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  • Agriculture du coin

  • AiTera 2

  • Alliance Myrique

  • Bioalert

  • Biocene

  • BrewSonic

  • Ceresco

  • ChemBrains

  • CleanNature

  • Dronbe-DesChamps

  • Ecofilter tek

  • ecofixe

  • Ecotime

  • EmO3

  • ExoTactik

  • Flirt

  • HoolaOne

  • IndependentRobotics

  • InfinityQ

  • JFSA

  • Klorofila

  • LarinDesign

  • Muclitech

  • Oclair

  • OhasisTech

  • ORA

  • o-tech

  • Pergamon

  • Permalution

  • Phaneuf

  • Picture13

  • Picture36

  • Planteva

  • Prevu3d

  • RegenEau

  • RHST

  • SBB

  • Sentiom

  • SmartGreen

  • Smartrek

  • Splitom

  • Techno-protection

  • Texcana

  • Ultra-Boi-Logics

  • Vergers-afrique

  • WaterRangers

  • Watershed Monitoring

  • X-Telia

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WATER QUALITY AND POLLUTION

Focuses on identifying and mitigating various contaminants in water sources to ensure safe and clean water. 

EcoWater

EcoWater has developed a cutting-edge treatment system empowered by advanced risk analysis techniques, meticulously engineered to achieve unparalleled chemical removal rates of emerging concerns stemming from agricultural residue, while ensuring thorough elimination of all remaining pollutants from our precious water bodies.

Contaminants Removal

AITERA

AITera Inc. has harnessed the power of IoT and Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize the way we monitor industrial activities such as mining, oil, and heavy industry. Their groundbreaking solution creates a digital twin, a dynamic mirror of our planet's vital resources—soils and waters, both above and below the surface.

Groundwater Pollution

Technologies ECOFIXE

Technologies Ecofixe is elevating wastewater treatment. They specialize in the biological removal of organic loads and the abatement of ammonia nitrogen. Their modular solutions are designed to enhance the treatment capacity of existing wastewater treatment plants, ensuring more efficient and eco-friendly processes.

 

Industrial Wastewater

Abbatek Group

AbbaTek's web-based platform is a game-changer, simplifying, standardizing, and democratizing microplastics analysis and communication. It's a powerful tool for researchers and stakeholders alike, driving innovation and collaboration in the quest for a cleaner, plastic-free world.

Baleena

Baleena has designed innovative microfiber-trapping filters for household washing machines, aiming to reduce microplastic pollution from synthetic clothing empowering consumers to contribute to environmental protection with each load of laundry.

Charafene

Charafene proposes riparian buffers for microplastics to offer effective filtration, trapping, and buffer functions. Through vegetation and soil, they filter and break down some plastics. These buffers stabilize soil, absorb chemical additives, facilitate sedimentation, and provide crucial habitat support, acting as a migration corridor between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Clean Catch Baits

In the fight against microplastic pollution in our precious waterways, a visionary team of young entrepreneurs at Clean Catch Baits has crafted an eco-conscious, heat-resistant fishing lure. This innovative solution is meticulously engineered from organic materials, ensuring both a cleaner catch and a healthier planet.

Marine Way

Join Marine Way's marketplace and become a part of an ocean-saving revolution! We specialize in giving new life to end-of-life and ghost fishing gear, along with other hidden ocean treasures. By participating, you're not only supporting sustainability but also helping protect the environment, one piece of discarded gear at a time.

Maxinano

Maxinano has developed an electro-sorption technology, attracting and capturing charged plastic particles in water, filling the gap in traditional filtration systems, integrated into household purifiers and portable devices to address microplastic and nanoplastic pollution.

O'Tech

O’Tech, is a greywater treatment system designed to eliminate microplastics in water coming from commercial laundry. The solution combines membrane filtration with electrooxidation which results in the complete degradation of microplastics.

SeaCycle

Seacycle is a 'shop vac for the ocean': a water filtration system designed to remove plastic waste by use of a gravity filter, while also generating automated water quality reports.

Microplastic Pollution

Bello

Imagine a world where each sip of water promises both exquisite taste and unparalleled purity. Bello Water turns this vision into reality through its advanced technology, seamlessly blending purification, mineralization, and personalized flavor infusion into a single, sophisticated system.

Hoola One

Hoola One Technologies is an innovative startup specializing in the decontamination of soil affected by plastics and microplastics. Our technologies, such as the HO Wrack, HO Backpack and HO Micro, provide effective methods to remediate plastic spills while enabling the recycling of recovered plastic.

O'land Stations

O’land Solutions provides portable drinking water refill and hand-washing stations for large public spaces to reduce single-use plastic pollution.

Plastic Pollution

Bio Alert

Bio Alert Solutions provides a cutting-edge technological innovation engineered for the proactive, uninterrupted, automated, and self-reliant identification of hazardous pathogens, with a specific focus on the detection of legionella. This system is designed to provide robust and continuous pathogen monitoring, ensuring optimal safety and risk mitigation.

Pathogens in Water

Clean Nature

Clean Nature's GuIA is pioneering the future of winter road safety and salt pollution. GuIA is a cutting-edge AI platform meticulously designed to revolutionize road salt distribution management and optimization during the winter season.

Prevention of Water Pollution

GAPSS

The GAPSS team created an innovative device to capture debris, waste, and sediment carried by rainwater.

Stormwater Decontamination and Flood Monitoring

Pergamon Perceptive Technologies

Pergamon Perceptive Technologies has refined an IoT platform that collects and instantly transmits real-time water data to the end user.

Chembrains

Chembrains is a pioneer in effluent recycling and contaminant recovery, using a combination of advanced electrochemical, photocatalytic, filtration and oxidation processes to clarify, treat and disinfect water in a closed loop.

Drone Des Champs Inc.

Drone Des Champs develops innovative technological solutions enabling municipalities to obtain precise data on the volume of sludge in their aerated basins. The solutions proposed enable these operations to be carried out safely, with a minimum of personnel, and with unrivalled data quality, i.e. a margin of error of less than 5% between the estimated volume of wet sludge in a basin and the volume actually extracted.

EMAGIN

EMAGIN provides water and wastewater facilities with an operational intelligence platform that supports real-time decision making when controlling critical assets. In doing so, they're helping facilities drive down operational costs, enhance reliability and prepare for emergencies.

EMO3

EMO3: Pioneering the future with scalable ozone systems, seamlessly harnessing the power of ozone for both water treatment and air remediation, setting a new standard in eco-friendly solutions.

Ora Graphene Audio

Ora Graphene Audio produces specialized membranes that can be used for water purification through filtration processes. Graphene oxide membranes feature a unique structure with nanoscale pores that can effectively filter out contaminants including bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and organic pollutants. The exceptional permeability and selectivity of graphene oxide membranes make them highly effective in water treatment, oil and gas separation or pulp and paper applications.

SÙ is pioneering the creation of reusable and biodegradable drinking straws crafted from invasive reed plants. Their innovative solution not only addresses the issue of single-use plastic straws but also contributes to the preservation of wetlands by effectively managing the spread of these invasive reeds.

WaterPuris

WaterPuris has designed innovative water-focused products and services that deploy gas-exchange technologies and advanced treatment methods to intercept and neutralize endocrine-disrupting chemicals before they ever reach our precious water bodies.

Wastewater Treatment

Clean Water Nanotechnology (CWNT)

CWNT proposes a biosensor combined with machine learning to monitor water contaminants in real-time, initially for the beverage industry and later for public and private buildings, aiming to improve water safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability.

elerGreen

elerGreen solutions economically and environmentally recovers valuable metals, polymers, and feedstocks from various wastes, including lead contaminants using a unique electrochemical reactor, enabling continuous conversion of contaminants into valuable resources.

Motmot

Motmot solves drinking water lead problems by putting in Autonomous Underwater Robotics into watermain pipe to find lead services and measure residual chlorine levels.

Preserve

PRESERVE monitors Great Lakes invasive species, linking agencies to track real-time invasions and their correlation with aquatic species' plastic absorption. This aids pollution reduction, ecosystem preservation, and sustainable practices.

Proto-StLo

Proto-StLo has developed an algal filtration technology to address lead contamination in drinking water, utilizing powdered algal extract and pH regulation to reduce lead concentration.

Quantum Water

Quantum Water has developed insect-based carbon quantum dots, sustainable nanomaterials with unique properties, enabling the detection of lead contamination in water by simply mixing them with a water sample, shining UV light, and observing the decrease in fluorescence as an indicator of lead presence.

Lead Contamination

Circompsice

AWAIRE enhances industry-wide safety, aiding non-experts in identifying process hazards through an open simulation tool. It converts content into simulations, focusing on toxic chemicals. Collaborating with advocacy groups, it empowers individuals in manufacturing hubs to raise awareness and mitigate industrial releases of hazardous substances.

Myconaut

MycoNaut uses regenerative agricultural practices and tap into the capabilities of fungi, using Myco Recurrent Selective process and AI/ML to tailor effective and cost-efficient bioremediation solutions, initially targeting PFAS-contaminated soils and expanding to diverse ecosystems.

Wave Lumina

Wave Lumina has developed a portable Raman device to swiftly detect ultra-low levels of PFAS and other contaminants in environmental samples, revolutionizing on-site environmental assessments

Eliminating forever chemicals (PFAS)

OPTIMIZING WATER USE

Addresses the sustainable management of water resources, promoting reuse, and optimizing water use efficiency in various applications to address water scarcity. 

SIP Canada

A groundbreaking innovation in portable filtration technology. Our system takes the form of a gravity filter backpack, offering unmatched convenience and efficiency in providing clean, safe drinking water wherever you go.

Freshwater Availability

Ecotime

Ecotime has created Oasis: the ultimate all-in-one rainwater harvesting and distribution system, designed to revolutionize rainwater reuse in buildings. In doing so, Oasis dramatically reduces the consumption of precious drinking water resources for non-potable applications. Ecotime harnesses unused water and energy sources to save on utility costs while enhancing end-user comfort and convenience.

Greywater Re-use

Regeneau

Unveiling a groundbreaking leap in building mechanics: RegenEAU's innovative solutions revolutionize centralized domestic hot water production, harnessing the untapped energy within your building's wastewater to create a highly efficient, eco-friendly system.

Waste Efficiency

Association Vergers d'Afrique

Association Vergers d’Afrique: Develops soutions that recycle used agricultural plastics for a circular economy in irrigation, optimizing water use by 60% via drip irrigation kits and reducing the impact of climate change.

Brewsonic

Brewsonic is revolutionizing beer crafting for a sustainable future. Their innovative approach to flavor extraction in brewing not only elevates taste but also conserves precious resources like hops and water, pioneering a new era of responsible brewing.

Flirt Drinks

Flirt Drinks transforms everyday moments with sparkling drinks made from real recycled fruit, bursting with fresh flavour. Flirt Drinks is revolutionizing the industry by reducing waste and supporting sustainable development. Their beverages embody the enchantment of turning routine into extraordinary while preserving the planet and enhancing local communities.

InfinityQ Technology inc

InfinityQ Technology Inc. focuses on the development of quantum-inspired computing solutions that solve highly complex problems in many sectors, including logistics, transportation, life sciences, energy, and the pulp and paper industry.

Muclitech

Muclitech is a designer and manufacturer of intelligent equipment that enables greenhouse and indoor growers to optimize their climate management, reduce energy costs by up to 15% and improve crop yields. Their solutions, manufactured in Quebec using 3D printing, take advantage of a technological innovation developed by Muclitech to deal with humidity problems in a much more efficient and ecological way.

Planteva Farms

Planteva Farms is revolutionizing the use of water in vertical seedling farming with an innovative approach that significantly reduces water wastage and delivers savings of up to 95% compared with a traditional seedling greenhouse.

RHST Industries inc

RHST Industries introduces Waterpearls, the ultimate “drop it and forget it” solution for water conservation. Inspired by nature, Waterpearls are a revolutionary technology designed to dramatically reduce water evaporation without constant monitoring. With Waterpearls, simply deploy and let nature take its course. Say goodbye to worries about water loss and hello to sustainable water management. RHST Industries paves the way for a future where water conservation is effortless and efficient.

Sentiom

Sentiom has developed an advanced synergy of interconnected technologies, seamlessly blending smart hardware, sophisticated software suites, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities. Within this ecosystem, a myriad of intelligent components come to life, encompassing precision-engineered smart valves for monitoring both cold and hot water flow, early detection of water leaks, motion tracking, temperature and humidity sensing, ambient light control, air quality/smoke sensing systems, and intelligent thermostats.

Smart Green

Smart Green digitizes agribusiness using Industry 4.0 technologies to help farmers use water, fertilizer and energy optimally by delivering the precise amount of water and fertilizer on time to conserve resources, and improve productivity and food security.

Texcana

Texcana specializes in setting up pellet plants in Quebec and Eastern Canada, using residual forest biomass and waste materials. The company offers a turnkey service for the design, development and commissioning of production units while ensuring the supply of raw materials and the sale of the finished product.

Water Efficiency
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Watering Solutions for Vertical Farming

Permalution

Permalution: Technology and innovation for fog water harvesting and climate adaptation solutions. Permalution develops climate adaptation technologies using fog and clouds, and is committed to creating innovative solutions to today’s global water and climate change challenges. Permalution is a world-class company whose mission is to democratize a new source of water to alleviate the world’s water stress.

Water Reclamation

INFRASTRUCTURE & WATER MANAGEMENT

Covers the maintenance and improvement of water distribution networks to enhance water quality and system efficiency. 

Prevu3D

Prevu 3D specializes in creating digital replicas of real-world environments, including water treatment plants, factories, warehouses, and their associated assets.

Techno Protection

Techno Protection is advancing corrosion defense. Their cutting-edge cathodic system offers state-of-the-art protection for both cast iron aqueducts and PVC aqueduct accessories, safeguarding them against the relentless forces of corrosion.

Infrastructure - Conditions of Distribution Network

CANN Forecast

CANN Forecast is empowering water management: They are leading the way with AI-driven decision-making platforms that outshine the competition. Their InfoBaignada predicts recreational water contamination, while InfoBris fortifies cities by identifying vulnerable municipal pipes. Join us on the path to a future where precision and sustainability converge!

Smartrek

Enter the world of Smartrek: Embracing IoT innovations for comprehensive water monitoring. Our advanced solutions empower you to seamlessly track and analyze diverse water parameters, including water flow, leak detection, pressure, temperature, and chemical composition. Stay ahead in the realm of water management with Smartrek.

Infrastructure Maintenance

Kamino

Kamino's "STEM-The-Tide" is a game-changing, cost-effective technology solution. Designed for property owners, it seamlessly integrates green infrastructure with municipal stormwater reconstruction projects. This innovation leverages real-time data from an offline Internet of Things mesh network to meticulously track and optimize the performance of Low Impact Development. Join us in shaping the future of sustainable urban environments!

TechStar Digital Labs

Discover TechStar Digital Labs' GREENHUT solution, a groundbreaking approach to prevent stormwater runoff. GREENHUT is a DIY-intensive roofing solution designed for environmentally conscious households. This innovative system incorporates locally sourced vegetation, making it eco-friendly and sustainable. Powered by green cement layering, GREENHUT is not only effective but also customizable in various sizes.

JFSA Quebec Inc.

JFSA specializes in hydrology and hydraulic modeling (rivers, sewer systems, retention basins, etc.); development of stormwater management, water quality and erosion control plans; analysis of heavy precipitation (radar data); rainfall data collection; surface water sampling and water quality data interpretation; modeling software development; research and development in the field of water engineering.

Ohasis Tech

Eco-design and make accessible an innovative pre-vegetated roof system offering an ecological and sustainable solution that promotes collective well-being. Ohasis green roofs allow rainwater to be captured, stored and treated. The storage of water by the green roof slows down the path of water towards the sewers, making it easier to manage water at critical times. Green roofs can be installed wherever the load capacity allows, whether in a municipal or industrial environment. Ohasis roofs can also be strategically installed in locations plagued by sewer overflows or generally water management issues.

Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure

Ag du Coin

Agriculture du Coin is a Quebec-based start-up with the concept of revolutionizing conventional agriculture in ultra-urban environments. An avant-garde implementation of aquaponic technological innovation, in the city center to connect consumers and producers in a sustainable way. The farm will produce Arctic char and vegetables using ecological and socially responsible methods. To connect consumers and producers, a café/grocery store will be created in the production building.

Biocene Solutions

Biocene Solutions ‘ mission is to clean up bodies of water while promoting a circular economy. The first product, Algo, is based on the idea of remedying algae blooms caused by current agricultural and industrial practices. Algo removes excess algae from water bodies, returning levels to their natural equilibrium, improving water quality and providing a long-term, sustainable and equitable solution to water management. The collected biomass is converted into a number of value-added products for the energy, metallurgy and agricultural sectors, to encourage sustainable consumption.

Ceresco Nutrition

Ceresco Nutrition develops informed quartz silica for application in wastewater treatment to reduce ammonia levels and stimulate the nitrification process. Informed silica increases the efficiency of wastewater treatment by accelerating biological degradation. Using this technology saves energy and increases the capacity of wastewater treatment plants while complying with environmental standards.

Independent Robotics

Independent Robotics is developing an autonomous underwater robotic vehicle that can be used to monitor underwater infrastructures or natural environments. As a platform, it can host (in addition to integrated stereo video surveillance) additional sensors such as sonar or water quality monitoring sensors. This system can help manage underwater or coastal infrastructures. The system can also be used for inspection as part of water reservoir maintenance for industrial processes.

Larin Design

Larin Design offers dry toilets that do not use water. The percolation system separates solids from liquids and is dried by a fan-forced ventilation system powered by solar panels. They offer an environmental and ecological solution for municipalities for the management of public toilets.

O-Clair

Communication and computer management tools shared by water managers. Web-based platform for sharing real-time information on septic systems of isolated autonomous residences.

Phaneuf International

Phaneuf International: The snow melter solution developed by Phaneuf offers an innovative approach to the challenges facing arenas and municipalities. By focusing on improving energy efficiency, sustainable water management, reducing operating costs and improving ice quality, their solution provides a comprehensive and sustainable response to their customers’ needs. Their solution is an attractive choice for those seeking efficient, environmentally friendly solutions for their facilities.

Splitom Energy

Splitom offers a unique solution that addresses two key issues: the energy consumption of digital operations and building heating costs. Instead of dissipating server heat as wasted energy, Splitom captures and recycles it. The recycled heat is used to reheat building water thanks to their digital water heating system. By reusing this excess heat, Splitom helps to reduce the overall energy consumption of digital operations while simultaneously providing a cost-effective heating solution for the buildings.

Structures SBB

Structures SBB specializes in the design and manufacture of aluminum structures to prepare for the impacts of global warming. Our flood protection system is modular, lightweight and easy to deploy in the field, helping to mitigate the risks associated with flooding caused by heavy rainfall, rapid snowmelt or hazardous waste spills. Our ambition is to offer our expertise to cities, regions and industrial customers worldwide.

X-TELIA

X-TELIA's cloud-based water meter management system is capable of wirelessly reading meters from various brands. This innovative solution empowers proactive control over drinking water distribution by effectively identifying water leaks, minimizing wastage, and enhancing the enforcement of water regulations.

Water Management: Quality & Infrastructure

Ilos

ILOS heralds a groundbreaking era with the launch of a versatile floating platform. It not only unlocks fresh horizons for eco-tourism but also empowers you to explore pristine waters while effortlessly accessing real-time water quality data.

Sense H2O

SenseH2O is a cloud-based platform that aims to deliver automated real-time water quality data as a service to watershed organizations and open databases using SenseH2O Water monitoring Station. The Cloud-based platform will allow for real-time monitoring and analysis of water quality data using web and mobile applications.

Water Rangers

Experience the convenience of our user-friendly, portable water testing kit designed for effortlessly gathering water quality data from local water bodies. This data is seamlessly collected and instantly shared on a dynamic, interactive online platform. Water Rangers are now the stewards of WWF's Watershed Reports platform.

WaterShed Monitoring

Watershed Monitoring's cloud-based sophisticated platform is the ultimate solution for storing, organizing, contextualizing, analyzing, publishing, and sharing an extensive array of water-related data.

Water Analysis

CLIMATE & CITY RESILIENCE

Examines strategies to adapt to changing environmental conditions and strengthen city resilience to climate-related disasters. 

Geosapiens

Discover Geosapiens' E-nundation, a cutting-edge AI platform that goes beyond flood prediction. It not only simulates and predicts floods but also conducts in-depth evaluations of their impact on communities, buildings, and vital infrastructure. With E-nundation, we're not just predicting the future; we're safeguarding it.

City Resilience and Adaptive Capacity to Climate-related Disasters

Spot

SPOT has developed an advanced AI ice thickness measurement Tool. Their cutting-edge technology is designed to accurately gauge the thickness of ice on lakes, offering a precise and efficient solution for monitoring winter conditions.

Ice Body Inventory

Enviro Scientys

Enviro Scientys introduces "SWEEP," an innovative AI probe that operates in real-time to vigilantly monitor shifts in snow cover, providing dynamic forecasts for the availability of water derived from snowmelt.

Equator Studios

Equator Studios proudly presents groundbreaking open-data mapping software that's both accessible and budget-friendly. Designed to empower environmental consulting firms, students, and government agencies, this platform revolutionizes the way we harness data for a greener future.

Geomage

Geomage's solution Archipel is a decision-support tool for the management of sensitive environments.

Modul'eau

Modul'eau has developed a turnkey solution to map water quality in aquatic environments.

Rever Haut

Rever Haut's "MapSense AI" is a web -based platform that integrates GIS and AI to detect sensitive areas from satellite imaging.

Waterbody Inventory

MONITORING & ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS

Focuses on protecting aquatic ecosystems from various threats while ensuring accurate monitoring of these environments. 

Blue Lion Labs

Blue Lion Labs is empowering aquaculture with precision. Their cutting-edge AI/ML platform leads the way in identifying and characterizing sea lice in aquaculture sea water, redefining sustainable practices in the industry.

Algae and Sea Lice Contamination/ Aquatic Systems Monitoring

Exo Tactik

Experience the future of public safety and municipal services with our specialized fleet of unmanned aerial systems (drones). These cutting-edge aerial solutions are meticulously crafted to revolutionize the way we protect and serve our communities, ushering in a new era of efficiency, safety, and innovation.

Availability, Invasive Species, Sediments, Quantification

Typha Co.

Typha presents a sustainable solution: Affordable eco-packaging products crafted from fibers derived from cattail plants. By harnessing this abundant natural resource, they not only reduce packaging costs but also play a pivotal role in mitigating the eutrophication of our precious lakes.

Eutrophication

Bloomshed by AquaPrima

Where Innovation Meets Nature's Wisdom. Bloomshed harnesses the power of carbon-enhanced wetlands to combat algae and phosphates in lakes, ensuring a sustainable future for our water ecosystems

Excess of Algae and Phosphates in Water Reservoirs

Ozero Solutions

Ozero Solutions decontaminates ballast water in sport boats to stop the spread of zebra and quagga mussels in freshwater ecosystems.

Invasive Species

AquaWatch Solutions (former AI for WAter Quality)

Ai for Water Quality has developed AquaWatch, a platform using advanced technology to analyze satellite images for water quality, providing real-time alerts to help manage and improve water conditions 

NutriClean Innovations 

NutriClean Innovations proposes a large scale monitoring of nutrient cycling. The solution combines affordable sediment test kits, a sediment nutrient database, community-specific educational programs, and user-friendly machine learning and data visualization tools. It creates a large-scale, integrated approach to monitor and manage nutrient cycling in the Great Lakes, benefiting both experts and the general public. 

Nutrient Cycling