Artemis Project Unveils Most Innovative Water Technologies

Artemis Project officials have announced the 2011 Artemis Project Top 50 award honorees. The awards identify the most promising companies that are applying innovation in the market to address today's dire water challenges. Project officials revealed the honorees at the Ontario H20 Global Water Leadership Summit in Toronto.

Since 2009, the awards competition has served as a primary resource on the most promising emerging water technology solutions for investors, water equipment and chemical companies, and prospective customers. Eligible companies must have completed product development and have annual revenues of less than $25 million.

This year’s competition brought together leading experts in the water industry to evaluate the nominated solution, its value in application and the companies' core team. The judges included: Bill Wescott, Veolia Water; Steven Kloos, GE Water and Process Technologies; Peter Williams, IBM Green Innovations; Chris Morrison, Nalco; Peleg Chevion, Syngenta; Paul Gagliardo, American Water; Andrew Salveson, Carollo Engineers; Jean Debroux, Kennedy Jenks; Paul O'Callaghan, O2 Environmental; John Simpson, GSA; and Rengarajan Ramesh, Wasserstein and Co.

Project officials solicited input from the Environmental Protection Agency in developing environmental, sustainability, quality assurance and quality control application questions for this year's contest, although this does not imply an endorsement of any technology.

Below is the full list of The Artemis Project Top 50:

1. 212 Resources
2. ABS Materials Inc.
3. AbTech Industries
4. Altela Inc.
5. American Micro Detection Systems Inc.
6. APG-Neuros Inc.
7. APTwater
8. Aqua-Pure Ventures
9. Aquaporin A/S
10. Aquarius Technologies Inc.
11. Aqwise
12. BioPetroClean
13. BlackGold Biofuels
14. CheckLight
15. Clearwater Systems Corp.
16. Derceto Inc.
17. Desalitech
18. Drake Water Technologies Inc.
19. Ecosphere Technologies Inc.
20. Emefcy
21. ENBALA Power Networks Ltd.
22. Environmental Operating Solutions Inc.
23. Epuramat SA
24. Evandtec Inc.
25. eWater Innovation
26. Falcon Waterfree Technologies
27. Hadronex Inc.
28. HaloSource
29. Hydration Technology Innovations
30. HydroPoint Data Systems Inc.
31. Hydrovolts Inc.
32. M2 Renewables Inc.
33. Marrone Bio Innovations
34. MaxWest Environmental Systems Inc.
35. Microvi Biotech Inc.
36. MIOX Corp.
37. NanoH2O Inc.
38. NovaThermal Energy
39. OndaVia Inc.
40. Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc.
41. PAX Water Technologies Inc.
42. Puralytics
43. Purifics ES Inc.
44. SCFI Group Ltd.
45. SolarBee, Inc
46. TaKaDu
47. TransBiodiesel Ltd.
48. UV Pure
49. Voltea
50. VRTX Technologies

Source: The Artemis Project