Aerial view of a modern drinking water treatment plant
Water & process engineeringHydroQ

From the water challenge to continuous operation.

Agentic AI water and process engineering.

Technology status
Process commercial-ready · AI layer TRL 3
Sector
Water & process engineering
Part of
Banker Group
TRL 1TRL 3TRL 9
$94B → $165B

industrial water infrastructure, 2025 to 2035

50+

deterministic engineering engines

1–2

optimised routes selected from every viable train

The challenge

Why it matters

One water challenge has many possible processes, and most clients are shown only the one their supplier sells. Selecting the wrong train means years of chemical dosing, membrane replacement and compliance risk that never had to happen.

The solution

How it works

HydroQ’s agentic AI synthesises complete treatment trains from the client’s real water chemistry and constraints, and more than 50 deterministic engines validate every route: chemistry, membranes, hydraulics, mass balance, costing, drawings and regulation. The AI proposes, the engines calculate, our engineers challenge, the client decides.

Capabilities

What it does

The chain

01Pre-feasibility
02Screening
03Optimisation
04Design package
05Engineering
06Licensing

Engagement

Seven stages, from pre-feasibility to licensing.

Start anywhere in the chain; each stage inherits the evidence of the one before it.

01Pre-feasibility
02Technology screening
03Process optimisation
04Process design package
05Basic and conceptual design
06Detailed engineering
07Technology licensing

Then layer two: operation, after commissioning.

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Aerial view of circular clarifiers at an industrial water treatment plant
Aerial photograph of a water treatment plant in a tropical landscape

Illustrative visuals created for Banker Group. They convey the operating environment and are not photographs of client facilities.

Who it is for

Built for operations

Mining and metals: process water, brine and ZLD

Industrial process water, cooling and boiler circuits

Municipal supply and reuse projects

Resource recovery from effluents and residues

Materials

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