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Illustration contrasting a stressed operator buried in paperwork with a calm operator reviewing automated water quality reports on screen
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How to Cut 80% of the Time Spent on Water Quality Reports

Manual NPDES, DMR, and MOR reporting eats dozens of hours a month. Here's how automating data collection, calculations, and submission can cut that time by up to 80%.

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Pani wins Distinction as Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year at the 2023 Global Water Summit
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Pani wins Distinction as Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year at the 2023 Global Water Summit

Pani won the Distinction prize for Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year at the 2023 Global Water Awards, recognizing its Operations AI approach to water treatment optimization.

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Portraits of the three webinar panelists — Scott Branum, Giancarlo Barassi, and Nizar Kammourie — with their titles and company logos
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Evaluating digital solutions & AI tools for optimizing water treatment process operations

A recap of Pani's webinar on evaluating digital solutions and AI tools for water treatment process operations, featuring panelists from Evoqua, Aquatech, and SAWACO on economic drivers, preparation, and lessons learned.

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Digital padlock and network icons overlaid on a water treatment facility, representing cybersecurity for water treatment operations
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Cybersecurity at water treatment facilities: top questions to ask when adopting digital solutions

A practical guide to the cybersecurity questions water and wastewater treatment facilities should ask SaaS vendors — on data transfer, encryption, ownership, and best practices — before adopting a digital solution.

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Pani CEO Devesh Bharadwaj speaking on stage at Singapore International Water Week
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2022 at Pani: A Recap of the Year's Biggest Highlights

A look back at Pani's biggest 2022 moments — new customer deployments, industry speaking engagements and awards, team growth, and a preview of what's ahead for 2023.

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Photos, names, and company logos of three panelists, plus date and time details, for a food and beverage producer-focused webinar on water process challenges and the value of digital solutions
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How food and beverage producers can use digital solutions to improve production

Recapping a panel of food and beverage water treatment experts on the business challenges driving digital transformation, and what to look for when adopting a digital tool.

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Water treatment infrastructure representing the sector's carbon footprint
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Decarbonizing the water treatment sector: why we must and how to do it

Water treatment already emits roughly 1,200 Mt of CO2e a year, and that number is set to grow. Here is Pani's four-step roadmap — measure, optimize, retrofit, offset — to cut 510 Mt per year by 2032.

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Aerial image of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, with the COP27 and United Nations' Climate Change logos in the top left and right corners
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Will COP27 Bring Action to Decarbonizing the Water Treatment Sector?

As COP27 convenes in Sharm el-Sheikh, water sits at the heart of both climate adaptation and decarbonization — and Pani lays out a four-step plan to get water treatment facilities to net zero.

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Wastewater treatment plant infrastructure
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How Digital Solutions Keep Compliance, Asset Life, and More on Track at Wastewater Treatment Plants

From compliance and biogas production to asset health, digital tools and AI give wastewater treatment operators a holistic, real-time view of plant performance.

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Tony Rodrigues, Head of Customer Success at Pani, in his element on his boat
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Ask the Expert: How Pani Helps Water Treatment Facilities Navigate the Digital Journey

Tony Rodrigues, Pani's Head of Customer Success, on how digital twin technology, predictive analysis, and prescriptive maintenance are changing day-to-day life for water treatment operators.

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A large screen displaying the Pani logo hangs above the Plug and Play lobby in Calgary, with the Plug and Play sign visible through the glass wall behind two speakers
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Pani at Plug and Play and BREW 2.0

A recap of Pani's participation in Plug and Play's Sustainability cohort and The Water Council's BREW 2.0 accelerator — from pitching at Expo Day and the Silicon Valley Summit to BREW's Demo Day.

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An image of a clipboard with the text "Open Projects" is next to a pen and silver laptop on a table.
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Using "Quick Logs" for quick and easy data entry

Quick Logs replace paper logs and hand-written journals, giving operators a fast way to capture maintenance notes, tag assets, and build context for future data analysis.

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Pani Receives "Best Go To Market Strategy" Award at BlueTech Forum 2022

At BlueTech Forum 2022 in Vancouver, Pani won the "Best Go To Market Strategy" award by unanimous vote for its multi-level approach to improving plant efficiency and reducing risk.

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Orange County Water District's Groundwater Replenishment System, the world's largest water purification system for potable reuse
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Pani Energy and Orange County Water District begin pilot to optimize groundwater replenishment system

Pani Energy and Orange County Water District launch a pilot of Pani Genius™ at OCWD's Groundwater Replenishment System — the world's largest potable reuse purification plant — with results expected by mid-2023.

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Pani Voted in Top 5 Technologies for Net Zero at Global Water Summit 2022
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Pani Voted in Top 5 "Technologies for Net Zero" at Global Water Summit 2022

Pani's CEO and Head of Product Success travelled to Madrid for the Global Water Summit, where Pani was voted a top-five technology in the race to zero carbon.

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Water treatment plant with digital overlay representing its digital journey
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The three phases of a water treatment plant's digital journey

Digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation — a practical map for where your plant is on its digital journey, and how to move to the next phase.

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Abstract blue 3D visualization of a data grid representing a plant's digital picture
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Uploading historical data to complete a water processing plant's digital picture

Pani's CSV import now makes it easy to upload years of historical data in batches, completing the picture the platform uses for simulations, comparisons, and predictive modeling.

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Illustration representing the demographic shift facing water and wastewater treatment plant operators
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Mind the Gap: Preparing for the Wave of Change in Water Process Operator Demographics

As experienced operators retire and the water sector's workforce shrinks, the Pani platform helps facilities capture institutional knowledge, attract new talent, and onboard new operators faster.

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Water treatment infrastructure representing the intersection of digital technology and climate change mitigation
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How digital technology can help mitigate climate change

The IPCC's AR6 report points to digital technology as a lever for climate mitigation — a look at what that means for the water sector's own digital transformation, plus takeaways from Singapore International Water Week.

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Aerial drone view of the AV Group NB pulp and paper mill in Atholville, New Brunswick, Canada
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Pani Team Visits Pulp and Fiber Customer in Eastern Canada

Pani's CTO and Head of Product Success traveled to AV Group NB's Atholville Mill in New Brunswick to see how the plant's team uses the Pani platform for compliance, trending, and operator training.

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Ask the Expert: Using Data to Solve Operational Challenges for Membrane Process Professionals
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Ask the Expert: Using Data to Solve Operational Challenges for Membrane Process Professionals

RO industry veteran Randall "Randy" Majerle on why remote monitoring efforts in water treatment kept failing for decades, and how his field experience helped shape the Pani platform.

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The Pani team at their booth in the Innovation Pavilion at WEFTEC 2021 in Chicago
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Pani Attends WEFTEC 2021 in Chicago

Pani joined BlueTech Research's Innovation Showcase at WEFTEC 2021 in Chicago, pitching in the Croc Tank and joining a panel on scaling water solutions in the Asia-Pacific.

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Pani and Aquatech International strategic partnership announcement
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Pani and Aquatech International announce strategic partnership

Aquatech selects Pani as its digital partner to augment its LoWatt® desalination process with machine learning and physio-chemical models — targeting 2.7 kWh/m³.

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Reverse osmosis facility beginning its journey toward AI-driven operations
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The journey from 0 to 1: bringing artificial intelligence to your reverse osmosis facility

What plant assessment, data collection, integration, and training actually look like when you bring AI Coach™ to your reverse osmosis facility.

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Industrial reverse osmosis facility piping and pressure vessels
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Plant-wide Risk Mitigation for Reverse Osmosis Facilities: Digital Twins for the Win

Reactive and scheduled O&M strategies leave reverse osmosis facilities exposed to costly unplanned downtime. Here's how predictive, digital-twin-driven insights close the gap.

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Reverse osmosis train at a water treatment plant
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RO Optimization: Pushing the Boundaries of Performance

Reverse osmosis is the biggest power draw at most RO plants, yet complexity has kept it optimized manually — until cloud computing and machine learning made real-time set-point optimization practical.

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Reverse Osmosis Membrane Servicing: Tackling 30 Years of Stasis

Membrane servicing has seen little innovation in 30 years. Here's how reactive and preventative practices work today, and how forecasting can extend membrane life and cut chemical costs.

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Reverse osmosis membrane pressure vessels at a water treatment plant
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Top 3 opportunities for improving reverse osmosis efficiencies with machine learning

Reverse osmosis keeps growing — and so do its costs. The three areas where machine learning moves the needle: membrane servicing, energy consumption, and plant-wide risk mitigation.

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Water treatment technology representing Pani's SDTC-funded innovation
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SDTC funding helps transform water treatment technology

A $2.8M investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada — the largest government funding award for water technologies — will help Pani scale the AI that cuts treatment plant costs and emissions.

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Foresight's tweet announcing the BC Cleantech Awards 2020 Rising Star Award, presented to Pani Energy
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Rising Star Award goes to Pani Energy

Pani Energy takes home the Rising Star Award at the inaugural BC Cleantech Awards, hosted by Foresight to recognize the province's standout cleantech companies.

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Pani Wins Imagine H2O Asia Demo Days
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Pani Wins Imagine H2O Asia Demo Days

Pani Energy was selected as the winner of Imagine H2O Asia's demo days in Singapore, earning a $25K deployment grant after competing against top water technology startups from around the world.

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Pani Energy recognized at the Global Water Summit
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Pani Energy Recognized at the Global Water Summit

Pani CEO Devesh Bharadwaj was invited to speak as one of five "Water Technology Idols" at the Global Water Summit in Paris, and to address students on behalf of the University of Victoria.

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