PURE BLUE Clean Water Innovation Initative
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Egils Milbergs Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Pacific NW Economic Region, July 18, 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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PURE BLUE Clean Water Innovation Initative
- 1. PURE BLUE Clean Water Innovation Initiative Egils Milbergs Pacific Northwest Economic Region Calgary, AB July 18. 2016
- 2. Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink (Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge) SALT WATER (97.5%) 99.04% -- Oceans 0.95% -- Groundwater 0.01% -- Lakes FRESH WATER (2.5%) 69.6% -- Glaciers, snow pack, permafrost 0.29% -- Lakes and marshes 0.05% -- Soil moisture 0.006% -- Rivers 0.003% --Biosphere
- 3. Drought Hanford Clean-Up, Biofuels Duwamish Columbia River Wetlands Stormwater Yakima River Basin Water Rights Orcas Marine Energy Acidification Salmon “Elwha” Industrial Water Lead H2O Snow Pack Irrigation Powers Agric Runoff Landslides Tsunami Salmon Powers
- 4. Our Canary in the Coal Mine
- 6. And It’s More than water Energy Water Food
- 7. WA Examples of Water Innovation Initiatives
- 9. PURE BLUE Clean Water Innovation Initiative • Vision: Access to clean, fresh, healthy water for everyone • Founders: 20 founding business, government, academic partners. • Objectives: reduce technical and market risk, time to market and resource requirements for new products and start-ups. • Water Challenges: Desalinization, stormwater runoff, aging water distributions systems, energy efficiency, nutrient recovery, energy recovery, drought management, big data sensing and monitoring and others. • Financing: Awarded 3 year EDA grant of $500K (matched $500K)
- 10. Three Interrelated Components 1. Water Nexus Proof of concept center and technology accelerator 2. Water Innovation Fund Early (seed) stage grant/loan/equity fund 3. Water Alliance Network of water industry incubators and clusters across the US
- 11. “Closing the Gap” Accelerating Innovation
- 12. Metrics Over the next three years: • Support 10 water technology start-ups • Provide $2 million in seed funding. • Collaborate with 30 water-related partners Testing a distributed problem solving network to address a national challenge
- 13. Water Cluster Nation 1. The Water Council 2. Water Economy Network 3. New England Water Innovation Network 4. Colorado Water Innovation Cluster 5. Confluence 6. The Maritime Alliance 7. WET Center/Blue Tech Valley 8. WaterTAP Ontario 9. Accelerate H2O Texas 10. Cleveland Water Alliance 11. Urban Clean Water IPZ 12. Louisiana Water Network 13. Oregon Water Tech Innovators 14. Michigan Water Technology Initiative 15. Nevada Center of Excellence 16. Pure Blue—Clean Waster Innovation Initiative 1 8 7 6 54 3 2 10 9 10 15 14 13 12 1116
- 14. A BIG Economic Development Opportunity • Worldwide demand growing for sanitation, storm water management, water supply, clean energy and food safety and access. • Water quality and energy efficiency in agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, chemicals, energy, manufacturing, electric power and public water supply. • Long term solutions are multi-disciplinary and require high levels of collaboration with industry and government. • Government regulatory policy has decisive influence. • The clean water industry is in its early stages • Investments in the clean water innovation ecosystem is key for success.
- 15. Pacific NW Clean Water Innovation Ecosystem Innovation Ecosystem Capital Entrepreneurs Industry Government Knowledge Networks
- 16. THANK YOU! Egils Milbergs Water Alliance Chair 206-790-7435 Egils@pureblue.org www.accinnov.com
- 17. Nine “Boys in the Boat” 1936 Berlin Olympics 17
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- The history of Washington state is one of discovery and innovation. We have led the world in airplanes, coffee, software, e-commerce, retail, international trade and on . My presentation is about how Puget Sound and more broadly the Pacific Northwest can become the leading region in world in water innovation, sustainability, and resilience. Developing solutions for our own challenges AND exporting solutions to people who do not have access to safe, clean e leading region in the and fresh water. Water is becoming a resource more precious than oil. And therein lies an opportunity for future success. Water is life. It connects all living things together.
- Water is a closed loop system. We all exist in a global hydrological cycle driven by the heat of the sun. 97.5% of water on the planet is salt water. Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 2.5% of global water supply is freshwater. 69.6%percent of that is in glaciers, permanent snow pack and permafrost. Groundwater is 30.1%. One half of 1 % of global water supply is freshwater in lakes, marshes, soil, atmosphere, rivers and living things. While there is plenty of freshwater available the problem is its distribution. We either have too much or not enough. Over 2 billion people are serious risk for disease, illness and or death because they do not have access to clean water. An aging infrastructure. We are in a national crisis. Flint is the tip of the iceberg. Climate change is creating a new normal with massive variability in weather.
- We have water issues in Washington State. The biggest clean up in history is happening at Hanford to avoid the risk of Columbia river contamination. Stormwater runoff that is not filtered pours into Lake Washington, south lake union, Elliot bay. First flush is lethal to our salmon. More and More cases of lead contamination in drinking water systems Drought last summer Water Rights issues Electric Power Production, dams such as Elwha and river flow for salmon Wastewater Treatment Issues—Salman cannot pass a drug test Ocean Acidification Flooding events Irrigation and agricultural runoff. Potential black swan events such as massive earthquakes caused water emergencies.
- "Like the canary in the coal mine, the wild Atlantic salmon is a biological indicator that signals what is happening to water quality." -Atlantic Salmon Federation The abundance and health of the fish themselves remain in most cases the best integrated measure of the ecosystems that salmon traverse and inhabit. Salmon are often likened to the canary in the coalmine..." -Pacific Salmon & Their Ecosystems
- It's time to appreciate that it is ONE water. Yet todays architecture for managing water resources is put into siloes. We have an opportunity to design a better model than legislate, regulate, agitate and litigate, Lets innovate. Innovative solutions to water problems are multi-disciplinary, collaborative, open-sourced and supported by entrepreneurial leaders. A culture of boundary spanning behavior.
- It takes sizable volumes of water to create food and energy and it takes energy to move, heat and treat water and to produce food. This nexus I where food water and energy systems overlap—and where one system increasingly depends more on the other for sustainability . Solving one problem in one system sometimes enables a solution in another system—or can become a problem and constraint in another. Need to holistic approach to properly integrate the interconnections of water supply with food and energy production. We produce 30% of the hydroelectric production of the US. 70 percent of our electricity comes from hydro and we have one of cheapest rates in the world. Data centers, water intense manufacturing in Eastern WA. Water quality and energy efficiency is essential to our industry in agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, chemicals, energy, manufacturing, and public water supply. Huge opportunities to innovate at the intersection of the water energy food nexus.
- We have some really interesting water initiatives in Washington. A few examples. Tacoma -- Center for Urban Waters and the Urban Clean Water Innovation Partnership Zone have taken a lead in convening water organizations and experts and have a nationally recognized protocol for assessing and validating stormwater technologies. Joint Base Lewis McCord, one of largest defense installations in the world is on a mission for Net Zero Energy, Net Zero Waste and Net Zero Water as part of a DOD thrust for sustainability. Washington Stormwater Center is evaluating alternative technologies for stormwater runoff and assessing impacts of run-offs on our salmon population The Bullitt Foundation here in Seattle with our own Dennis Hayes founder of Earth day has a building that will be totally self-sufficient when it comes to water and energy. Yakima has underway one of the largest integrated watershed resource management plans in the country And the Gates Foundation has a massive commitment to water for the developing world and the famous Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. Here we see Bill Gates taking sip from the Omni Processor a low cost waste treatment technology designed by Janicki Bioenergy in Sedro-Wooley
- I had the privilege to be invited to the first White House Water Summit. It brought together leaders who were heading up an innovative water initiative. And our project was one of them. Ryan Vogel who is here the executive director and relentless champion that we should be unleash the nations entrepreneurial talent to solve some of the toughest water problems.
- In April White House convened a Water Summit. Inspired to large degree by the Flint Michigan crisis.
- 1. Water Nexus A physical proof of concept center and technology accelerator providing entrepreneurs the infrastructure to design, prototype, test clean water products, processes and services. 2. Water Innovation Fund An early (seed) stage grant/loan/equity fund to finance entrepreneurial start-ups through the critical "valley of deaths” between concept, workable prototype, commercial pilot, and first sales. 3. Water Alliance A virtual network of water industry incubators and clusters across the US connecting the Puget Sound to the needs of end-users, research assets, intellectual property, best practices, complimentary technologies and beta sites for evaluating prototypes and solutions.
- Here are some metrics. The overall goals is to advance the Puget Sound Region as a global hot spot for water technology products, services and solutions.
- Other cities have recognized the importance of water as an economic development driver. For past three years I have met regularly with water cluster leaders from 15 cities such as Milwaukee, Las Vegas, Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco. These cities have make water technology and innovation a centerpiece of their economic development and job creation strategies.
- How should the Pacific NW organize ourselves and for what purposes.. Go it alone, relyy on heterogeneous policies, regulations and technological issues or focus on prioritizing our most important water issues and engage in a collective problem solving process. collective data gathering, collective insight, collective action and collective outcomes. Idea for action> I believe the way forward is to ask thoughtful leaders from the government, business, academic and non-profits to take leadership on developing innovative solutions and new approaches to the regulatory environment. There is no organized structure to capture, develop and disseminate systematic policy learnings or tested technologies. Limited understanding in the political and public sector sphere in what is possible through innovation, entrepreneurship We lack a collaboration platform that would allow urbanizations across the PNW to leverage assets and solutions. We need a core group to move forward.
- Cultivate an innovative mindset (culture). Collective leadership has the biggest ROI. Attract, retain and nurture entrepreneurs. Embrace ideas from elsewhere Co-create with end-users Boundary spanning innovation brokers Metrics to drive performance