WILL & WATER.
Water scarcity and poor quality is a risk to economic development, business growth, ecosystem health and social well being.
Accepting "business as usual" projections is not an option.
We have a pretty good track record of innovating our way out of resource constraints, we now need to scale our solutions to addressing the 21st century water challenges…
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IDEOLOGY
”I can’t accept that a large part of humanity doesn’t have access to safe drinking water due to scarcity or poor quality. This is a human right that we no longer can ignore. Physical and economic water scarcity along with poor quality
water can be solved through innovation in partnerships, technology and public policy. Our runway to address these issues is short and the time is now to move beyond outdated thinking and frameworks to address these issues.”
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– Will
Identify water risks to businesses & governments
Make water data
accessible and actionable
Incubate & accelerate innovative water technolgies
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MEET WILL
Will is an internationally recognized thought leader on water strategy and innovation. He has been a sustainability and water strategy advisor to multinationals, water technology companies and NGOs for his entire career. Will works with multinationals on corporate water strategies, water technology innovation and water market entry strategies. His work with water technology companies is as a strategy advisor and investor. Prior to Water Foundry Will was a Managing Director at Deloitte Consulting and led the company’s water strategy practice. He was the founder and CEO of DOMANI, a sustainability strategy firm, prior to Deloitte.​ As a seasoned author Will has written numerous books and articles and continues to present on subjects such as the value of water, innovations in digital water technology, the circular economy, and the energy-water-food nexus. He is the author of:
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He is currently working on: "DIGITAL WATER: New Technologies for a More Resilient, Secure and Equitable Water Future."
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Sarni is a Board Member of FloWater, Project WET and ASSET, Project Board Member of 10.10.10 and Founder of WetDATA.org.
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He is the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the WAITRO Global Innovation Summit 2020, on the Executive Council of NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS); Editorial Board of the Journal of Water Security and a Technical Advisor for the Climate Bonds Initiative Nature- Based Solutions for Climate and Water Resilience. He was a 2016 XPRIZE Bold Visioneer for the Safe Drinking Water Team and was on the Scientific Program Committee for Stockholm World Water Week; from 2013 through 2019.
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ALLIANCES & MEMBERSHIPS
10.10.10.net
Board Member
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ASSET Campaign
Board Member
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WetDATA
Founder
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X-Prize
Bold Visioneer
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Stockholm World Water Week
Scientific Program Committee
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NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System
Executive Council
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Journal of Water Security
Editorial Board
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Climate Bonds Standard Water Investments
Technical Advisor for Water and Nature- Based Solutions for Climate and Water Resilience
