tedxboston -- ma water innovation
DESCRIPTION
Presentation at TEDxBoston about Massachusetts Water Innovation on June 22, 2012TRANSCRIPT
$522B
2007 2020
$961B
source: Lux Research 2008
The Global Water Industry
Global Water Demand
km3 6,000
5,800
5,600
5,400
5,200
5,000
4,800
4,600
4,400
4,200
4,000
+40%
source: Lux Research 2008
2007 2030
6,000
5,800
5,600
5,400
5,200
5,000
4,800
4,600
4,400
4,200
4,000
2007 2030
+40%
source: Lux Research 2008
Agriculture+35%
Population+5%
GDP+60%
Global Water Demand
km3
UNESCO:basic water needs gals
10
two eggs
gals240
Sunday paper
gals150
shower
gals20
typical Sunday
salt water97%
source: UNESCO
fresh water3%
Global Water Supply
ground water
fresh water3%
source: UNESCO
ice
0.3%Surfacewater
Global Water Supply
7 Billion People
0.3%Surfacewater
How are these problems solved?
Innovation
Massachusetts
• Battelle• Boston University• EIC Laboratories• Fraunhofer USA• Harvard University• Marine Biological Laboratory• Marine Renewable Energy Center• Massachusetts Tech Transfer Center• Massachusetts Institute of Technology• Northern University• Ocean Campus Center• SAIC Energy & Environment• TIAX• Tufts University• University of Massachusetts / Amherst• University of Massachusetts / Boston• University of Massachusetts / Dartmouth• University of Massachusetts / Lowell• Warner Babcock Institute• Western New England University• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Academia & Research
MACO
NJ
MD
WI
MN
CA
PA
IL
OH
TX
FL
Water Innovation Patents Per Capita0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Drinking Waste Storm Coastal Industrial
• AECOM• Alden• Arcadis• BioEngineering
Group• Brown & Caldwell• Cadmus Group• CDM Smith• CH2M Hill• Clean Harbors• EBC New England• Environmental
Partners Group• Epsilon Associates• ERM• ESS Group• Fay, Spofford &
Thorndike• GEI Consultants• Geolnsight• Geosyntec
Consultants
Engineering Firms• GWTT• Haley & Aldrich• Hatch Mott
McDonald• HDR• HNTB• Parsons• Practical Applications• PMA Consultants• RHW• Shaw• Stantec• Tata & Howard• Tetra Tech• Tighe & Bond• TRC Solutions• Vanasse Hangin
Brustlin• Veolia• Vertex• Weston & Sampson• Woodard & Curran
• Accusonic Technologies
• AquaPoint• bioMerieux• Boremco• Circor International• Duraflow• Ecolab• EMD Milipore• FMS• GE Power & Water• Giner• GreenPro• Hyrdro Quip• IBM• IDA• Idex• Koch Membrane• Kerfoot Technologies• Layne Water• Mass Tank• MASSTC
Goods & Services• Mueller Systems• Nalco• Natgun• New Stream• Onset Computer
Corporation• Perkin Elmer• Putnam Pipe• Seapoint• SolmeteX• Siemens Water
Technologies• Thermo Fisher
Scientific• Waters Corp• Watson Marlow• Watts Water
Technologies• Xylem
• Cambrian Innovation• Aquabotix• Cambridge Water
Technology• Center for Innovative
Water Technologies• Clean Membranes• Desalitech• Ecochlor• EOI• EOM Offshore• Environmental
Operating Solutions• FloDesign Sonics• Free Flow Power• More Aqua• Nano Terra• Oasys Water• Ocean Server• Pearl’s Premium• Petrel Biosensors
Start-ups• PMC BioTec• Purpose Energy• RainBank• Reactive Innovations• Resolute Marine
Energy• Sample6
Technologies• Sanergy• Soane Energy• ThermoEnergy• TIAX• TSI
• Cambrian Innovation• Aquabotix• Cambridge Water
Technology• Center for Innovative
Water Technologies• Clean Membranes• Desalitech• Ecochlor• EOI• EOM Offshore• Environmental
Operating Solutions• FloDesign Sonics• Free Flow Power• More Aqua• Nano Terra• Oasys Water• Ocean Server• Pearl’s Premium• Petrel Biosensors
Start-ups• PMC BioTec• Purpose Energy• RainBank• Reactive Innovations• Resolute Marine
Energy• Sample6
Technologies• Sanergy• Soane Energy• ThermoEnergy• TIAX• TSI
Awards
Federal Grants
VentureCapital
Boston
Denver/Boulder
Raleigh-Durham
All Ohio Metros
San Francisco
All Michigan Metros
ALL
15
12
6
6
5
5
127
# of grantsmetro area
Small Business Innovation Research Grants
Selected Mergers & Acquisitions
AECOM
Siemens (US Filter)
GE
Layne
Teledyne
Kongsberg
Mueller
Xylem (ITT)
Siemens
MA companynational / global co. acquired
Metcalfe & Eddy
US Filter (IonPure)
Ionics
Solemetex
Benthos
Hydroid
Arkion
Nova Analytics
Cambridge Water Technology
2000
2004 (1993)
2005
2005
2005
2007
2009
2010
2012
Other Clusters
How will Massachusetts become
the global innovation leader
of the $500b water industry?
Symposium on Water Innovation in Massachusetts
One°
Education
Research
Start-Ups
ProductCompanies
Engineering& Consulting
State & Federal
GovernmentInvestors
ProfessionalServices
Advocates
IndustrialUsers
Utilities