Market trends

Smart Water business intelligence week 10/10/2022

Market

While on a planetary scale fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted resource, of which Russia is the second most endowed country, would it be possible for Russia to export water as it exports hydrocarbons? Inevitable solution or fanciful project, the Russian weekly “Profil” studies the commercial potential of such a concentration of blue gold:

En Russie, la chimère de l’exportation d’eau douce

Technology

The Swiss company bNovate Technologies SA has developed a fully automated cell detection analysis solution for drinking water that counts 99% of bacteria in just 20 minutes:

BactoSense – un cytomètre en flux en ligne automatisé pour la surveillance microbiologique de l’eau

Regulation

Traveling to Marseille on September 29, the Minister for Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, launched the government’s first “ecological planning” project, devoted to water management:

Planification écologique : le gouvernement lance son premier chantier, sur la gestion de l’eau

Financing

Report requested by the EUI on the inventory of drinking water, collective sanitation and stormwater management in France. The observation is an annual investment deficit of 4.6 billion euros, for the water heritage, including the management of rainwater and the treatment of micropollutants:

Modernisation des infrastructures de l’eau : un levier de réindustrialisation pour la France – Une approche des enjeux financiers de la sécurité hydrique

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