The Waterly

"The Waterly" is a weekly all-things-water newsletter we share with our community covering the latest innovations and investment deal flow in the water sector and recent news on climate change and water-related crises.

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Our friends at SOURCE Global were featured on CNBC for their innovative hydropanels. Volkswagen lays out plan to reduce water usage. Book a meeting with our portfolio company Glanris at WQA 2022. Microplastics have been found for the first time in human blood. Relief as study shows most facemasks do not present a PFAS risk. Sarah Drew, author and Earth activist, is this week's highlighted WELL member.

Your weekly Bonus - Is the future of water in space? Find out!

This week's water fact:

Pluto had icy volcanoes 100 million years ago


Tech & Innovation

NASA finds new way to monitor underground water loss 

They attacked the problem by combining data on water loss from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On satellites with data on ground-level changes from a ESA (European Space Agency) Sentinel-1 satellite.

Source Global creates water using sun-powered hydropanels in new bet on sustainability 

CNBC’s Diana Olick reports on our friends at Source Global, a company focused on ‘harvesting’ renewable drinking water using sun-powered hydropanels.

'Fantasy League' Reveals Future Of Water Innovation 

The 2022 showcase companies have developed ground-breaking solutions in areas such as stormwater management, water reuse, sanitation, smart water and circular economy, all aligning with the BlueTech Forum 2022 theme - radical collaboration for regeneration.


Corporate & Deals

VW TAPS THE BRAKES ON WATER USE AS PART OF CIRCULAR PLANS 

Car giant VW lays out its circular plans, including recirculation of cooling water, after reducing the amount of water used per vehicle.

Saur acquires Aqua-Chem and expands its industrial water activities in North America 

Saur Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Aqua-Chem, a leading provider of engineered water purification solutions to blue-chip customers in over 40 countries.


Our Portfolio Companies

Glanris will be at the Water Quality Association Convention on April 6/7! 

Glanris will be attending WQA 2022 in Orlando, FL! Fill out the form to secure your time to meet and learn about their Biocarbon™ filtration media.


Water & the Environment

Clean energy met a record-breaking 38 percent of global power demand in 2021

2021 was a landmark year for renewable energy as 38 percent of the world's demand for power was met by clean energy sources, Ember, a climate and energy think-tank revealed in its annual report.

Microplastics are confirmed in human blood for the first time 

We need to research the potential health hazards of widespread microplastics contamination.

A heat wave and snowfall: Why researchers are puzzled by Antarctica’s recent weather 

In mid-March, temperatures in parts of East Antarctica soared 70 degrees Fahrenheit above average. It was high enough for researchers living there to brave the elements for a bare-chested group photo.

Proposed deep-sea mining would kill animals not yet discovered 

ome are touting the seabed as a sustainable source of the metals needed to produce batteries for electric vehicles or smartphones. Meanwhile, scientists are trying to figure out just how much ecological damage deep-sea mining would do.


PFAS & Chemicals

Most face masks don't expose wearers to harmful levels of PFAS, study says

Ivan Titaley at Oregon State University wanted to measure PFAS in different types of face masks and analyze the implications for human exposure.

Researchers thought they knew how PFAS get into the Great Lakes. Then they made a discovery 

PFAS pollutants ride rivers across the Midwest and Canada to get to the Great Lakes. But not in the way a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers studying the forever chemicals expected, and that could impact how environmental officials regulate the chemicals.


As the visionary author of the GAIA CODEX, Sarah has cultivated a multi-faceted expertise in media creation and groundbreaking narratives shaped by emergent technologies. Her professional experience includes early forays into creating virtual reality platforms as the CEO and co-founder of Serpmon in the 1990s and subsequently working as a producer and content creator on media projects exploring the edges of digital technology and visionary narrative.

She has been a featured speaker at Google and is currently a popular guest teacher and mentor for women worldwide on Cultivating Feminine Wisdom and the Evolution of Culture. Sarah has amassed a passionate and exponentially growing social media community of 150,000 plus members.

Thank you Sarah for sharing your expertise, passion and leadership with the WELL community.


Space & Water

Is the future of water management in outer space?

This year, 705 nanosatellites will be placed into orbit, up from 326 in 2021 and 163 in 2020.