Improving life through co-creation of meaningful water innovation
What we do
Everything we do starts with collaboration and innovation
We bring the best minds in the water industry together with the aim of thinking openly and creatively across segments, professions, and traditional mental barriers. We facilitate project collaboration and innovation in order to create solutions for the world’s fundamental water challenges.
Vision
Accelerate global green growth by establishing one of the world’s strongest platforms for water innovation
Events
No life without water
The world is facing numerous challenges relating to water distribution, management and recycling
%
of the world's population lack access to clean and safe drinking water
%
of the world’s wastewater remains untreated
%
of drinkable water is ”lost” due to poor management
Water Valley Denmark
Our Four Strategic Focus Areas
Research & Development
Increased focus on innovation collaboration and research in water technology, such as:
- PhD School
- Lab Facilities
Startup & Incubation
Strengthening startup environment and ecosystem through incubation and accelerator programs, such as:
- Experimental Water Lab
- Water Accelerator
Innovation & Large-scale Projects
- Build large-scale test and demonstration facilities.
- Create improved access to water data and establish better opportunities for developing new digital business models
Global exposure and Collaboration
Focus on establishing the Lighthouse Water Tech which will strengthen Denmark’s exports, such as:
- Building a network of water living labs – including The Spring
- Develop a digital knowledge sharing platform
Our Key Targets
Double Danish export of water technology from 20 to 40 DKK billion by 2030
Take part in creating a CO2 and climate neutral water sector by 2030
Contribute to the creation of 4,000 – 5,000 jobs
Our projects
First water technology mentor corps
Our mentors offer knowledge, experience and sparring to ambitious water tech startups.
The mentors have industry knowledge and are experienced industry professionals.
A strong alliance of stakeholders
Founding partners
Members
Become a member of Water Valley Denmark
Water Valley Denmark provides better opportunities for collaboration between Danish and international actors within the water sector. We are facing critical water challenges across the globe and it has never been more important to act. It is our ambition to catalyze development and demonstration of attractive Danish water technologies for the largest markets in the world through excellent research and innovation.
The ambition is to create close relationships and collaborative alliances that strengthen the Danish water sector. In practice, this means involving a single ecosystem that builds on existing initiatives and at the same time includes several companies, international actors, universities and promising startups. Thereby we can create new knowledge and new water solutions, which can expand Denmark’s already strong position in the world market for water technology.