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.
A startup is selling water for free. Biology inspires a new water-based circuit that could transform computing. Amazon commits $10M to provide access to safe water for 100M people with Water.org. 374Water will offer next generation waste management solution to Ecuador. Jackson officials accused of racial discrimination during the latest water crisis. A New Mexico town is on the brink of Day Zero. New study shows PFAS impact sperm count and mobility. Dr. Jed Diamond is this week's highlighted WELL member.
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This week's water quote:
"The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. Water is content with the the low places that people disdain, thus it is like the DAO." - Tao Te Ching
Tech & Innovation
A massive supertanker uses 9.8 percent less fuel and saves 2,900 tons of C02 emissions each trip, thanks to its sails
Sailing boats made an appearance more than 5,000 years ago. But they were dropped when steam and diesel-powered ships came on the horizon. Now, they could be making a comeback as the shipping industry looks to decarbonize.
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Biology Inspires a New Kind of Water-Based Circuit That Could Transform Computing
A team of physicists has successfully developed an ionic circuit – a processor based on the movements of charged atoms and molecules in an aqueous solution, rather than electrons in a solid semiconductor.
Corporate & Deals
Wavin acquires blue-green infrastructure startup MetroPolder
Wavin, a Dutch player in global water infrastructure solutions, announced that it has acquired MetroPolder, a startup in the field of water storage on green flat roofs. With the acquisition, Wavin is gaining specific expertise and solutions for urban flood control.
Amazon and Water.org Extend Partnership to Provide Access to Safe Water for 100 Million People
Company will also donate $10 million to progress Water.org efforts to provide 1 million people with access to clean water by 2025.
Arcadis completes $640m takeover of Toronto rival
IBI Group was founded in Vancouver and Toronto in 1974 to provide professional services in urban development and transportation. It now has around 3,500 employees in more than 60 offices in Canada, the US, the UK, India and Hong Kong. According to Arcadis, the deal will create “a global leader for planning, designing and building the resilient cities of tomorrow”.
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374Water and Forever Water Ecuador Will Collaborate to Solve Sanitation in Latin America
Starting with Ecuador, 374Water's Global Access initiative will offer next generation waste management solution to parts of the world most in need of improved water quality and sanitation.
Water & the Environment
Climate crisis made summer drought 20 times more likely, scientists find
The climate crisis made the record drought across the northern hemisphere this summer at least 20 times more likely, scientists have calculated. Without human-caused global heating, the event would have been expected only once every four centuries.
Jackson water crisis: Mississippi accused of ‘intolerable’ racial discrimination
State officials accused of violating civil rights, which resulted in ‘persistently unsafe and unreliable drinking water’ for residents.
New Mexico Town On Brink Of Zero Drinking Water
“The city of Las Vegas, New Mexico is set to run out of drinking water in September, thanks to pollution and debris from the largest wildfire in state history,” Gizmodo reported.
Rainy days in the Arctic could double by 2100
Today, more snow than rain falls in the Arctic, but this is expected to reverse by the end of the century. A new study predicts that the frequency of rain events in the Arctic could double by 2100.
PFAS & Chemicals
Study links in utero ‘forever chemical’ exposure to low sperm count and mobility
PFAS, now found in nearly all umbilical cord blood around the world, interfere with hormones crucial to testicle development.
Dr. Diamond is a licensed psychotherapist with a Ph.D in International Health and master’s degree in Social Work. His passion is to help men and their families do four things: Live a fully authentic life. Love deeply and well. Learn to survive and thrive as we transition from a dominator to a partnership society. Embrace their calling to do their part to save humanity.
Over the last fifty years, Dr. Diamond has become a world-wide leader in the emerging field of gender medicine and men’s health. He believes that gender reconciliation and healing can create the foundation for healing all our relationships.
Dr. Jed is the author of sixteen books including international best-selling, Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Male Menopause, The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding and Managing the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression, Male vs. Female Depression: Why Men Act Out and Women Act In, The Warrior’s Journey Home: Healing Men, Healing the Planet, and 12 Rules for Good Men.
Thank you Jed for improving our society and sharing your expertise and passion with WIA and the WELL community.
Water & Space
A new study shows more evidence that there is liquid water on Mars
Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a breakthrough in proving that there is liquid water on the planet.
