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Introducing Blue-Valueoptimise groundwater in arid areas
Simon van den Dries
Co-founder
World Water-Tech Innovation Summit | London, February 21, 2018
Groundwater supplies ½ of all drinking water in the world
38% of all irrigation for food comes from groundwater
80% of certain groundwater reserves have been consumed in the last 50 years!
Global water scarcity is a fast-growing shared problem
Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2016
Groundwater depletion... affects everyone!
Optimisation of groundwater usage is essential
Shortages in drinking water
Damage to industries
and infrastructures
Food scarcity
Groundwater lacks regulation, valuation and information
Weak governments, social resistance
Groundwater is undervalued
Current available data• Manual
• Infrequent
• Inconsistent
• Incomplete
Amit Dave/Reuters
Blue-Value
Vision: All water resources connected
Mission: Valuable information to all groundwater stakeholders
Model: Software-based service, partnerships, white label
By combining intelligently:• IoT data• Earth Observation
Technology enablers
Fast growth in IoT
Environmental images anywhereNear real-time water data anywhere
New Earth observation
Sentinel-2 image, ESA
Examples of go-to market / customers
Product/service:
• Subscription-based information solution
• (White-label) software with integrated Earth observation data service
Customer / go-to-market Information requirements Benefits
Governmental agencies Water abstraction, illegal irrigation Increased revenues, data collection savings, enforced policies
Industrial companies Optimisation, environmental effects, stewardship Automated reporting, global standards, risk mitigation
Hydro-engineers Accurate, fresh data, model inputs Better model outputs, increased revenues
Sensor manufacturers Service, contextual information New business model, stronger customer relationships
Information to create new groundwater value
New business models
Cost savings on data
collection
Better and enforced policies
Water optimisation
Sustainablegroundwatermanagement
Simon van den Dries IoT & Telecommunications
Sabine de MillianoGeoinformation & Software
Koen VerberneSpace Technologies & Service Development
Founders
Partners
Contact details
Simon L. van den [email protected]: + 31 6 460 744 74The Netherlands
linkedin.com/in/simonvandendries