Vechtstromen Water Board: nearly €260,000 for innovation projects Vechtstromen Water Board [active in the northeast of the Netherlands] is distinguishing itself with
‘WHERE TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE, WE LOOK INTO THE HEART OF THE MOTOR’
SEMIOTIC LABS /SAMOTICS WINS WIS AWARD 2020
a great initiative: the investment of close to €260,000 in various regional innovation projects. The projects include a pilot study focusing on drug residue removal from wastewater at the Emmen purification plant, as well as funds for a regional education project, drought relief and climateproof construction.
Online wastewater monitoring
Industriewater Eerbeek
On 11 January, Nijhuis Saur Industries and Qsenz installed an i-QUALITY measuring system at Industriewater Eerbeek, about 30 kilometres
‘Le Moment Supreme’. Samotics’ Simon Jagers ‘receives’ the 2020 WIS Award.
north of Arnhem. Industriewater Eerbeek provides wastewater treatment for three paper factories in
Water technology company and Water
down, especially when they use electric motors.
Eerbeek: Coldenhove, DS Smith Paper De Hoop
Alliance member Semiotic Labs won the
“Where traditional techniques look at the outside,
and Mayr-Melnhof. As such, the plant processes
2020 WIS Award with its innovative SAM4
we look into the heart of the motor”, says founder
around four million cubic meters of water
monitoring unit in December. The company
Simon Jagers. Jury chairman Cees Buisman (Wetsus)
annually. “Industrie Water Eerbeek now has real
underwent a name change in March 2021
announced the winner during an online final, which
time insight into the quality of all water flows, so
and is now operating under the name
was broadcast from Studio Z in Leeuwarden on
they know what is coming in and how to treat it at
Samotics.
Friday, 18 December. The entire broadcast can still be
any moment”, said Ewout Riteco, sales manager at Qsenz. Source: WaterForum
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viewed on WaterProof TV. SAM4 can predict when and why machines such as wind turbines, production equipment in factories
There is an article on Samotics elsewhere in
and the conveyor belts at Schiphol Airport break
this issue.