About us
The course – to impact
Water Valley Denmark is where the Danish water sector turns aspiration into action. Here, the ones with the challenges meet the ones with the solutions. The experts with deep knowledge meet the new voices who see things differently. Because water is everyone’s business.
We frame opportunities, facilitate collaboration, and ignite projects no single player can start alone. With the confidence to convene, the expertise to generate momentum, and the know-how to push ideas off the wall and into the world, we turn concepts into proof through testing and demonstration. Ultimately, the biggest water challenge is not scarcity. It is inaction.
The value we create is twofold. For society, we initiate innovations that strengthen resilience, ensure smarter resource use, and enhance quality of life worldwide. For businesses, we leverage innovation to create new market opportunities. This dual impact is our hallmark. To us, real progress must deliver both – or it does not deliver at all.
But salving water is as complex as it sounds. That is why membership also equals responsibility. Taking ownership. Leaning in. To transtorm what begins here into something that matters
everywhere. Water Valley Denmark is forthose who want to shape the solutions our society and their business will rely on years from now. Attacking not only the challenges we see but tinding answers to the ones still unknown.
Our ambition is clear: driving the development of solutions strong enough to stand the test of both time and the water industry. That is where true impact begins – and why being part of Water Valley Denmark means being part of the movement on the course to impact.
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
Leadership & Team
The initiative is supported by a broad range of actors
Who have mobilized around a common purpose, vision and target
Board Members
Flemming Besenbacher Chair
Aarhus Vand
Søren Kvorning
Vice Chair
Kamstrup A/S
Eskild Holm Nielsen
Aarhus Universitet
Henriette Søltoft
Dansk Industri
Jesper Kristian Jacobsen
Per Aarsleff A/S
Anders Goul Nielsen
Systematic A/S
Thor Danielsen
Danfoss A/S
Ulrik Gernow
Grundfos A/S
Niels Aage Kjær
AVK Danmark A/S
Michael Ramlau Hansen
DI Vand
Helle Katrine Andersen
DANVA
Martin Østergaard Christensen
Aarhus Kommune
Kaj Stjernholm
Stjernholm A/S





