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Active Membranes' website: https://www.activemembrane.com/

Connect with Arian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arian-edalat-bb65875/

Send Arian some email love: arian@activemembranes.com

My conversation with Peter Yolles (one of Active Membranes' investors): https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s12e14-how-echo-river-capital-sees-10x-water-returns-as-too-conservative

My conversation with Andrew Walker: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s13e4-evove-direct-lithium-extraction

My interview with Prakash Govindan: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s11e1-an-unpopular-challenging-yet-true-take-on-venture-capital-in-water



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Introduction

01:43 The "Seed-Strapping" Philosophy

08:45 Introducing: Arian Edalat

10:07 The Concept of Active Membranes

22:37 Real-World Applications and Benefits

27:22 Technical Insights and Future Prospects

30:22 The Spitfire Coating Machine

35:42 Market Penetration and Production Strategy

41:27 Future Goals and Investment Plans

51:35 Rapid Fire Questions



About this Podcast:

Welcome to the (don't) Waste Water podcast, the leading podcast for water industry professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs seeking deep insights into water tech innovation, investment trends, and strategic moves in the sector. Host Antoine Walter blends his technical expertise with sharp business acumen to deliver weekly episodes featuring candid conversations with C-suite executives, detailed analysis of major water industry developments, and practical insights for water tech startups and seasoned players alike.


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S13E6 - This $200 Hack Makes Desalination 50% Cheaper

Making water from thin air at 1¢/liter? Listen to this!

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Uravu's website: https://www.uravulabs.com

Connect with Swapnil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnil-shrivastav-374867aa/

Google X's (failed) attempt at Water Tech: https://youtu.be/GxwOSIz_cck

My conversation with Peter Yolles (one of Uravu's investors): https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s12e14-how-echo-river-capital-sees-10x-water-returns-as-too-conservative

My exploration of Source: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s7e2-expensive-heavy-but-desperately-needed-is-source-the-future-of-drinking-water



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Introduction

01:52 Challenges in Atmospheric Water Generation

05:08 Data Centers and Atmospheric Water Generation

09:07 Introducing: Swapnil Shrivastav

15:16 Founding Story and Early Challenges

17:55 Technological Shifts and Market Focus

25:05 Desiccant Technology and Future Vision

29:20 System Design and Cost Efficiency

33:08 Business Models and Market Strategies

37:39 Challenges and Future Vision

51:32 Rapid Fire Questions



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Welcome to the (don't) Waste Water podcast, the leading podcast for water industry professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs seeking deep insights into water tech innovation, investment trends, and strategic moves in the sector. Host Antoine Walter blends his technical expertise with sharp business acumen to deliver weekly episodes featuring candid conversations with C-suite executives, detailed analysis of major water industry developments, and practical insights for water tech startups and seasoned players alike.


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S13E5 - How did a 29-year-old beat $270M Silicon Valley giants?

Wondering How to Extract Lithium Without Mining or Massive Water Use? Listen to this!

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Evove's onsite lithium demonstration with Northern Lithium: https://www.evove.tech/dle-onsite-demo/

Evove's Lithium website: https://www.dle.technology/

Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reklawa/

Joe Lowry's (excellent!) Lithium podcast: https://www.globallithium.net/podcast

My conversation with Chris Wyres: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s9e7-how-to-eradicate-dead-zones-cut-energy-needs-by-80-and-double-lithium-selectivity

My conversation with Jay Keener (Altillion): https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s12e9-how-altillion-s-liquid-liquid-technology-redefines-resource-recovery



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Introduction: Independence and Lithium Technology

04:15 In-Depth Discussion with Andrew Walker

08:25 Understanding DLE and Its Complexities

13:10 The Future of Lithium Extraction

29:25 Introducing Separonics: The Next Generation Technology

36:47 Lithium Extraction and Water Reuse in the Permian Basin

41:02 Ceramic vs. Polymeric Membranes

44:34 3D Printing in Membrane Manufacturing

48:14 Partnerships and Market Strategies

53:54 North American Projects and Challenges

59:37 South American Lithium Projects

01:02:02 Future Goals and Rapid Fire Questions



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Welcome to the (don't) Waste Water podcast, the leading podcast for water industry professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs seeking deep insights into water tech innovation, investment trends, and strategic moves in the sector. Host Antoine Walter blends his technical expertise with sharp business acumen to deliver weekly episodes featuring candid conversations with C-suite executives, detailed analysis of major water industry developments, and practical insights for water tech startups and seasoned players alike.


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S13E4 - 99.1% Lithium Selectivity with Zero Water Footprint?!

Ever wondered why Smart Utilities Let Their Assets Break? Then listen to this: It will show you how Physics beats AI in Asset Management!

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MentorAPM's website: https://mentorapm.com/

Connect with Tacoma on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tacoma-zach-p-eng-0913514/

My interview with Amanda Siqueira from VAPAR: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s11e15-how-vapar-s-ai-makes-underground-pipe-inspections-seamless



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Introduction

01:41 AI in Water Tech: Marketing vs Reality

08:29 Asset Management vs Asset Performance Management

14:53 Tailoring Asset Management to Water

24:16 The Journey of MentorAPM

37:31 The Role of AI in Asset Management

41:12 Understanding AI Claims and Customer Trust

43:36 Predictive Maintenance and Customer Data

46:20 MentorLens: A Game Changer for Utilities

49:45 Go-to-Market Strategy and Consultant Relationships

52:01 Empowering Customers with Simple Software

01:00:55 Growth, Profitability, and Market Consolidation

01:08:02 Vision for the Future and AI Integration

01:16:07 Rapid Fire Questions



#WaterTech #WaterAI #Growth


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S13E3 - Why Ignoring Half Your Assets Makes You 20% Better

What if Google had the solution to save 1 billion people... and just threw it away? Let's find out!



Google spent 4 YEARS secretly developing a device that pulls safe drinking water from thin air using only sunlight. They proved it worked. They proved it could help over 1 BILLION people without clean water. Then they just... quit and open-sourced everything in 2021. 😅



Meanwhile, billionaires like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg poured millions into competing startups trying to solve the same problem, with no better results.

What made Google's own engineers walk away from technology that could change the world?



As #TeamWater is about to make its comeback, there's a lot to learn here!



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The Google H2E Collection: https://x.company/collection/h2e/

Google's open-sourced geo layers: https://github.com/AWH-GlobalPotential-X/AWH-Geo?tab=readme-ov-file

Google's open-sourced CAD drawings: https://github.com/google/h2e_technical_documentation/tree/main

The Google X Team's Nature Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03900-w.pdf

The thermodynamics of Atmospheric Water Generation: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10293683/#:~:text=Inserting%20the%20constants%20from%20Appendix,heat%20pumps%20and%20heat%20engines

Science's recent article on the topic: https://www.science.org/content/article/devices-pull-water-out-thin-air-poised-take

My interview with Colin Goddard: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s7e2-expensive-heavy-but-desperately-needed-is-source-the-future-of-drinking-water



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Google's forgotten device

01:01 Clean Water: A Moonshot Challenge?

02:21 Google H2E

04:35 Missing the Target (by 10x)

05:45 Open-Sourcing

07:05 More competition?

08:30 The Main Problem

10:31 Giving Up?


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This Google Device Could End Water Scarcity Forever (Here's Why It Won't)

What if electron-rich Water Gas Molecules could target and destroy PFAS... for cheaper than PFAS removal technologies? Check it out!

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H2Plus Website: https://h2plus.com/

Degradation of PFAS with Hydrated Electrons: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c01469

H2Plus Patents: https://patents.google.com/?q=(% [https://patents.google.com/?q=(%25]22H2plus%22)&oq=%22H2plus%22 Ican

My Due Diligence on H2Plus's Technology:

My conversation with Gerald Pollack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTnqiNMolpg



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

02:31 Understanding Restructured Water Molecules

03:31 The Technology Behind H2 Plus

09:23 Comparing Technologies: Electrochemical Oxidation and Ozone

15:45 Applications and Success Stories

20:00 Focus on PFAS Destruction

23:09 Michigan Pilot Project

28:33 Successful Trials and Studies

30:56 Explaining the Technology

34:10 Challenges and Drawbacks

37:02 Commercial Scale and Market Adoption

44:34 Future Vision and Goals

46:54 Rapid Fire Questions

51:32 Conclusion and Call to Action



#WaterTech #PFAS



About this Video: Welcome to the (don't) Waste Water podcast! In each episode, Antoine Walter from DWW Media shares water, wastewater & water entrepreneurship stories. This show will teach you the water industry like you've never seen it. If you're asking how the water sector will overcome the water crises ahead, this video is for you.


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S13E2 - How Hydrated Electrons DESTROY Forever Chemicals at Half the Cost

PFAS destruction for a lower cost than PFAS removal: Transformational or Questionable? Let's find out!

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H2Plus Website: https://h2plus.com/

Degradation of PFAS with Hydrated Electrons: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c01469

H2Plus Patents: https://patents.google.com/?q=(% [https://patents.google.com/?q=(%25]22H2plus%22)&oq=%22H2plus%22 Ican

Cooper's PFAS cost estimates: https://nyfederation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/pdf2024/11%20CooperI.pdf

GWI's PFAS market map is available on their data platform: https://www.gwiwaterdata.com/



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 The $9 Billion PFAS Game

02:07 Hydrated Electrons?

04:14 Defluorinating PFAS

05:10 Generating Hydrated Electrons

06:04 Pros and Cons of Hydrated Electrons

07:42 H2Plus' Twist on Hydrated Electrons

10:03 Does H2Plus's approach work?

10:27 At What Cost?

12:59 What's H2Plus's TRL?

14:30 My Personal Take

15:18 To Learn More

16:23 Sponsor: SimpleLab



#PFAS #WaterTreatment #WaterTech



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Can H2Plus Really Destroy PFAS for 10 Cents per Gallon?

What's the Water Secret that 99% of Climate Investors are Missing? Listen to This!

Wanna dive deeper into water investment? Get my FREE exhaustive list of water tech investors (that cut 2+ checks) here: https://investors.dww.show/



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PureTerra Ventures' website: https://www.pureterra.com/

Connect with Gijs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gijsdebruin/

Drop Alex a message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-crowell-52196a45/

Get in touch with Dylan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-perales/

Reach out to Liza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizafaber/

Get to know Transcend: https://transcendinfra.com/

XPV Water Partners: https://xpvwaterpartners.com/

My conversation with Tom Ferguson (Burnt Island Ventures): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g-8j8ulWNA

My interview with Peter Yolles (Echo River Capital): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sayph9at-kY



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 In This Week's Episode

00:32 Fast Forward to 2033

04:11 The Origin Story

07:54 A Crazy Idea?

10:27 First Investment, First Failure

13:10 Sponsor: SimpleLab

13:47 Learning from Failure

19:22 PureTerra's Signature DD

23:41 The Entrepreneur/Investor Bond

26:25 Sponsor: BlueFoot Membranes

27:19 Water: A Difficult Market?

30:30 An inflection point?

32:41 Water: a Specialist Play

35:35 Building Track Record

37:02 The Coolest Kid

40:48 The Vision

43:58 The Mission

46:20 Conclusion



#WaterInvestment #VentureCapital


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S13E1 - This Painful Failure Taught PureTerra How to Crack the Water Code

3 Radical Approaches Solving Water Scarcity Today, in just one video! More #water insights?

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Black Jaguar Foundation: https://blackjaguarfoundation.org/

Tree Love: https://treelove.org/

IMTA (Mexican Institute for Water Technology): https://www.gob.mx/imta

Teaser for  ⁨@scienswater⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCZbVxnXO7VdN0RxvBon01gQ]'s 2025 conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx4Dq7gMXSk



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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

00:00 Introduction

03:25 1 - Poor Pay $100, Rich Pay $40

14:06 2 - Skip One Flood, Save Millions

26:29 3 - $1 Trees vs €10 Trees

37:48 Take Home Message



📝 IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

🌳 How planting indigenous Amazon trees creates water corridors and helps farmers comply with Brazil's 20% reforestation law while fighting invasive grass species

💧 Why Guatemala's private water company extracts from 1,200 feet deep because the first 600 feet are too polluted, and how they provide 30% of the municipality's water supply

🏛️ How Mexico's sinking cathedral reveals groundwater overextraction challenges, while 70-80% of water goes to flood irrigation agriculture

💰 Why the poorest communities pay $100/month for water while middle-class pays $40, and how lack of trust in tap water quality drives bottled water spending

📊 How smart irrigation technology and real-time soil moisture monitoring can save millions of cubic meters by reducing just one flood irrigation event per crop cycle


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3 Radical Solutions Transforming America's Water Crisis

Why do we choose expensive over affordable in Water? Let's use the Permian Basin's example to make a point: wastewater reuse is the way!

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#️⃣ All the Links Mentioned in this Video #️⃣

My TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/antoine_walter_what_s_the_value_of_your_poop



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📝 IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

💰 How the Permian Basin produces 3.5 million cubic meters of water daily but only reuses 25% - and why the math actually favors reuse at $8.22 vs $9.55 per barrel

🏜️ Why oil fields in America's driest regions dispose of enough water to fill 1,400 swimming pools daily instead of reusing it in desert conditions

⚖️ The complex economics behind water reuse decisions involving treatment costs, transport expenses, mineral recovery opportunities, and earthquake liability insurance

🔬 How produced water contains valuable minerals like lithium (30 ppm) and magnesium (1000 ppm) that could generate 40 cents per barrel in additional revenue

🏭 Why data centers and industrial cooling operations in the Permian create new markets for treated produced water


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92% Water Waste: How Economics Broke Our Best Solution

❓ Ever wondered how the #WaterIndustry was reacting to our World's Water Challenges? Water Scarcity? #SDG6? Emerging contaminants? Climate Change? Circular Economy? Digitization and Smart Water? 💪 Get the Water Market pulse, for free. In one hour per week, while you do the dishes! 📈 Get inspired by incredible guests, Water Entrepreneurs, Thought Leaders, Book Authors, Scientists, and Investors ➡️ Leverage their insights, advice & experience and ensure to stay on top of best practices 🗓️ Tune in every Wednesday, (don't miss out! 😅) 🌐 Find all the detailed episode notes, interviews, infographics, and more on http://dww.show

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