Grundfos: Denmark technological lead in California

Denmark is a knowledge and technology to address water challenges in the United States. Alliance Air Technology companies and organizations joined the Danish and American Water. The first step to do in San Francisco. 

Denmark, April 5, 2016 - (Antara) - The efficiency of water and energy is well established as a special area of ​​expertise Denmark. Innovative and efficient technology allows creating solutions, where for example the wastewater treatment plant to produce more energy than they consume, when treating wastewater. At the same time, the water network intelligently designed uniquely ensures little water is lost, when the Danes got a water supply. In the country's second largest city ,, Aarhus, water loss is as low as six percent, sementera certain cities around the world recorded water lost more than 50 percent. 

This is the result of the collaboration period for one year in the water industry Denmark, where utilities and businesses have jointly enhance and develop knowledge and technology necessary to use the water source as possible. This skill now exported across the Atlantic Ocean. The first step took place on April 4 at San Francisco, where several American and Danish decision makers and experts in the business of water come together to learn from each other. 

"This type of cultural knowledge exchange between people, though rare, allow the practice of the most sustainable in the world to be shared and applied throughout the world so that we can gain more together," said Karen Kubick, Director of the Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco. 

California first 

Conference in San Francisco is the beginning of the joint venture, in which a number of water companies to support Denmark Danish Industry Foundation and the Board of Trade in Chicago ready to join their American counterparts in the partnership. Collaboration is named Alliance technology in the Air, and initially focused its efforts on water challenges California, which is well documented and basically have a scarcity of resources. And this is exactly where the Danish knowledge useful for solving water problems in the Golden State. 

"I am glad to see the company's water technology Denmark has the expertise to help demand caused by drought in California. This collaboration is a good example of how research Denmark can carry out international duty outside the borders of Denmark. Denmark and California can benefit from each other's knowledge and, while it also creates jobs ", said Minister of Higher Education and Science, Ulla Tornaes. 

Opportunities ahead 

The Alliance is to strengthen the relationship between the Danish and American companies, public authorities and research and educational institutions in the water sector, while also advancing the technology export water to the United States. Grundfos is a member of the Technology Alliance Air, and the company is confident in his ability to make a difference in the United States. 

"Grundfos is already strongly represented in the United States. The American market is very interesting for us, and we have a wide range of energy technologies and water efficient, which can make a difference in addressing some of the challenges facing America in terms of water," said Kenth Hvid Nielsen, Vice 

President Grundfos group. 

US pump market is the largest in the world, and on a national scale, the Americans had the ambition to reduce water consumption by 33 percent. This ambition was recently introduced at the meeting at the White House, where Grundfos also represented. 

In addition Grundfos, Technology Alliance Air including Danfoss, Kamstrup, Ramboll, Aarhus Vand, Applied Biomimetic, Smith Innovation, Skytem, ​​DHI and Leif Koch. 

For more information contact :
Frank B. Winther
Communication Manager, 
Grundfos Group Communication 
M: +45 21 99 62 40 
E: fwinther@grundfos.com