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Advancing water innovation through technology, digitalization, and industry collaboration
CRH Ventures is pleased to welcome Siemens as partner in its Water Accelerator Program, bringing together complementary expertise to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative water solutions.
Siemens brings decades of experience in water and wastewater infrastructure, with a comprehensive portfolio spanning industrial automation, process instrumentation, digitalization, and intelligent water management. Its solutions support water utilities and industrial operators across the water value chain, helping improve operational efficiency, optimize energy consumption, reduce water losses, and strengthen infrastructure resilience.
Through advanced technologies including AI-driven analytics, digital twins, and predictive maintenance, Siemens enables water operators to transform traditional infrastructure into smarter, more connected systems.
Siemens Financial Services, the company's B2B financing arm, complements these technological capabilities with tailored financing solutions that empower businesses to innovate, compete, grow, and build smarter. Together, Siemens' technological expertise and financing capabilities help advance the modernization of critical water infrastructure.
"Addressing the evolving challenges of the water industry requires a combination of technological innovation, industry collaboration, and financing capabilities. We believe that connecting innovative ideas with established industry expertise can help unlock new opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across water infrastructure. We are pleased to join CRH's Water Accelerator Program and contribute our perspectives and capabilities to this collaborative ecosystem." – Christian Bell, Head of Equity Investments - Americas, Siemens Financial Services
Siemens’ expertise in action: 4Earth
Siemens’ collaboration with 4Earth demonstrates how integrated automation can make industrial water reuse more practical and scalable. 4Earth’s Ginseng™ Smart Water Reuse System transforms harsh industrial wastewater into high-quality water for reuse or safe discharge, recovering up to 90 percent of the water treated. Siemens technologies provided a unified automation environment for system engineering, visualization, commissioning and diagnostics, replacing a complex mix of components with a standardized platform.
The collaboration helped 4Earth reduce configuration and setup time by approximately 30 percent, shorten commissioning from weeks to days and create an intuitive operator experience requiring minimal training. The result is a modular, plug-and-play solution that can help industrial customers lower wastewater disposal costs, improve operational efficiency and advance circular water use.
Accelerating water innovation through the CRH Water Accelerator
As a partner in the CRH Water Accelerator, Siemens brings a combination of technological expertise, industry knowledge, and financing capabilities to an ecosystem focused on identifying and advancing promising water infrastructure technologies. Together, CRH and Siemens share a commitment to advancing practical, scalable innovations that address the evolving needs of the water industry.
"The water industry faces growing challenges that call for practical, scalable innovation. Through the CRH Water Accelerator, our ambition is to bring together emerging technologies and established industry leaders to explore solutions that address real-world infrastructure needs. Siemens brings deep expertise in automation, digitalization, and water management, and we look forward to the insights they will bring to the program." - Annie Dong, Managing Director, CRH Ventures