Synoposis: Now called Mosaic low-cost instant result water sensors. Developed first as WeTest at WIL India, continued development as NuSens in WIL Brazil, and now in its third iteration as Mosaic! This project also won first place in the Espaço Startup ABES 2.0 at Rio Water Week! Mosaic aims to make sensors accessible and affordable to regular citizens,…
Synoposis: AME had a very successful crowdfunding campaign achieving 147% of their target to be able to expand their project. AME SEU RIO is a project to systematize the learning and expansion of the AME TUCUNDUBA initiative in Brasil, which will facilitate the methodological tools created by the initiative on urban rivers and their management for residents…
Synopsis: This team won a $5000 seed grant award from Water Services Association of Australia during WIL Australia and have gone ahead and conducted events in the US, Canada and Australia and are building their strategy. There is a gap when making decisions in water resource management between policy makers/ scientists, and Indigenous leaders in…
Synoposis: Ilhas Flutuantes was recently invited by WIL Brasil in partnership with Pernod-Ricard to construct and install 6 Floating Islands in Parque Burle Marx as part of Pernod-Ricard’s international ‘RESPONSIB’ALL Day’ on June 7th with a team of WILers facilitating the process! Inspired by the concept of biomimicry, Floating Islands are active systems for treatment, purification…
Synopsis: This project won a Jacobs $5000 mentorship award at WIL Australia. Communities lack understanding around the future of Melbourne’s drinking water supply and recycled water. How can communities be aware, informed and acceptant of alternative drinking water supply? FirstDrop is an awareness tool that permits a shift in attitudes towards drinking recycled water once…
Synoposis: This project that won a $5000 Durham College seed grant award has now launched its website and competition. www.rainitinsc.com Rain It In! is addressing the problem of flooding being a growing concern, with intense and sporadic rainfall events becoming more common. This has many negative impacts such as wastewater bypasses, sewage back-ups, infrastructure damage, public safety risks, pollution…
Synoposis: Maliya is a small community on the salt flats of Gujarat, India which faces the challenge of accessing clean, safe drinking water. Our project aims to work with the community to implement a multistage water treatment system using locally available materials to produce biochar filter media. This project will provide the knowledge and training…
Synoposis: The water-food-energy nexus is a large and complex challenge, but what if the interconnectivity of these three important parameters could be contained and demonstrated in one system? The Green Loo[p] concept addresses pollution from open defecation in an ecologically sustainable system that is energy self-sufficient, reduces water demand with rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse,…
Written by Dona Geagea, Global Lead, Water Innovation Labs Waterlution has been running Water Innovation Labs (known in our community as WILs) since 2010. What started as a “let’s try this one time” by Waterlution founders, Karen Kun and Tatiana Glad, became one of the core programs of Waterlution over the past 5 years. My…
