Technological Innovation in the Water Sector

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Technological innovation has played a crucial role in addressing resource scarcities for food, copper, iron, nickel, silver, tin, coal, and natural gas, among others. Innovators have developed of new processes that enable the use of substitutes, improve efficiency, or enable access to untapped resources. In this context, longstanding concerns of a “deficit of innovation” in the water sector have raised concerns for scientists and policymakers. In this course, attendees will learn about trends in innovative activity in the water sector and about the US EPA’s Technology Cluster Initiative and how that has helped boost innovative activity in the water sector.