374Water and Its Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) Win the WEFTEC 2020 Innovation Pavilion Championship
In this year's virtual Innovation Pavilion, Water Environment Federation ("WEF") and its Innovation Partners, BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O featured 18 impressive technology companies exhibiting in WEFTEC Connect. Prior to the event, WEF, BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O asked the water world to "Watch" the companies short pitches and "Vote" for your favorites. When the votes were tallied, 374Water was the winner.
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 374Water Inc. ("374Water") is excited to announce that its Supercritical Water Oxidation Water (SCWO) resource recovery technology was voted the 2020 WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion Champion!
In this year's virtual Innovation Pavilion, Water Environment Federation ("WEF") and its Innovation Partners, BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O featured 18 impressive technology companies exhibiting in WEFTEC Connect. Prior to the event, WEF, BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O asked the water world to "Watch" the companies short pitches and "Vote" for your favorites. When the votes were tallied, 374Water was the winner.
"374Water is honored to win the 2020 WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion Championship. We were up against 17 innovative technology companies that are creating tremendous value for the water industry," said Kobe Nagar, CEO of 374Water Inc. "Waste is the ultimate resource. SCWO efficiently recovers resources from the waste our society generates and keep our drinking water clean. It is a superior, sustainable and cost-effective technology applicable to urban and rural communities and industrial waste generators."
374Water is commercializing a novel, patent pending Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) process developed by Duke University and 374Water Inc., of Durham, North Carolina. SCWO has the potential to shift the wastewater paradigm from end of pipe treatment to resource recovery. It harnesses energy embedded in the waste stream undergoing treatment, while enabling recovery of clean water and minerals, paving the way for efficient resources recovery from all kinds of sludges and biosolids. The process is fast, clean and a net energy producer. Moreover, the benefits of SCWO empower organizations to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Water Environmental Federation annual exhibition and conference ("WEFTEC") is the world's most comprehensive gathering of water quality professionals and thought leaders, featuring the sector's leading conference program, an extensive exhibition showcasing the field's most cutting-edge solutions, and a variety of valuable networking opportunities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WEFTEC 2020 was a virtual gathering via WEFTEC Connect, a space for the water community to remotely learn, network and connect. WEFTEC Connect provided an opportunity for innovative young companies like 374Wwater to showcase dynamic thinking, facilitate conversations that transform ideas into solutions, and make new connections to solve water industry operational challenges now.
About 374Water, Inc.
Our mission is to support a clean and healthy environment to sustain life. We are reinventing the world's current wastewater treatment systems using cutting edge science to recover resources from the waste our society generates and keep our drinking water clean. This transformative solution will help businesses and local governments make their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality.
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