Sarni, W: Water Tech

Foreword Marcus Norton Foreword Tom Kostigen Preface Part 1: Innovation Introduction 1. The Value of Water 2. Global Trends as Drivers for Innovation Part 2: What is Water Tech? Introduction 3. Do Water and Innovation "Mix?" 4. Water Supply 5. Water Demand 6. The Water, Energy, and Food Nexus Part 3: Building the 21st Century Water Industry - Ideas, Money and Commercialization Introduction 7. The Ideas 8. The Money 9. Commercialization 10. What does Success Look Like? 11. The Global World Water Forum 2024

Will Sarni is an internationally recognized thought leader on water stewardship and sustainability strategies, and author of Corporate Water Strategies (Earthscan, 2011). Will works with some of the most recognized global brands in developing water stewardship strategies. He is a Board Member of the Rainforest Alliance has worked with several NGOs as an advisor on water-related programs. He is based in Denver, Colorado, USA. Tamin Pechet is CEO of Banyan Water, a private-equity funded company using information technology to reduce water costs and risks for large commercial and institutional customers. He is also Chairman and Co-Founder of Imagine H2O, a global non-profit organization spurring water entrepreneurship. He is based in San Francisco, California, USA.

"Water stewardship is in its infancy - yet the possibilities for private industry to drive innovation and support improved performance from the public sector is huge. Private industry has always sought water innovation, but in the past, the pressures were different from those emerging in today's highly branded, globalised and increasingly water stressed world. This book lays out in clear terms why companies need to act and shows how Water-Tech will play a crucial role in bridging the internal with external worlds of water management with stewardship practice." - Stuart Orr, Head of Water Stewardship, WWF International "This book is a welcome, uplifting addition to the water literature. It points out that water problems in fact can be solved, once the risk is properly understood. Thanks to this contribution we are now approaching the point where necessity meets ability, and where water becomes an investment opportunity." - Piet Klop, PGGM "Water matters to us all, whether CEOs, elected officials or consumers. Two-thirds of the world's population over the next 20 years will experience some type of water shortage. Sarni and Pechet have written an accessible primer on the dynamics of water supply and demand and on the way forward for industry leaders, government regulators, municipal managers and financiers. Much of our profligate water use - including the 70% used by agriculture - is easily reduced through tracking, pricing, efficiency, recycling, reuse and innovation (technology and practice). Industry can lead the way through individual action and precompetitive collaboration with government, financiers, and civil society to address issues of pricing, regulation, and commercialization of new innovations." - Tensie Whelan, President, Rainforest Alliance "As in energy, addressing the global water challenges of the 21st century will require innovations in technology, investment, and thinking. Sarni and Pechet's book is a highly readable and invaluable guide helping