New Books: Water Tech A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector By William Sarni, Tamin Pechet (30 Sep 2013)

Water Tech

A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector

By William Sarni, Tamin Pechet

Routledge – 2013 – 224 pages

Descriptions:

This book unveils how the world in the twenty-first century will need to manage our most fundamental resource need, water. It outlines how stakeholders can improve water use in their homes, their businesses, and the world.

In particular, it focuses on the role of stakeholders in crafting a twenty-first century paradigm for water. Investors not only drive innovation through direct investment in new technologies but also by highlighting risk and driving reporting and disclosure within the business community.

Water Tech highlights the business drivers to address water related issues. These include business disruption, regulatory risk and reputational risk along with opportunities in the commercialization of innovative technologies such as desalination and water reuse and treatment. The authors argue that through increased attention on water scarcity through activities such as reporting and disclosure we are now accelerating innovation in the water industry. They show how we are just now capturing the true cost and value of water and this is creating opportunities for investors in the water sector. The text takes the reader through key aspects of emerging innovative technologies along with case studies and key issues on the path to commercialization. A roadmap of the opportunities in the water sector is presented based on interviews with leading authorities in the water field including innovators, investors, legal, regulatory experts and businesses.

Contents:

Foreword

Marcus Norton

Foreword

Tom Kostigen

Preface

Part 1: Innovation

Introduction

1. The Value of Water

2. Global Trends as Drivers for Innovation

Part 2: What is Water Tech?

Introduction

3. Do Water and Innovation "Mix?"

4. Water Supply

5. Water Demand

6. The Water, Energy, and Food Nexus

Part 3: Building the 21st Century Water Industry – Ideas, Money and Commercialization

Introduction

7. The Ideas

8. The Money

9. Commercialization

10. What does Success Look Like?

11. The Global World Water Forum 2024

For more information: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781849714730/