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Emerging Water Technologies & Solutions 1. Living Machines … Example at Oberlin College 2. Rohner & DesignTex … Turned the pipe around 3. Common Heritage Corp ColdAg™ & SkyWatersolutions using Deep Ocean Water (DOW), Hawaii 4. AgWise (www. aqwise .com ) – Wise Water Technologies, biological treatment of wastewate; Israel 5. Osmotic Technologies (www. osmotictechnologies .com ), desalination and purification processes developed at Yale University, based in New Haven, CT

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Page 1: Emerging Water Technologies & Solutions 1. Living Machines … Example at Oberlin College 2. Rohner & DesignTex … Turned the pipe around 3. Common Heritage

Emerging Water Technologies & Solutions

1. Living Machines … Example at Oberlin College

2. Rohner & DesignTex … Turned the pipe around

3. Common Heritage Corp ColdAg™ & SkyWater™ solutions using Deep Ocean Water (DOW), Hawaii

4. AgWise (www.aqwise.com) – Wise Water Technologies, biological treatment of wastewate; Israel

5. Osmotic Technologies (www.osmotictechnologies.com), desalination and purification processes developed at Yale University, based in New Haven, CT

Page 2: Emerging Water Technologies & Solutions 1. Living Machines … Example at Oberlin College 2. Rohner & DesignTex … Turned the pipe around 3. Common Heritage

1. Living Machine at Oberlin College

Page 3: Emerging Water Technologies & Solutions 1. Living Machines … Example at Oberlin College 2. Rohner & DesignTex … Turned the pipe around 3. Common Heritage

2. Turning the Water Pipe Around at Rohner Textiles in

Switzerland

EcoEffective Design: Rohner & DesignTex, McDonough-Braungart Design Chemistry DVD

Waste = Food … Literally!

A venture based in Oregon reclaims protein and marine oils from 100% “waste”

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Common Heritage Corp in Hawaii: ColdAg, & SkyWater™

                          

      

Common Heritage Corp, Hawaii

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AgWise – Wise Water Technologies

• Biological treatment of wastewater, HQ in Israel

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Osmotic Technologies(www.osmotictechnologies.com)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

An environmentally sound and cost efficient Novel Desalination and Water Purification Processdeveloped at Yale University

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What’s Going to Make (enough of) a Difference to

“Turn this Tide?”

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Next Steps

NEXT STEPS …• Further Q&A / Discussion / Networking• Come to future CSN meetings (see website for dates and

topics)• Propose a meeting topic or offer to organize an event

Economy

Equity Environment