WIN - A Community Platform for Advancing Clean Water Solutions, presented by: Mazdak Arabi, Kevin Gertig, and Wade Troxell.

1. Water Innovation Network
(WIN)
A Community Platform for Advancing
Clean Water Solutions
Presentation by:
Mazdak Arabi
Kevin Gertig
Wade Troxell

2. The Global Water Market
The latest estimates put the size of the global water
market at over USD 480 billion in 2010*:
 Expected to expand to $1 trillion by 2020
 USD 175 billion for municipal and industrial
water and wastewater capital expenditure.
 Services, engineering, operation, maintenance
and chemical make up the rest of the market.
* Global Water Intelligence. 2011. Global Water Market 2010.

3. The Global Water Market
The U.S. market is expected to grow in the coming
years, driven by increased levels of investment along
the water value chain.
 Innovation is key.
Natural Water Clean Wastewater/
Precipitation Water Storage / Water Water Use Sewage
Sources Transport Supply Treatment

4. Path to Water Policy
Research Insight Policy
 Data  Critical Processes  Clean Water Act
 Content  Key actions  Safe Drinking Water Act
 Information  Natural variability  Energy Development
 Analytics  Spatiotemporal  Cap and Trade
heterogeneity  Water Right Compacts
 Models
 Anthropogenic
impacts
Regulations, Disaster Prevention
Government

5. Smart Water Solutions
Innovation Insight Market
Need for Private
Investment capital
Ability to accelerate
10x return to
investors is slow

6. Essential Partnerships
Higher levels of collaboration between public
sector, private sector and academia is needed
for innovation across water value chain.
Ability to scale
Demonstrate value proposition
Go to market strategy

7. Water Innovation Network
A triple helix collaboration between
 University;
 Private sector;
 Government
that creates an innovation platform
for advancing development,
demonstration and commercialization
of clean water technologies.

8. The WIN Partners
http://www.nsf.gov/images/logos/nsf1.gif

9. The WIN Target Board
Innovation and
Technology Technology Research Research
Demonstration Networks
Technical Publish
Technology Trends Reports Study
Standards Cluster
New New
Technologies Solutions
Company Growth Management
Spin-offs Training
New 75%
Technical
Companies
Training Training
Incubator
Services Cluster
Commercial 50% Education
Company Cluster
Cooperation and
Networks Education and
Regional 25%
Development Training

10. Targeted Value Chain
Focus on tackling science, technology and policy challenges
with ultimate goal of supporting decision making:
 Wastewater treatment and sewer systems
 Water supply and demand issues
 Flood control and drought management
 Watershed management
 Respond to the changing land use/climate
 Issues at the nexus of land, water and energy
 The interplay between socioeconomic and
environmental factors (tradeoffs)

11. WIN Value Proposition
 A unique system to collect water data:
Cache la Poudre
 A collaborative platform to deposit data,
knowledge and ideas; sort, summarize,
digest, clarify, and compare them across
distance and time

12. WIN Value Proposition
 A live laboratory to demonstrate innovative
technologies/policies:
 scalability and value proposition
 A venue for clean water companies, and
research and education groups to showcase
their talent
 Training facilities and expertise with a focus
on building international relations

13. WIN Technology Platform
Real Time • Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient
Sensors/Stations
• Testing and validation +
Cache la Poudre
Completely Pristine
Urban
Influenced
Agricultural
Influenced
Mixed Land Use, Combined
Socioeconomic factors

14. The WIN Infrastructure
Monitoring • Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient
Stations • Testing and validation
Date Visualization • Data visualization
Center • Datacave (the virtual watershed)

15. The WIN Infrastructure
Monitoring • Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient
Stations • Testing and demonstration
Date Visualization • Data visualization
Center • Datacave (the virtual watershed)
• Data mining
• Statistical analysis
Analytics • Modeling
• Scenario analysis
• Optimization

16. The WIN Infrastructure
Monitoring • Monitoring: capturing the urban gradient
Stations • Testing and validation
Date Visualization • Visualization and analysis
Center • Modeling
• Data mining
Analytics
• Modeling/analytics
Educational • Training
Facilities • Distant learning

17. City of Fort Collins Utilities
Pilot Project
Optimizing Nutrient Removal at WWTPs Through
Real-time Analysis of Watershed Fluxes
Innovation Insight / Sound Public
Infrastructure Efficiency Policy
 Monitoring package  Minimize cost and  TMDL Program
carbon footprint  Nutrient Standards
(Hach &InSitu sensors)
 Critical Processes for
 Data management
nutrient removal
system (eRAMS, IBM)
under varying
 Analytics (CSU and hydrologic condition
Utilities personnel)
 Critical natural
 Cyberinfrastructure processes (flow and
(eRAMS) background loads)

18. Collaborative Platform

19. Community of Practice
WIN serves as the framework where each of us
can deposit knowledge and ideas, and where we
can sort, summarize, digest, clarify, and compare
them across distance and time.

20. Community of Practice
 Leveraging the knowledge and tools of the
community to advance water innovation
technologies;
 Reduce fragmentation and redundancy;
 Multi-disciplinary focus: not just water, air, etc. but
integrated systems;
 Facilitate linkage of models, tools, frameworks and
people

21. Questions? Comments?
Mazdak Arabi
1372 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523
(970) 491-4639
mazdak.arabi@colostate.edu