Innovation Showcase Highlights New Water/Wastewater Technologies

Wastewater treatment using algae. Artificial intelligence in CCTV pipeline inspection. Desalination without pretreatment, membranes or evaporation. Portable and foldable concrete tanks. Technology that makes chemicals using only air, water and renewable electricity. These are just some of the advances displayed in the Innovation Showcase on the show floor at September’s international wastewater and water conference in Chicago. The showcase has been a fixture at the conference for more than a decade. Presented by the Water Environment Federation, BlueTech Research and Imagine H20, it enables visitors to learn about and meet some of the water sector’s most forward-thinking people. Here are some