Alicia Douglas's Contact Details

Alicia Douglas's Company Details

WaterRising Institute

Detroit, MI, US • 5 - 9 Employees
Non-Profit

A women led, non-profit company that accelerates real time and sustainable technologies for state-of-the-art, water quality monitoring and alert systems.WaterRising presents a curation of state-of-the-art new technologies and AI that continues to learn and evolve with our needs.• The practical development of tools, technologies and systems for monitoring water quality in real time.• Leadership in identifying and evaluating best technologies for our needs • Unifying stakeholders to work together with a solutions mindset• Positioning The Great Lakes and Detroit region, with its manufacturingand innovation capacity, as the leadership hub for water quality control. • Scaling technologies throughout the US and internationallyWe have countless industry leaders and other governance focused on our global water issue, as well as Great Lakes and other Michigan leaders, confirming our need for upgraded infrastructure related to real time, water quality monitoring and alert systems.As Michigan's former governor stated in the official document Sustaining – Michigan's Water Heritage, we must "support investments in commercial and recreational harbors" and to "develop and implement a water trails system".• The WaterRising Institute is launching its action with our Pilot DRAWQproject, for real-time pathogen detections in the Detroit River area, focusing primarily on detection of E.coli.• With 20% of the world's available fresh water, the vision of the Great Lakes State, MI is "to protect and promote wise use of global unique water resources to ensure healthy citizens, vibrant communities, sustainable economies and stewardship of Michigan's water heritage."• WaterRising is acting on our shared goal to build "integrated out- come-based monitoring systems that support critical water based decisions" including a real-time alert system for governance and for the public recreating in the local waters.