This article, by Thomas W. Kenny, chief emerging technology advisor at Cedrus Investments and a professor at Stanford University, both in the United States, argues that investors should look toward companies that are developing solutions to address the world’s significant water challenges. Water, says Kenny, will be the most precious of all natural resources within the next 50 years. Companies that can purify water, improve the wastewater process and convert seawater more cheaply and efficiently, will provide investors with handsome returns. We are, he says, “betting on nanotechnology companies to address these challenges and solve many of the world’s water shortage challenges.” Nanotechnology could play a large role in averting the coming water crisis through its use in four key industry segments: monitoring, desalinization, purification and wastewater treatment. According to Kenny, “The emerging ability to design and build structures at the nanoscale is the driver for this entire sector. New nanomaterials that can manipulate water and contaminants at the molecular level are the key to this future. Companies that can quickly identify nanotechnology opportunities and develop new water purification technologies will control huge new markets.” The article can be viewed online at the link below.<\/p>\n
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