CorporateBackground
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Thecompany,AQUA-QAB,isoneofthemostexcitingandgroundbreakinginnovationemergingfromtheSwedishcleantechsector.Thecompanyhascreatedanovelmonitoringandsamplingprocessbasedontheextensiveexperienceandknowledgeofitsfounders.Thefoundersspottedasignificantgapandneedinthemarketforefficient,costeffectiveandrealtimemonitoringanddynamicsamplingproductsforwaterinfrastructurecompaniesandindustriesthatusesignificantwaterinprocessandproduct.Wediffrentiateourproductandtechnologyby:
• ‘DynamicSampling’ Mostcompetitorproductsoffer‘periodicrandomsampling’whichhassignificantlimitationsinregardstoriskmitigation,asrandomsamplingseldomdetectsaccuratelyanycontaminationinwater.AQUA-Qhasovercomethislimitationthroughtheintroductionofitsinnovativedynamicsamplingpatentedtechnology.
• ‘OnlineEarlyWarningSystem’Anonlineearlywarningsystemenablesmanagementtotakeevasiveactiontoreduceanydamagefromcontamination.
AQUA-Q was established todevelop a product thatcombined thestrengthsof ‘realtime, dynamic sampling and anearlywarningsystem’,tocreatean ‘efficient, cost effective andnovel’ tool for management tomitigate against the significantthreat ofwaterborne pathogenparasites and bacteria, inparticular, Cryptosporidium andGiardia. AQUA-Q’s strength:onlinemonitoring,samplingandozonepolishing.
“Tomitigateriskinwaterinfrastructure
isourfocus”
“CleanwatertechnologyfromSweden”
Address: AQUA-Q, Hammarby Fabriksväg 23, S-120 30 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)73-6870306 / +46 (0)73-6781425 E-mail: [email protected]
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AquaQuality&MonitoringLimited February2015
BusinessDescription&Services
AQUA-Q,acompanywithoutstandingappliedresearchachievements,hasdesignedandcreatedaninnovativetechnologicalsolutionAQUATRACK™foruseinwatertreatment(sourcewater,drinkingandtreatedwastewater)plantsandwaterdistributioninfrastructure.Thecompanyalsotargetskeyindustriesthathaveahighlevelofwaterdependenceintheprocessandendproduct,toincludethepharmaceuticals,healthcare,cosmetics,industrial,food&beverage,pulp&papersectors.Thecompanyalsotargetsotherindustries.
“Forsourcewater,drinkingwaterandtreatedwastewater”
AQUATRACK®
Benefits:• Correctandtraceable
watersampleformicrobiologicalanalysis.
• Highconfidenceinresultsfromanalysis.
• Detectsprocessvariationsintimeandreducesdowntimeandcosts.
• Easyinstallationandlowmaintenancecost.
CoreProductPhilosophyThecoreproductphilosophyistoincrease‘customerconfidenceinwaterquality’byreducingrisktoprocessandproductfromcontaminatedwater.Thecompanyworkscloselywithcustomersinidentifying‘riskpoints’inexistingprocessandinfrastructureandmitigatingtheriskbypositioningtheAQUATRACK®EarlyWarningSystematvulnerablelinksintheprocesstoenablecustomerstodetectearly‘contaminationevents’.Thecompanybelievesboth‘processinnovation’and‘technologyinnovation’arekeyinthereductionofrisks,costsandthesafeguardingofcustomerswaterassets.Ensure‘RealTimeandReliable’WaterAnalysisCurrentproductsinthemarketofferonlinemonitoringofwaterqualityonacontinous(24/7)basis,butarelimitedtostatisticalinformationthatdoesnotreflectanymicrobiologicalactivity.Theseproductsfailtoaddressthefundamentalissuesof‘realtimeandreliable’wateranalysisduetothesignificantlimitationsof‘non-dynamicsampling’.AQUATRACK®EarlyWarningSystemisthefirstwatermonitoringsystemthatutilises‘dynamicsampling’toenablecustomerstoassessmicrobiologicalcontaminationona‘realtime’basiswhenthedynamicsamplingistriggeredonanydeviationfrommicrobiologicalsetstandardqualitylevel.Theadvantagesofan‘EarlyWarning’,assiststhecustomerintakingevasiveactionsduetothreatofmicrobiologicalcontamination.AQUA-Quseswelldefinedandtestedstandardinstrumentsforitsproduct.
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TheThreatWaterInfrastructure&Industry
• Waterborncontaminationindrinking,sourceandrecycledwaterisaseriousthreattowaterinfrastructure,consumers,andforindustrialprocesswater.
• Lackofearlydetectionandwarningcoupledwithrandomsamplingamplifies
theunpredicteddangerofcontaminationfrombacterialikeE.coliandparasiteslikeCryptosporidiumandGiardia.
• Contaminatedwaterisasignificantthreattoindustriesthatdepend
onuseofwaterintheirprocessandproduct.Thethreatsinclude,downtime,increasedcosts,reputationaldamageandpotentiallegalliabilitiestonameafew.
• AQUA-QEarlyWarningSystemAQUATRACK®isanovelwatertechnology
createdtomitigatethesubstantialthreatfromcontaminationofwater.
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“PathogenicOutbreak”
o Realtimemonitoringand
samplingwithpowerfuldisinfectionwithozonegivescontrolledwatersafety.ThesystemAQUATRACK®canbecarefullypre-programmedtoalertandprovidetheprocessedinformationofpredefinedsuspectedpathogenswhichmaycausearisk.
o Anoutstandingfeatureof
AQUATRACK®isthatitautomaticallycaptureswatersampleinprogrammablevolumestosecuretheevidencewithtimeanddate.Analarmandinformationissenttoresponsibleauthoritiesofthewaterplant.Watersampleforparasiteanalysisiseasilycapturedandvolumecanbereduced.
“WaterSafety” “SecuretheEvidence”
EarlyWarningSystemAQUATRACK™togetherwithQuickAnalysingKit,MultiReader,isapowerfultoolforqualityassuranceofaprocess.MultiReaderisvalidatedaccordingtoISO16140:2003.
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ProjectsNationalLegionellaClient:TeknikmarknadStatus:CompletedDescription:Monitoringoflegionellabacteria Norrvatten
Client:NorrvattenStatus:CompletedDescription:MonitoringofsourcewaterusingEWS
SensationClient:Acreo,VinnovaStatus:CompletedDescription:Monitoringofdrinkingwaterquality
Eurostar(R&D)Client:EuropeanUnion(Eurostar)Status:OngoingDescription:Developmentofanovelsensor
R3Client:EuropeanUnion(FP7)Status:OngoingDescription:Demostrationproject
TomorrowsmunicipalWaterTreatmentProject(R&D)Client:VinnovaStatus:TocommenceDescription:Commercialproject
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2017
TomorrowsmunicipalWaterTreatmentProject(R&D)Client:IVL,VinnovaStatus:CompletedDescription:Monitoringofwastewatertreatment
MunicipalswimmingpoolsClient:MunicipalswimmingpoolsinSwedenStatus:OngoingDescription:Toreducetheuseofchlorine
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CooperationPartnersinResearch&DevelopmentStrongR&Drelationshipwith:
• SwedishEnvironmentalResearchInstitute(IVL),aleadingglobalenvironmentalresearchinstitute.
• RoyalInstituteofTechnologyinStockholm(KTH).KTHisthelargest
andoldesttechnicaluniversityinStockholmandprovidesathirdofthecountriestechnicalresearchcapacityattheuniversitylevel.
• PML–ParticleMonitoringTechnologiesLtd.Israel.Opticallaser
beamsensordeveloper.
• M.B.S.Srl–MicroBiologicalSurveyItaly.Developerofquickmicrobiologicalassay.
• CSIR–CentralGlass&CeramicResearchInstitute,India.
Patents&Trademark• Swedishpatentgranted2015.PCTapplicationfiled.
• EuropeantrademarkAQUATRACK®granted2015.
Verification
• AQUA-Q’sAQUATRACK®onlinemonitoringandsamplingsystemisundertheprocessofimpartialverificationETV(EnvironmentalTechnologyVerification).
• ETV(http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/etv/)isanindependentEuropeantechnologyverificationbodywhichverifiestheclaimsthathavebeensubmittedbyAQUA-Q.
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Stockholm:Aqua-QAB,HammarbyFabriksväg23,S-12030Stockholm,Sweden
www.aqua-q.se
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