August Newsletter

Water Startups, Apply to Imagine H2O’s global programs today!

Applications to?Imagine H2O’s Accelerator?and?Urban Water Challenge?are live. If you’re a water startup looking to develop and pilot your solution globally, follow the steps below:

• Step 1: Learn about our programs & tune into our webinars
• Step 2: Apply! Apply! Apply!

Stockholm World Water Week 2022

Building Win-Win Utility-Startup Partnerships for Innovation Access in Asia: From tackling water losses in the Philippines to mapping arsenic contaminated wells in Pakistan, Imagine H2O's entrepreneurs are currently testing and deploying innovative solutions with utilities across the Asia-Pacific. But how do startups and utilities collaborate to identify, design and fund these early partnerships? This interactive session hosted by Imagine H2O will draw from active innovation projects supported by 世界银行 and P4G Partnerships to demystify the opportunities and challenges for startup-utility partnerships.

Digital Adoption by Water Utilities in Low & Middle Income Countries: Attention on water sector digitalization tends to focus on high-income country contexts and solutions. This overlooks differences in the enabling environment, financing options, and customer base. This session focuses on utility experiences of adopting digital solutions in low- and middle-income countries and what can be done to accelerate adoption. This virtual session will feature Scott Bryan , President of Imagine H2O.

Welcome Sonora Hill!

We recently expanded our team and hired?Sonora Hill?as our Startup Alumni Manager. Sonora will scale our support to the 160+ startups in our portfolio. She joins us from the San Diego County Water Authority where she was a Water Engineer on the Design and Energy team. Sonora will develop programming, founder’s resources and formalize ways to tap into our ecosystem. Stay tuned, you'll be hearing from Sonora very soon...

Partnership Updates

Accelerating Innovation & Digitalization: We are excited to share that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has just launched a new program in collaboration with Imagine H2O Asia – Accelerating Innovation & Digitalization (AID). AID aims to make water innovation more accessible by building knowledge and capacity of ADB staff and partners to engage, localize and adopt innovation solutions for a water-secure region. Imagine H2O Asia and ADB Water Sector Group teams will be working closely to source, validate and demonstrate water and wastewater solutions, before disseminating project learnings via ADB’s Water Resilience Hub. Learn more about the partnership from Nimesh Modak !

The Water Entrepreneur Podcast: The Water Entrepreneur Podcast with Paul Gagliardo, MPH, P.E. is live! Sponsored by Imagine H2O and ASTERRA , this podcast features a series of interviews exploring the origin stories of startup founders, early adopters and innovation champions related to their personal, professional, technical, business, organizational and financial journeys. Tune into the podcast on?Sticher,?Apple Podcast,?and?Spotify!

Startup Spotlights

FieldFactors collects rainwater in cities to turn it into a freshwater supply used for watering plants, sports fields, and more. As the Urban Water Challenge 2021 winner, we supported their deployment with coaching, mentoring, and financing. Here’s a sneak peak into what we helped them achieve. Karina Pe?a Wilrik Kok

Water Technology Access Partnership (WTAP), a joint initiative between Imagine H2O Asia and 世界银行 , kicked off its first project in Pakistan.? Nanda Rahman (IH2O Asia Cohort 2) will collaborate with the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) to validate their patented digital sensor for real-time arsenic testing across over 200 wells in Punjab province. David Sarphie

Liquinex (IH2O Asia Cohort 2) shipped its first Compact Water Purification Suitcase (CWPS) to the Philippines for a week-long product demonstration organized and funded by Imagine H2O Asia. Liquinex secured commitments for additional units from partners operating in disaster preparedness and response. Bashir Ahmad

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This is the first post in our monthly newsletter series on LinkedIn and we are excited to connect and engage with our growing water innovation community here. As startups, industry leaders, tech adopters, supporters, and investors, you make our network stronger.

So if you have any announcements, updates, events, or job opportunities that you would like to share, reach out to Nidhi Menon ([email protected])