CorporateBackground

InnovationInWater CleanTechnologyFromSweden

Thecompany,AQUA-QAB,isoneofthemostexcitingandgroundbreakinginnovationemergingfromtheSwedishcleantechsector.Thecompanyhascreatedanovelmonitoringandsamplingprocessbasedontheextensiveexperienceandknowledgeofitsfounders.Thefoundersspottedasignificantgapandneedinthemarketforefficient,costeffectiveandrealtimemonitoringanddynamicsamplingproductsforwaterinfrastructurecompaniesandindustriesthatusesignificantwaterinprocessandproduct.Wediffrentiateourproductandtechnologyby:

• ‘DynamicSampling’ Mostcompetitorproductsoffer‘periodicrandomsampling’whichhassignificantlimitationsinregardstoriskmitigation,asrandomsamplingseldomdetectsaccuratelyanycontaminationinwater.AQUA-Qhasovercomethislimitationthroughtheintroductionofitsinnovativedynamicsamplingpatentedtechnology.

• ‘OnlineEarlyWarningSystem’Anonlineearlywarningsystemenablesmanagementtotakeevasiveactiontoreduceanydamagefromcontamination.

AQUA-Q was established todevelop a product thatcombined thestrengthsof ‘realtime, dynamic sampling and anearlywarningsystem’,tocreatean ‘efficient, cost effective andnovel’ tool for management tomitigate against the significantthreat ofwaterborne pathogenparasites and bacteria, inparticular, Cryptosporidium andGiardia. AQUA-Q’s strength:onlinemonitoring,samplingandozonepolishing.

“Tomitigateriskinwaterinfrastructure

isourfocus”

“CleanwatertechnologyfromSweden”

Address: AQUA-Q, Hammarby Fabriksväg 23, S-120 30 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)73-6870306 / +46 (0)73-6781425 E-mail: info@aqua-q.se

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AquaQuality&MonitoringLimited February2015

BusinessDescription&Services

AQUA-Q,acompanywithoutstandingappliedresearchachievements,hasdesignedandcreatedaninnovativetechnologicalsolutionAQUATRACK™foruseinwatertreatment(sourcewater,drinkingandtreatedwastewater)plantsandwaterdistributioninfrastructure.Thecompanyalsotargetskeyindustriesthathaveahighlevelofwaterdependenceintheprocessandendproduct,toincludethepharmaceuticals,healthcare,cosmetics,industrial,food&beverage,pulp&papersectors.Thecompanyalsotargetsotherindustries.

“Forsourcewater,drinkingwaterandtreatedwastewater”

AQUATRACK®

Benefits:• Correctandtraceable

watersampleformicrobiologicalanalysis.

• Highconfidenceinresultsfromanalysis.

• Detectsprocessvariationsintimeandreducesdowntimeandcosts.

• Easyinstallationandlowmaintenancecost.

CoreProductPhilosophyThecoreproductphilosophyistoincrease‘customerconfidenceinwaterquality’byreducingrisktoprocessandproductfromcontaminatedwater.Thecompanyworkscloselywithcustomersinidentifying‘riskpoints’inexistingprocessandinfrastructureandmitigatingtheriskbypositioningtheAQUATRACK®EarlyWarningSystematvulnerablelinksintheprocesstoenablecustomerstodetectearly‘contaminationevents’.Thecompanybelievesboth‘processinnovation’and‘technologyinnovation’arekeyinthereductionofrisks,costsandthesafeguardingofcustomerswaterassets.Ensure‘RealTimeandReliable’WaterAnalysisCurrentproductsinthemarketofferonlinemonitoringofwaterqualityonacontinous(24/7)basis,butarelimitedtostatisticalinformationthatdoesnotreflectanymicrobiologicalactivity.Theseproductsfailtoaddressthefundamentalissuesof‘realtimeandreliable’wateranalysisduetothesignificantlimitationsof‘non-dynamicsampling’.AQUATRACK®EarlyWarningSystemisthefirstwatermonitoringsystemthatutilises‘dynamicsampling’toenablecustomerstoassessmicrobiologicalcontaminationona‘realtime’basiswhenthedynamicsamplingistriggeredonanydeviationfrommicrobiologicalsetstandardqualitylevel.Theadvantagesofan‘EarlyWarning’,assiststhecustomerintakingevasiveactionsduetothreatofmicrobiologicalcontamination.AQUA-Quseswelldefinedandtestedstandardinstrumentsforitsproduct.

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TheThreatWaterInfrastructure&Industry

• Waterborncontaminationindrinking,sourceandrecycledwaterisaseriousthreattowaterinfrastructure,consumers,andforindustrialprocesswater.

• Lackofearlydetectionandwarningcoupledwithrandomsamplingamplifies

theunpredicteddangerofcontaminationfrombacterialikeE.coliandparasiteslikeCryptosporidiumandGiardia.

• Contaminatedwaterisasignificantthreattoindustriesthatdepend

onuseofwaterintheirprocessandproduct.Thethreatsinclude,downtime,increasedcosts,reputationaldamageandpotentiallegalliabilitiestonameafew.

• AQUA-QEarlyWarningSystemAQUATRACK®isanovelwatertechnology

createdtomitigatethesubstantialthreatfromcontaminationofwater.

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“PathogenicOutbreak”

o Realtimemonitoringand

samplingwithpowerfuldisinfectionwithozonegivescontrolledwatersafety.ThesystemAQUATRACK®canbecarefullypre-programmedtoalertandprovidetheprocessedinformationofpredefinedsuspectedpathogenswhichmaycausearisk.

o Anoutstandingfeatureof

AQUATRACK®isthatitautomaticallycaptureswatersampleinprogrammablevolumestosecuretheevidencewithtimeanddate.Analarmandinformationissenttoresponsibleauthoritiesofthewaterplant.Watersampleforparasiteanalysisiseasilycapturedandvolumecanbereduced.

“WaterSafety” “SecuretheEvidence”

EarlyWarningSystemAQUATRACK™togetherwithQuickAnalysingKit,MultiReader,isapowerfultoolforqualityassuranceofaprocess.MultiReaderisvalidatedaccordingtoISO16140:2003.

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ProjectsNationalLegionellaClient:TeknikmarknadStatus:CompletedDescription:Monitoringoflegionellabacteria Norrvatten

Client:NorrvattenStatus:CompletedDescription:MonitoringofsourcewaterusingEWS

SensationClient:Acreo,VinnovaStatus:CompletedDescription:Monitoringofdrinkingwaterquality

Eurostar(R&D)Client:EuropeanUnion(Eurostar)Status:OngoingDescription:Developmentofanovelsensor

R3Client:EuropeanUnion(FP7)Status:OngoingDescription:Demostrationproject

TomorrowsmunicipalWaterTreatmentProject(R&D)Client:VinnovaStatus:TocommenceDescription:Commercialproject

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2016

2017

TomorrowsmunicipalWaterTreatmentProject(R&D)Client:IVL,VinnovaStatus:CompletedDescription:Monitoringofwastewatertreatment

MunicipalswimmingpoolsClient:MunicipalswimmingpoolsinSwedenStatus:OngoingDescription:Toreducetheuseofchlorine

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Keepupdatedat:

CooperationPartnersinResearch&DevelopmentStrongR&Drelationshipwith:

• SwedishEnvironmentalResearchInstitute(IVL),aleadingglobalenvironmentalresearchinstitute.

• RoyalInstituteofTechnologyinStockholm(KTH).KTHisthelargest

andoldesttechnicaluniversityinStockholmandprovidesathirdofthecountriestechnicalresearchcapacityattheuniversitylevel.

• PML–ParticleMonitoringTechnologiesLtd.Israel.Opticallaser

beamsensordeveloper.

• M.B.S.Srl–MicroBiologicalSurveyItaly.Developerofquickmicrobiologicalassay.

• CSIR–CentralGlass&CeramicResearchInstitute,India.

Patents&Trademark• Swedishpatentgranted2015.PCTapplicationfiled.

• EuropeantrademarkAQUATRACK®granted2015.

Verification

• AQUA-Q’sAQUATRACK®onlinemonitoringandsamplingsystemisundertheprocessofimpartialverificationETV(EnvironmentalTechnologyVerification).

• ETV(http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/etv/)isanindependentEuropeantechnologyverificationbodywhichverifiestheclaimsthathavebeensubmittedbyAQUA-Q.

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Stockholm:Aqua-QAB,HammarbyFabriksväg23,S-12030Stockholm,Sweden

www.aqua-q.se

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