Water Innovation Network (WIN)

Presentation by: Mazdak Arabi

Kevin GertigWade Troxell

Water Innovation Network (WIN)

A Community Platform for AdvancingClean Water Solutions

The Global Water Market

The latest estimates put the size of the global water market at over USD 480 billion in 2010*:

Expected to expand to $1 trillion by 2020

USD 175 billion for municipal and industrial water and wastewater capital expenditure.

Services, engineering, operation, maintenance and chemical make up the rest of the market.

* Global Water Intelligence. 2011. Global Water Market 2010.

The Global Water Market

The U.S. market is expected to grow in the coming years, driven by increased levels of investment along the water value chain.

Innovation is key.

PrecipitationNatural Water

Sources

Water Storage / Transport

Clean Water Supply

Water UseWastewater/

Sewage Treatment

Path to Water Policy

Research Insight Policy

Data

Content

Information

Analytics

Models

Critical Processes

Key actions

Natural variability

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity

Anthropogenic impacts

Clean Water Act

Safe Drinking Water Act

Energy Development

Cap and Trade

Water Right Compacts

Regulations, Disaster Prevention

Government

Smart Water Solutions

Innovation Insight Market

Need for Investment

Private capital

Ability to accelerate 10x return to

investors is slow

Essential Partnerships

Higher levels of collaboration between public sector, private sector and academia is needed for innovation across water value chain.

Ability to scaleDemonstrate value propositionGo to market strategy

Water Innovation Network

A triple helix collaboration between

University;

Private sector;

Government

that creates an innovation platform for advancing development, demonstration and commercialization of clean water technologies.

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The WIN Partners

The WIN Target Board

ResearchInnovation and

Technology

Commercial

Cooperation and

Regional

Development

Education and

Training

Study

Cluster

Publish

Reports

Incubator

Services

Spin-offs

Company

Networks

New

Companies

Company Growth

Technical

Training

Management

Training

New

Solutions

Research

Networks

Technology

Standards

Technology

Demonstration

Technical

Trends

New

Technologies

Education

Cluster

Training

Cluster

75%

50%

25%

Targeted Value Chain

Focus on tackling science, technology and policy challenges with ultimate goal of supporting decision making:

Wastewater treatment and sewer systems

Water supply and demand issues

Flood control and drought management

Watershed management

Respond to the changing land use/climate

Issues at the nexus of land, water and energy

The interplay between socioeconomic and environmental factors (tradeoffs)

WIN Value Proposition

A unique system to collect water data: Cache la Poudre

A collaborative platform to deposit data, knowledge and ideas; sort, summarize, digest, clarify, and compare them across distance and time

WIN Value Proposition

A live laboratory to demonstrate innovative technologies/policies: scalability and value proposition

A venue for clean water companies, and research and education groups to showcase their talent

Training facilities and expertise with a focus on building international relations

WIN Technology Platform

• Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient

• Testing and validation

Real Time Sensors/StationsCache la Poudre

Completely Pristine

Agricultural

Influenced

Urban

Influenced

Mixed Land Use, Combined

Socioeconomic factors

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The WIN Infrastructure

• Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient

• Testing and validationMonitoring

Stations

• Data visualization

• Datacave (the virtual watershed)Date Visualization

Center

The WIN Infrastructure

• Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient

• Testing and demonstrationMonitoring

Stations

• Data mining

• Statistical analysis

• Modeling

• Scenario analysis

• Optimization

Analytics

• Data visualization

• Datacave (the virtual watershed)Date Visualization

Center

The WIN Infrastructure

• Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient

• Testing and validationMonitoring

Stations

• Data mining

• Modeling/analyticsAnalytics

• Visualization and analysis

• ModelingDate Visualization

Center

• Training

• Distant learningEducational

Facilities

City of Fort Collins Utilities

Pilot Project

Optimizing Nutrient Removal at WWTPs Through Real-time Analysis of Watershed Fluxes

Innovation Infrastructure

Insight / Efficiency

Sound Public Policy

Monitoring package

(Hach &InSitu sensors)

Data management system (eRAMS, IBM)

Analytics (CSU and Utilities personnel)

Cyberinfrastructure (eRAMS)

Minimize cost and carbon footprint

Critical Processes for nutrient removal under varying hydrologic condition

Critical natural processes (flow and background loads)

TMDL Program

Nutrient Standards

Collaborative Platform

Community of Practice

WIN serves as the framework where each of us can deposit knowledge and ideas, and where we can sort, summarize, digest, clarify, and compare them across distance and time.

Community of Practice

Leveraging the knowledge and tools of the community to advance water innovation technologies;

Reduce fragmentation and redundancy;

Multi-disciplinary focus: not just water, air, etc. but integrated systems;

Facilitate linkage of models, tools, frameworks and people

Mazdak Arabi

1372 Campus Delivery

Fort Collins, CO 80523

(970) 491-4639

Questions? Comments?

mazdak.arabi@colostate.edu