Water treatment firm is thirsty for growth

A Tampa company sees big opportunities to bring water to areas that need it the most. But can its grasp equal its reach?

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. May 4, 2018
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Mark Wemple. AquaVenture executives Doug Brown, left, and Olaf Krohg display scale models of the company's water desalination plants that can fit inside shipping containers.
Mark Wemple. AquaVenture executives Doug Brown, left, and Olaf Krohg display scale models of the company's water desalination plants that can fit inside shipping containers.
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Turn on the tap in your kitchen or bathroom. What happens? Water comes out.

But for one-fifth of the world’s population — 2 billion people — that’s not necessarily a given.

 

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