podcast, four very different Innovation Showcase companies provide a 1-minute pitch to introduce their technology, its value proposi...
Davos Diary – water is a solvable problem
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
BlueTech joined the stars at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, in which a normally understated Swiss town transforms into a form of travel...
What's the Point of Use?
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A very Happy New Year and welcome to the first TalkWater episode of 2019! As trailed in our End of Year Web Briefing, BlueTech is about to publish a...
BlueTech Editorial Outlook for 2019
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
December is about both endings and beginnings. The BlueTech team have been hard at work the past few weeks planning BlueTech’s editorial calendar fo...
The TEXS Water Investors Group
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You may familiar with the term FANG stocks, a term coined by Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Mad Money to describe the four biggest tech giants in terms of sto...
Wastewaters war on drugs and Innovation in Asset Performance Management
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In October’s podcast, BlueTech explores the opportunities to test for drugs in wastewater using real time sensing and monitoring. The data can be v...
Innovation Pavilion @ WEFTEC
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's podcast, we focus on WEFTEC, one of the water sectors largest conferences, which will take place in October in New Orleans. BlueT...
Sniffing out new perspectives! New opportunities in sludge dewatering
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In our August podcast, we speak to Bill Toffey, a member of BlueTech’s Technology Assessment Group, on recent innovations in Sludge Dewatering. Bi...
Circular Economy And What It Means For Water? Insights From BlueTech Forum 2018
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
BlueTech Forum 2018 was held on 6th & 7th June in Vancouver. The programme featured a series of thought leadership roundtables, led by prominent i...
What is driving Point of Use treatment in the water sector and where is it growing? And what is Fluence Corporation’s take on decentralized treatment systems?
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a lot of buzz in recent months about water quality and consumer perception. But ultimately, it all points to the same thing, which is l...
What can you do to get on the CDP ‘A list?, environmental reporting as the new norm, and why is it crunch time for the UK water industry?
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This month, we speak with Christina Copeland from Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) about what it means to be on the CDP ‘A list’, what drives the c...
Decentralised Water Re-Use as an Enabler for the Circular Economy
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
April’s podcast looks at the topic of decentralized water. The industry is generally accepting of the fact that decentralized, modular treatment ...
Raw Water – Today’s Fringe, Tomorrow’s Mainstream?
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 n...
A retailer’s approach to sustainable water management - Walmart’s story
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Circular Economy dynamic offers a framework that is both resilient and restorative for generations to come and also a mechanism for transitioning ...
Biotechnology in water and Industrial stormwater
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few years, our ability to make sense of biological information has increased in sophistication. Today, we can predict the 3-dimensional ...
BlueTech Tasting Menu – December Podcast
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 bri...
How the water reuse landscape is developing
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the BlueTech tasting menu, we speak with Rhys Owen, BlueTech Editor in Chief about the March intelligence briefing. We speak to LuminU...
How sensors and big data assist with asset management
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the BlueTech tasting menu, Divya Inna, Water Technology Analyst speaks to our sensor expert Dr. Corina Carpentier. This podcast will lo...
Biobased plastics and Ballast Water Treatment
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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Nestle talk to us about their corporate sustainability goals and what they are doing to maximise water efficiency.
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 cor...
How Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are affecting water sources
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks podcast Divia Inna, Water Technology Market Analyst with BlueTech Research provides an overview of research conducted in March. We wil...
Hitachi Pegasus Technology & Produced Water
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the BlueTech tasting menu, Divya Inna, Water Technology Research Analyst speaks with Glen Daigger, our nutrient expert, on Hitachi’s Pe...
China Power Industry Report
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The BlueTech tasting menu includes an interview with Rhys Owen, Editor-in-Chief about February’s Monthly Intelligence Briefing. Divya Inna, Clien...
Brine Management & ZLD Market Update
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Divya Inna, Research Analyst, BlueTech, speaks with Irish technology company Oxymem who speak about their technology and participation in BlueTech For...
Nanofiltration - Business as Usual or the Start of a Membrane Revolution?
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Divya Inna speaks with membrane technology expert, Dr Graeme Pearce on the upcoming market report on NanoFiltration. The report will cover current tre...
MABR Market
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016 BlueTech looked at emerging technologies in the nutrient removal space like MABR technology. We spoke to vendors offering this technology an...
Technology Innovation in the Water Sector
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Water Environment and Reuse Foundation (WERF) conducted a survey of water and wastewater facilities, primarily in the United States, as well as in...