Aquatech Wins Water Technology Company of the Year at 2025 Global Water Awards
CANONSBURG, Pa., May 22, 2025 – Aquatech has been voted Water Technology Company of the Year at the 2025 Global Water Awards. The award, presented on May 13, 2025, during the Global Water Summit in Paris, recognizes the company that has done the most to advance technology and innovation in water during 2024.
Aquatech’s standout achievements in water technology spanned every major water technology group, bringing new solutions to the mainstream across biological, thermal, membrane, ultrapure, and electrochemical water treatment. The company’s QUA membrane subsidiary introduced new modular ultrafiltration units, frameless MBR technology, and enhanced electrodeionization systems for high-purity applications.
“We are honored to be recognized as a leader in technology excellence in the water industry,” said Ravi Chidambaran, CTO at Aquatech. “This award is the culmination of decades of focus on R&D, and speaks to the longstanding dedication of our team to delivering the best technologies for our customers.”
Aquatech’s R&D is a global effort that encompasses multiple facilities with full-scale piloting and lab testing capabilities, a network of customer collaborations and on-site pilots, and operator innovation enabled by the company’s portfolio of long O&M contracts. The company has collaborated with customers to co-develop solutions and delivery methods, such as the water island model pioneered at scale for Stegra’s green steel facility in Sweden, and rapid-deployment modular mine water treatment in the USA.
Looking ahead, Chidambaran emphasized that Aquatech’s pace of innovation is set to accelerate: “We have many more exciting and breakthrough products in our R&D pipeline, and are always looking for ways to deliver water better, faster, and more efficiently.”
Aquatech enables the world’s most recognized companies to solve complex challenges in water reuse, desalination, minimal and zero liquid discharge, and critical minerals processing. The company’s research and development spans membrane manufacturing, performance chemicals, digital service solutions, lithium refining, and all major water & wastewater treatment technology areas.
With four decades of industry experience, Aquatech has thousands of facilities using its solutions in over 60 countries, grounded in a culture of performance excellence.
