Water

This cohort is working toward the Accelerator's target for water. The ambition, or "flagship destination," is to ensure availability, resilience, sustainable management, and equitable access to clean water for all people, agriculture, industry, and ecosystems while minimizing GHG emissions by 2050.  

Water is the lifeblood of our planet, flowing through a single, interconnected global cycle. This delicate system faces unprecedented challenges due to human activities and environmental changes. We seek innovative solutions that address water challenges holistically. Solutions will come from groundbreaking ideas, policies, and technologies using integrated approaches across institutions, governments, communities, finance, and corporations — a solution space in which we believe Stanford is uniquely positioned to lead and make impact at the scale.

Accelerator contacts

 

Jeffrey Brown
Managing Director

 

Chubing Li
Sustainability Technology and Business Analyst

Projects

Projects in the water cohort aim to ensure the availability, resilience, sustainable management, and equitable access to clean water for all, spanning people, agriculture, industry, and ecosystems. These projects focus on solutions that enhance water infrastructure while prioritizing reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By fostering collaboration across various sectors, they not only strengthen water security but also promote environmental sustainability and climate resilience. Together, these projects are set to drive significant advancements in sustainable water management while addressing the critical challenges posed by climate change.

Status: Graduated

Decentralized AI-enabled water coordination platform
Status: Graduated

Electrochemical nutrient recovery from wastewater: Creating circular nutrient economies
Status: Graduated

Enabling low-cost water infrastructure monitoring and repair with soft-growing robots
Status: Active

AI for effective soil moisture management: Boosting agricultural water efficiency in India’s drylands
Status: Active

Building decision support for decarbonized and affordable water distribution systems
Status: Active

Developing adaptation and mitigation strategies for coastal forestry communities in the mid-Atlantic region facing saltwater intrusion and sea level rise
Status: Active

Global groundwater sustainability: Scaling and transferring innovative solutions from California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to other parts of the world
Status: Active

Planning adaptation with non-traditional waters (PLAN Water)
Status: Active

Reconciling surveillance of the planet’s nitrogen cycle via a multiplex electrochemical sensing platform
Status: Active

Stream gauges for safe and equitable freshwater
Status: Active

Supplementing conventional drinking water with distributed sources of purified municipal wastewater (direct potable reuse)
Status: Active

Sustainable water supplies to meet urban, agricultural and ecosystem needs: Scaling groundwater recharge solutions in California
Status: Active

Technoeconomic analysis and optimization of water treatment processes using WaterTAP
Status: Active

Transforming access to safe drinking water across the United States: Innovative data and scalable solutions