12 clean water startups to watch in 2012

Like most journalists with broadly defined beats, my personal bias shows up in the coverage choices that I make. So, even though I know pretty much any storage about electric vehicles that decide to post here will drive a gratifying increase in readership, my green-tech interests in the waning days of 2011 are focused on other fundamental matters. In particular, I’ve been thinking a lot about which developments in green water technology I should be following during the next 12 months.

After sifting through a number of resources, I’ve come up with this list of start-up or early stage companies that I’ll be watching as closely as possible. All of the companies on this particular to-watch list are focused on technologies for treating wasterwater, and all of them have been part of various cleantech innovation competitions this fall. I’ve organized the list alphabetically and offered my brief rationale for planning to watch each company, according to a report in ZDNet.

APTWater (Long Beach, Calif.): Treats wastewater with an eye toward enabling reuse. The company merged with Europe’s Rochem in November 2011 and boasts several municipal deals on its Web site.  >>More here

SOURCE: zdnet.com

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