MUNICH, Germany (June 2, 2016)—Team KSB-USA was awarded the gold medal in Munich, Germany, as the overall winner of the third Open German Championship in Wastewater Technology as part of IFAT 2016. The all-star Operations Challenge team competed against 36 teams from six countries as part of the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, which runs from May 30 to June 3.


Industry leaders voiced their thoughts about 2016—what is important, what trends we should watch for, what is new in the market. Here are some of those remarks, as selected by our editorial team.