The Artemis Project revealed the companies at the Ontario H20 Global Water Leadership Summit at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Canada. Since 2009, the Artemis Project Top 50 has served as a primary resource on the most promising emerging water technology solutions for investors, water equipment and chemical companies and prospective customers. Eligible companies must have completed product development and have annual revenues of less than $25 million.

 “The Artemis Top 50 is the water industry’s benchmark for recognisinginnovation that will matter. It identifies the entrepreneurs that are applying technology to meet the world’s water challenges”, noted Laura Shenkar, principal at The Artemis Project. “Water tech is quickly becoming an engine for economic development and job growth. With these awards, we strive to identify the companies offering the most promising technologies coming onto the market.”

The 2011 competition brought together leading experts in the water industry to evaluate the nominated solution, its value in application and the companies’ core team. The judges for 2011 include: Bill Wescott (Veolia Water); Steven Kloos (GE Water & Process Technologies); Peter Williams (IBM Green Innovations); Chris Morrison (Nalco); Peleg Chevion (Syngenta); Paul Gagliardo (American Water); Andrew Salveson (Carollo Engineers); Jean Debroux (Kennedy Jenks); Paul O'Callaghan (O2 Environmental); John Simpson (GSA); and Rengarajan Ramesh (Wasserstein & Co). The Artemis Project solicited input from the US Environmental Protection Agency in developing environmental, sustainability and quality assurance/quality control application questions for this year’s contest, although this does not imply an endorsement of any technology.

 Culled from over 200 applications (a 30% increase from 2010), the companies named in the 2011 list are applying innovative technologies to provide more sustainable water management. They are helping to manage infrastructure, recover valuable resources from waste and preserve natural ecosystems. They work in fields such as energy-efficient wastewatertreatment, smart grid water management, biosolids conversion to energy, pollutant biodegradation and reverse osmosis desalination.

By industry application, companies in the Top 50 are active in the fields of infrastructure solutions (18), water and wastewater treatment (23) andwastewater recovery solutions (9). By geography, the Top 50 are from the US (31), Canada (7), Israel (7), Australia (1), Denmark (1), Ireland (1), Luxembourg (1) and the Netherlands (1).

 For full details of the companies listed within the Top 50, visithttp://artemistop50.com.