The Waterly

VODA.ai wins top award at Smart Water Summit 

The 2022 Smart Water Summit had forty-seven participating Smart Water Technology Vendors competing in three award categories. VODA.ai received the 2022 SWS Best Smart Water Solution award for its innovative application of machine learning to help utility leaders make decisions based on science.

These 2 breakthroughs may make fresh water available to all 

You would think that with all the advancements we have made in science, we could find a way to produce more fresh water. In this clip, Ferrell discusses two innovations that may do just that. What exactly are these inventions? How do they function? When might they become commercially viable and available?

The World Stands to Save Trillions of Dollars if We Just Quit Carbon Right

Motivation to act on climate change often comes in one of two forms; the metaphorical threat of a stick or the lure of a carrot. For years now, scientists have been trying to whip our slow-moving ass into shape (to keep with the metaphor, of course).

Running water returns in Mississippi capital – but it’s still undrinkable 

Residents in Jackson, the majority-Black capital city of Mississippi, now have water coming out of their taps once again, but are still having to boil it before drinking, as they have had to intermittently for years.

It’s the thirstiest crop in the US south-west. Will the drought put alfalfa farmers out of business?

The plant looms large in the desert south-west, not only because it’s the region’s biggest crop but also because it’s one of the thirstiest – its deep roots suck up water in a region scorched by a 22-year drought.

Southern Water to use debt collectors against customers boycotting payment 

Southern Water is threatening to use debt collection agencies against customers involved in a payment boycott in protest against continuing raw sewage discharges.

Stantec Institute To Develop Framework To Analyze Impacts Of PFAS On Wastewater 

The study, sponsored by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, is the first all-inclusive effort to evaluate the financial impacts of utility management and contaminant treatment strategies.

Laurence currently runs a boutique consulting firm, LSA Consulting. She is the former Novartis SVP Global Head of Digital Acceleration Labs, a business unit she built in Switzerland, the USA and Israel, bringing novel approaches and methodologies to generate innovative technological solutions to profoundly transform healthcare and medicine and generate collaboration with startups & strategic partnerships.