IDE Technologies was the only water technology company listed on Fortune’s 2016 Change the World list, which recognized 50 companies that are taking on society’s biggest problems. IDE Technologies was acknowledged as #2 on the list this year for its leading water treatment solutions used to turn seawater into drinking water.
According to the Fortune article: “IDE’s technology provides a wide range of energy- and cost-efficient desalination processes, including using waste steam to generate electricity and its proprietary pressure center allows large plants to perform maintenance via the Internet.” IDE has built and operates some of the largest desalination plants around the world. The largest plant in the Western Hemisphere, the Carlsbad desalination plant – owned by Poseidon Water – utilizes IDE’s technology to transform seawater into potable water in just 45 minutes and provides some eight percent of San Diego County’s water.