OK so we all know that water, yeah the wet stuff, is an essential natural resource that we just cant live without. With more and more trendy nonprofits focusing on water issues the plight of our world’s water supply is becoming a forerunner in environmental causes. There are so many things we need to think about, like water pollution and the decreasing water supply, but have you ever thought about how water gets to your own tap? It takes tons of energy and engineering to have the convenience of simply turning a knob in your home and having fresh drinkable, clean water come out of it. That’s what the smarty-pants at ITT figure out, and thankfully they are also conscious of doing everything they can to sustain this natural resource.
ITT’s Water & Wastewater business provides water handling and treatment solutions by designing and delivering energy-efficient solutions for water and wastewater transport, biological treatment, filtration and disinfection. And ITT is serious about water. The company supports water focused nonprofits and partners with media (like the National Geographic Channel) to bring the issues of water supply into focus for people around the world. For more info on ITT’s global activities go here.
With all of the work that ITT does with the wet stuff it didn’t come as a surprise that this year at Singapore International Water Week an agreement was signed between ITT and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, to establish a joint research and technology testing program to further develop energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment solutions. Singapore is the second most densely populated country in the world, at 5 million. Their commitment to innovation in the area of water shows the nation’s foresight.
“This is an important partnership for ITT. This agreement sets the framework to explore scientific and technological collaboration in areas that are critical for the sustainable growth of Singapore, and growing regions around the world,” said ITT Fluid and Motion Control President Gretchen McClain in a recent statement. McClain began her career as an engineer and her resume included impressive positions at NASA and Honeywell before joining ITT in 2005.
Partnerships like the one just embarked on give engineers and scientists at ITT the power to do the research and create the technology and solutions we need to continue to steward this planet — and we tree huggers really like that.
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