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101 Most Innovative United States Based Water Companies & Startups

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This article showcases our top picks for the best United States based Water companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Water industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top United States Water Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Biobot Analytics

Biobot Analytics

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Biobot Analytics is a wastewater epidemiology company that is transforming wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories.

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Elemental Excelerator

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Elemental Excelerator helps startups change the world, one community at a time.

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Gradiant

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Gradiant is a leading global solutions provider and developer of cleantech water projects for advanced water & wastewater treatment.

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Rachio

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Rachio is a software and hardware company that focuses on improving the water efficiency of homes.

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Material Impact Fund

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A venture fund building deep tech companies powered by material science innovations.

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Flume

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Flume eliminates water waste and protects homes by helping homeowners and communities with real-time water usage data.

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Hint

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Hint is a beverage startup that produces natural flavored unsweetened essence water.

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Advanced Drainage Systems

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Advanced Drainage Systems provides drainage solutions and water management products to the stormwater and wastewater industries.

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Renovate America

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Renovate America is leading the way in making homes and communities more energy and water efficient.

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KETOS

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KETOS provides hardware and software analytics solutions and real-time data for usage and flow across water systems.

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120Water

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120Water is the leading compliance management solution for the water industry comprised of software, consultative services and sampling kits

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Evoqua Water Technologies

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Evoqua Water Technologies provides products, solutions, and services to ensure water quality and consistency.

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Zen Beverage

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Zen Beverage offers Zenwtr, a vapor distilled alkaline water bottled in recyclable ocean-bound plastic.

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Flo Technologies

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Flo prevents water damage and unnecessary water waste in homes with its Flo by Moen smart home water monitoring and leak protection system.

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Holley

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Holley is a manufacturer of high-performance automotive aftermarket products,electronic fuel injection kits and fuel pumps.

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Klir

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Klir is the operating system that gathers, monitors and analyses regulatory compliance data to help water utilities make water safer.

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OCEANIX

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OCEANIX is a blue tech company that designs and builds floating cities for people to live sustainably on the ocean.

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PowerX

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PowerX is a technology startup that creates a line of precision sensors that gather data about a home’s electricity, gas, and water usage.

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StormSensor

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StormSensor offers a stormwater management solution that automates workflows for inspections, data monitoring, and reporting.

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Waterlogic

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Waterlogic is a water utility company that manufactures, supplies, and distributes of water dispensers.

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WaterGuru

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WaterGuru is a safe and clean water system for pool problems.

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Cambrian Innovation

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Cambrian’s water solutions solve resource challenges for food and beverage producers.

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Mapistry

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BI for Industrial EHS Teams

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Raven

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Raven is a producer of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels using organic waste.

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The Nature Conservancy

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The Nature Conservancy is a non-profit conservation organization that works around the world to protect ecologically lands and waters.

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Genesis Systems

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Genesis Systems is a developer of an industrial technology that provides water resource generation and environmental transformation.

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FloWater

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FloWater inspires the way the world drinks water, while eliminating single-use bottle waste from our environment.

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Wexus Technologies

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IoT software company empowering the global food supply chain to adapt to climate change with renewable energy + water intelligence

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Ugly Drinks

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Ugly Drinks is a beverage company that makes drinks that has no sugar, no sweetener, no calories.

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BiOWiSH Technologies

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BiOWiSH develops and manufactures products that provide solutions for environmental management, agri-business, and consumer products.

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Richard’s Rainwater

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Richard’s Rainwater offers clean drinking water free from pollutants, salts, minerals and other natural and man-made contaminants.

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Epic Cleantec

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Epic Cleantec is a full-service water reuse firm that provides turnkey wastewater treatment and reuse systems for customers.

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Flibe Energy, Inc.

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Liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) technology developer

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Nebia

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Nebia is making products the world needs, starting with the shower. Premium experience, innovative design and 70% water savings.

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HydroPoint Data Systems

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HydroPoint Data Systems develops various irrigation system controllers for residential and commercial landscape applications.

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2NDNATURE

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A science based enterprise cloud SaaS solution for performance based stormwater compliance.

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AquaVenture Holdings

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AquaVenture Holdings is a water purification company that specializes in the service industry.

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Infinite Cooling

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Infinite Cooling is a renewables and environment company that specializes in wastewater management and recycling.

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Aclarity

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Aclarity is a VC-backed cleantech startup developing and selling water treatment systems to clean the world’s water and wastewater.

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Icelandic Glacial

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Icelandic Glacial is a brand of bottled water from the Ölfus spring in Iceland.

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Proud Source Water

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Proud Source Water provides consumers with a better-for-you product that has naturally occurring minerals and electrolytes.

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Oxigen

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Oxigen is a producer of a ph balanced water with electrolytes, boosted with oxygen that helps to recover and rise.

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Water Harvesting

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Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) based atmospheric water generation (AWG) products that deliver water recovery & humidity management solutions.

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Banyan Water

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Banyan Water provides smart water management as a service for commercial and institutional businesses.

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Alkaline Water

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Alkaline Water is a drink company that markets, produces, and distributes bottled alkaline water.

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Divirod

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Divirod has created a digital water platform to address operational risks and serve as the future water marketplace.

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Heartland Water Technology

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Heartland Water Technology provides proprietary wastewater treatment technology and services for oil and gas E&P operations.

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Cadiz

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Cadiz is a publicly-held natural resources company engaged in a combination of organic farming and sustainable water supply projects.

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GreenSight

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GreenSight is building the scaleable, enterprise platform for low altitude aerial intelligence.

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AQUAOSO

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AQUAOSO is a climate fintech company providing data, analytics and risk reports to financial institutions.

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SunHydrogen

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SunHydrogen is a developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen.

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AquaHydrate

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AQUAhydrate is performance water brand that delivers a healthy balance of alkalinity, electrolytes and trace minerals.

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Water Health International

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WaterHealth International provides de-centralized, scalable, safe, and affordable water solutions.

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Waiakea Water

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Waiakea has partnered with PumpAid to provide clean water to disadvantaged communities.

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CinderBio

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CinderBio produces the world’s most stable enzymes from amazing microbes that thrive in hot acidic volcanic waters around the globe.

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Water.org

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Water.org, a non-profit organization providing aid to developing countries that do not have access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

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Fracta

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Fracta uses machine learning and big data to optimize water infrastructure investments.

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Jibu

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Jibu capitalizes and equips entrepreneurs to establish affordable access to basic necessities.

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Tantalus Systems

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Tantalus Systems provides smart grid solutions for advanced metering, demand response, and conservation for electric and water utilities.

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Sourcewater

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Sourcewater offers the largest online water source, reuse, and disposal database in the upstream energy industry.

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Drop Water

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Drop Water makes refreshing drinks in sustainable packaging, or no packaging at all.

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Yerbae

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Yerbae is a sparkling water technology Company.

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Hydration Labs

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Hydration Labs raises public awareness of healthy hydration and encourages sustainable healthy hydration habits.

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Aquaspy

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Aquaspy is a provider of advanced soil monitoring technologies for the agriculture industry.

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APANA

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APANA develop an Intelligent Water Management Platform that works on real-world problems faced everyday.

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Xaptum

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Multi-tenant, future-proof network operator that enables enterprises to seamlessly scale and secure IoT deployments.

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Voltea

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Voltea’s patented water purification technology delivers quality water by using electricity to eliminate impurities in water.

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Sutro

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Sutro is a drop in system that monitors the chemical quality of your pool or spa.

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Aquagga

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We offer safe, affordable, and complete destruction of PFAS forever chemicals

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Lucid Energy

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Creating a new way for industries particularly those that use large amounts of water and electricity.

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Oasys Water

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Oasys Water develops energy and resource recovery products that address the growing, global water crisis.

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PowerTech Water

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PowerTech Water is a Wastewater Solution.

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Principle Power

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Principle Power offers wind installations for the deep-water, offshore wind energy market.

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PowWow Energy

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PowWow Energy, Inc. is a leading innovator in the Agriculture & Food sector.

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Boomerang Water

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Boomerang Water sanitizes, fills, and caps glass and aluminum bottles of water on-site for immediate sale and consumption.

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HEQ Deepwater

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HEQ Deepwater is an energy company that focused on the acquisition of the deepwater gulf.

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The Human Utility

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The Human Utility helps low income and elderly families with their water bills.

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Waterdiam

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Waterdiam develops, tests and improves a patented and highly disruptive Water Enhancement Technology.

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Gross-Wen Technologies

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Gross-Wen Technologies is a biotechnology company that specializes in the fields of water quality, wastewater, and water nitrogen.

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Sun Catalytix

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Sun Catalytix is an early-stage renewable energy startup that aims to combine sunlight and water to provide affordable solar energy.

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NEER

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Redefining Water Infrastructure Modeling and Asset Management through Machine Learning

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Impact Water

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Impact Water is a social business that delivers safe drinking water to institutions and communities.

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SWIIM System

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SWIIM System enables agricultural water users to optimize water rights, conserve water, and increase net incomes of farm operations.

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AquaRealTime

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AquaRealTime provides early warning and mitigation of harmful algal blooms and other water contamination using IOT sensors and analytics.

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H2O Midstream

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H2O Midstream is committed to reducing the cost of water for producers and improving environmental and safety conditions.

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Infinity Water Solutions

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Providing water management solutions, including recycling, reuse and disposal, to the oil and gas industry

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Aquaai

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Aquaai provides risk management to blue economy industries that seek affordable tools to grow and operate sustainable.

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Nirvana Water Sciences

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Nirvana Water Sciences develops life-enhancing beverages by combining pure water, innovations of science, and care for the environment.

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Winter Brothers Waste Systems

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Winters Bros. Waste Systems offers waste removal, garbage collection, transfer, and recycling services.

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CLEARAS Water Recovery

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CLEARAS Water Recovery is a provider of wastewater treatment services used to recover contaminants in wastewater.

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OffGridBox

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Modular and compact unit that provides renewable energy and clean water in remote areas.

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Liquidity Nanotech Corporation

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Liquidity manufactures breakthrough water purification cartridges, based on revolutionary membrane nanoscience.

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Trevi Systems

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Trevi Systems is dedicated to providing energy efficient water purification solutions.

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ziptility

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ziptility helps water and wastewater utilities collect better infrastructure data and make smarter asset management

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DYLN Inspired

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Creating purposeful products for life enthusiasts

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SweetSense

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SweetSense provides low-cost remote monitoring solutions for water, energy, and environmental projects in the global development setting.

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SunToWater Technologies

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SunToWater Technologies develops the SunToWater Atmospheric Water Generator that can create pure drinking water in various climates.

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Natural Systems Utilities

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NSU is a distributed infrastructure development and investment company specializing in sustainable water and energy solutions.

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Snohomish County PUD

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Snohomish County PUD is the second largest publicly owned utility in Washington.

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BCR Environmental

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BCR Environmental is a clean-technology company focusing on the water and wastewater treatment industries.

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Blue Water Ventures International

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Blue Water Ventures International is an industry leader in shallow water, historic shipwreck exploration, and recovery.

Written by Mark Smith

Photo by Nuno Marques on Unsplash

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