Danish technology leads the way in California
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Danish knowledge and technology are to solve water challenges in the US. Water
Technology Alliance joins Danish and American water-enterprises and
organizations. First steps are taken in San Francisco.
Water and energy efficiency are well-established as areas of particular Danish
expertise. Innovative and efficient technology makes it possible to create
solutions, where for instance wastewater treatment plants produce more energy,
than they consume, when treating wastewater. At the same time, an intelligently
designed water network ensures a uniquely low water loss, when Danes are
supplied with their drinking water. In the country's second largest city,
Aarhus, the water loss is as low as six per cent, while certain cities around
the world experience a loss of more than 50 per cent.
These are the results of a year-long period of collaboration within the Danish
water industry, where utilities and businesses together have refined and
developed the knowledge and technology needed to use the water resources in the
best way possible. This expertise is now being exported across the Atlantic. The
first steps took place on April 4th in San Francisco, where several American and
Danish decision makers and experts in the water business gathered together to
learn from each other.
"This type of in-person cultural knowledge exchange, while rare, allows the
world's most sustainable practices to be shared and implemented across the globe
so we can achieve more together," says Karen Kubick, Director at San Francisco's
Public Utilities Commission.
California first
The conference in San Francisco is the start of a joint venture, where a number
of Danish water enterprises with the support of The Danish Industry Foundation
and The Trade Council in Chicago are ready to join their American counterparts
in a partnership. The collaboration is called Water Technology Alliance, and
will initially focus its efforts on Californian water challenges, which are well
documented and have at their root a scarcity of resources. And this is exactly
where Danish knowledge might come in handy in solving The Golden State's water
issues.
"I am happy to see that Danish water technology companies have the expertise to
help with the demand caused by the drought in California. The collaboration is a
good example of how Danish research can take on international tasks beyond the
borders of Denmark. Denmark and California can benefit from each other's
knowledge, and in the meantime also create jobs", Minister for Higher Education
and Science Ulla Tørnæs says.
Opportunities ahead
The alliance is to forge closer ties between Danish and American enterprises,
public authorities and educational and research institutions in the water
sector, while also advancing the export of Danish water technology to the US.
Grundfos is a member of the Water Technology Alliance, and the company is
confident in its capability to make a difference in the United States.
"Grundfos is already strongly represented in the USA. The American market is
very interesting to us, and we have a wide range of energy and water efficient
technologies, which can make a difference in solving some of the challenges, the
US is facing in terms of water," says Kenth Hvid Nielsen, Group Vice President
at Grundfos.
The US pump market is the world's largest, and on a national scale, the
Americans have the ambition of lowering water consumption by 33 per cent. This
ambition recently was introduced at a meeting at The White House, where Grundfos
was also represented.
In addition to Grundfos, the Water Technology Alliance includes Danfoss,
Kamstrup, Rambøll, Aarhus Vand, Applied Biomimetic, Smith Innovation, Skytem,
DHI and Leif Koch.
Further information:
Frank B. Winther
Communication Manager, Grundfos Group Communication
M: +45 21 99 62 40
E: fwinther(at)grundfos.com
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