"post_title","post_slug","post_date","post_content","post_thumbnail","post_author","post_category"
"Whose John Hancock is that on the Declaration of Water Independence?","news/declaration-of-water-independence","May 15, 2019 7:02:50 PM","<h5 style=""text-align: left;"" align=""center"">Article by Thomas J. Madden, <br>Chairman and CEO, <a href=""http://www.transmediagroup.com/"" onclick=""_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.transmediagroup.com/', 'Transmedia Group']); _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.transmediagroup.com/', 'Transmedia Group']); _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.transmediagroup.com/', 'Transmedia Group']); _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.transmediagroup.com/', 'Transmedia Group']); _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.transmediagroup.com/', 'Transmedia Group']);"" style=""font-style: normal;"">Transmedia Group</a><br>Original Publication: <a href=""https://www.commpro.biz/whose-john-hancock-is-that-on-the-declaration-of-water-independence/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">COMMPRO</a><em><br><br></em></h5>
<h3>Ardent Defender Of Water</h3>
<p align=""center"" style=""text-align: left;""><em><img src=""https://www.commpro.biz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Whose-John-Hancock-is-that-on-the-Declaration-of-Water-Independence.png"" alt=""Whose John Hancock is that on the Declaration of Water Independence?"" width=""300"" class=""alignright size-full wp-image-93802"" srcset=""https://www.commpro.biz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Whose-John-Hancock-is-that-on-the-Declaration-of-Water-Independence.png 393w, https://www.commpro.biz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Whose-John-Hancock-is-that-on-the-Declaration-of-Water-Independence-229x300.png 229w"" sizes=""(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px"" style=""width: 300px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;""></em></p>
<p>It was signed by the man who is the world’s most ardent defender of water, a man dedicated to saving our planet’s water supplies–<strong>Riggs Eckelberry</strong>. I’ll tell you more about him in a minute.</p>
<p><span>Let’s dive into the problem we all face as humans dependent on clear drinking water for our lives and livelihoods. </span></p>
<!--more-->
<p><span>Most of us take water for granted. </span>You open the tap and out it pours. So what’s the problem? Drop by precious drop, we are destroying our water. We’re polluting our oceans, rivers and streams. And if we don’t do something to treat it right, we’re all going to face deep and dire consequences.</p>
<p>According to the EPA, 1 to 3 million deaths a year worldwide are attributed to dirty water. We’ve got to clean the water! And Riggs’ company<span> </span><a href=""http://www.originclear.com/""><strong>OriginClear</strong></a>® is promoting self-sufficiency in water treatment – the next wave in water independence – by providing more practical, efficient, economical and<span> </span><strong>decentralized<span> </span></strong>water systems that can save lives across the globe! <br><br></p>
<h3><strong>OriginClear® Supports Government Push for Self-Help Water Treatment</strong></h3>
<p>Earlier this year, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed to charge water customers a new tax to fund safe drinking water for underprivileged communities. Good idea?</p>
<p>Not so fast, Governor, says Riggs. While your motive is admirable, your method can be much more effective, practical and less costly. Instead of taxing drinking water, Riggs says let the rates do the work and instead promote<span> </span><strong>localized water treatment</strong>, which in the end saves money and water too.</p>
<p> </p>
<h3>An Innovative Alternative</h3>
<p>Riggs’ company is the leader in providing water treatment solutions, offering an alternative to the well-meaning governor’s proposal. Water is our most valuable resource and Riggs’ mission is to improve its quality and return it to its original and clear condition. OriginClear develops breakthrough water cleanup technology serving the rapidly growing $500 billion world market.</p>
<p>“For sure, let’s help the at-risk communities,” says Riggs. “But the state needs to balance the new tax with rate relief. And that’s pretty simple: promote localized water treatment.”</p>
<p>Eckelberry explains the water rate structure in California heavily penalizes high water use. New prepackaged, onsite water treatment systems, such as his company’s<span> </span><a href=""http://www.modularwater.com/"">Modular Water Treatment product line</a>, reduces usage dramatically through recycling.</p>
<p>“You can build a 200-home subdivision, put in a self-treatment water system, water the lawns and golf course with your own recycled water. The entire half-million dollar system pays for itself in about a year,” says Eckelberry.</p>
<p>Eckelberry sees self-help water treatment for businesses, factories, housing developments and farms rapidly evolving.</p>
<p>“Instead of rebuilding our current infrastructure, we can equip water users to treat their own water with small, modular water treatment systems that can be built and installed locally, moving toward a decentralized structure.”<span><strong> <br><br></strong></span></p>
<h3><span><strong>Go Modular!</strong></span></h3>
<p><span>To realize this vision, the company launched its </span><a href=""http://www.modularwater.com/"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener noreferrer""><span>Modular Water Systems </span></a><span>division, which specializes in complete, prefabricated water treatment systems that can be positioned at the point of use. With onsite water systems, consumers get access to clean water and save on water rates. And that’s why Riggs is proud to have his John Hancock on the Declaration of Water Independence.<br><br><br></span></p>
<p><em><strong><img src=""https://www.commpro.biz/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Thomas-Madden-250-x-201.png"" alt=""Thomas Madden - In MeToo Times, Careful How You Address Your Internet ‘Connections’"" width=""145"" class=""alignleft size-full wp-image-85305"" style=""width: 145px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"">About the Author:</strong> Thomas Madden is CEO of TransMedia Group, one of the largest independent <a href=""https://www.commpro.biz/public-relations-section/"">PR</a> firms in Florida, where it currently operates. The firm’s clients have included AT&T, American Red Cross, City of New York, GL Homes, Jordache Enterprises, McCormick and Schmick’s, Rexall Sundown, Stanley Steemer. <br><br></em></p>
<p><span>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://www.commpro.biz/whose-john-hancock-is-that-on-the-declaration-of-water-independence/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/photos/Screen%20Shot%202019-05-13%20at%2011.59.30%20AM.png"" alt=""Screen Shot 2019-05-13 at 11.59.30 AM"" width=""100"" style=""width: 100px;""></a> </span></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/images/news-social-media-2019/Declaration%20of%20Water%20Independence%20ft.jpg","Third Party News Source","In the News, Riggs Eckelberry, Media Coverage, transmedia, Water Independence"
"Field Notes: Fashion's Making Waves","news/fashions-making-waves","Nov 5, 2018 11:00:00 AM","<h3 id=""dek"" class=""desktop"">Editor's note: WWD Field Notes is a column featuring the latest technology, B2B and business solution news.</h3>
<h5>Article by Tracey Greenstein<br>Original Publication: <a href=""https://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/field-notes-fashion-is-making-waves-1202897399/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">WWD</a></h5>
<h3><br>Plastic's Bad Rap</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">Plastic has a bad rap</span><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">. </span>And for brands and retailers<span> </span><a href=""https://wwd.com/fashion-news/textiles/mindsight-lab-touts-fashion-pop-up-exhibition-1202893047/"">responding</a><span> </span>to consumer-led demand for<span> </span><a href=""https://wwd.com/tag/sustainability/"" id=""auto-tag_sustainability"" data-tag=""sustainability"">sustainability</a>, solutions centered on the removal and<span> </span><a href=""https://wwd.com/business-news/technology/primaloft-first-fully-recycled-biodegradable-fiber-1202890754/"">recycling</a><span> </span>of ocean plastic pollution for fashion products has risen to the surface.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Student-led Initiative</h3>
<p>The<span> </span><strong>Fashion Institute of Technology</strong>’s Textile Ocean Plastics Pollution Initiative, a student-led and multi-pronged educational program, recently escorted students aboard the American Princess Cruise boat from Riis Landing in Breezy Point, Queens, to experience ocean pollution first-hand. FIT said much of marine pollution is created by disposable plastics, microplastic fibrils and other marine textile debris from both synthetic and natural textile products and fibers.</p>
<p><span>Jeffrey Silberman, professor and chairperson at FIT’s Textile Development and Marketing Department, told WWD, “We became aware of microfibrils from synthetic fibers that are polluting the food and water supply, and noticed also that the textile and fashion industries are doing a lot to create and add to the problem but are doing very little to try to fix it.” Its TOPPI program aims to “expose students to current and ongoing scientific research, and enables them to explore the response from textile companies, brands and retail organizations,” FIT said, and offers regularly scheduled </span><a href=""https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/industry-investor-eyes-on-resales-big-three-1203432107/"" id=""related_article_link_sustainability"" data-tag=""sustainability"">sustainability</a><span>-themed outings for students to further increase engagement and awareness.<br></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span><img src=""https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/koppelman-artie.jpg"" alt=""koppelman-artie"" width=""800"" loading=""lazy"" style=""width: 800px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;""></span></p>
<p class=""wp-caption-text"" style=""text-align: center;"">Artie Kopelman, distinguished service professor, <br>School of Liberal Arts. Photo courtesy of FIT. <br><br></p>
<h3>Rescued Fishing Nets Become Apparel</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">Also on the oceanic front is apparel basics brand</span><span style=""background-color: transparent;""> </span><strong style=""background-color: transparent;"">Arvin Goods</strong><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">. The company said it recently incorporated Econyl into its men’s boxers — a regenerated nylon made from rescued waste such as fishing nets and industrial plastic from oceans and landfills —as the brand is intent on elevating its products whilst considering “low impact, quality and price.” Dustin Winegardner, cofounder and managing director of Arvin Goods, told WWD, “We are always looking for new recycled fabrics that we can apply to our range,” he said. “We really wanted a functional everyday men’s boxer that had a story to fit in the brand. After some research and reading up on Econyl’s background and process, it seemed like a perfect fit. Adding ocean waste as an input to the Arvin Goods brand story we think is the perfect complement to our up-cycled cotton materials we are using in the other items.”</span></p>
<p> </p>
<h3><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">How The Experts View It</span></h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">And the experts agree. Riggs Eckelberry, chief executive officer of water treatment solution firm</span><span style=""background-color: transparent;""> </span><strong style=""background-color: transparent;"">OriginClear</strong><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">, told WWD, “Micro-plastics and microfibers in our water have primarily two origins. One is waste plastic in the ocean, which slowly erodes into micro-particles, so tiny that fish would ingest them as part of their feed. This fish we eat are found to have these micro-particles that eventually end up in our organisms. Another one comes from daily activity. </span></p>
<p>Microfibers coming from common washing machines find their way, via drained water and sewers, to the country’s water bodies and eventually to the ocean. Similarly, molecules such as Bisphenol (BPA) are used in plastics manufacturing for daily use products although being increasingly viewed as endocrine disruptors. According to the USEPA, one million pounds of BPA is released in the environment every year.”</p>
<h5><span>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/field-notes-fashion-is-making-waves-1202897399/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/press-logo-wwd.jpg"" alt=""press-logo-wwd"" width=""100"" style=""width: 100px;""><br>By </a><a href=""https://wwd.com/wwd-masthead/tgreensteinwwd/"" itemprop=""author"" itemscope="""" itemtype=""http://schema.org/Person"">Tracey Greenstein</a><a href=""https://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/field-notes-fashion-is-making-waves-1202897399/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""> - November 5, 2018</a></span></h5>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/koppelman-artie-wwd.jpg","Third Party News Source","In the News"
"The Next Generation Advanced Oxidation Process","news/the-next-generation-advanced-oxidation-process","Nov 1, 2018 9:00:00 AM","<p><img src=""https://www.hartenergy.com/themes/custom/hart_energy/images/logo.svg"" alt=""Hart Energy"" id=""logo"" width=""300"" style=""width: 300px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></p>
<h3><span class=""title"">Shale Technology Showcase 2018</span></h3>
<div class=""field_deck_wrapper"">
<div class=""field_deck"">
<h5>Article by Ariana Hurtado, Hart Energy<br>Original Publication: <a href=""https://www.hartenergy.com/exclusives/shale-technology-showcase-2018-177090"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><span style=""color: #ff0201;"">HART</span>ENERGY: <em>E&P</em></a><br><br></h5>
<h3>Highlights: Latest Products & Technologies</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">In this special section, </span><em style=""background-color: transparent;"">E&P</em><span style=""background-color: transparent;""> </span><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">highlights some of the latest products and technologies for shale and examines how they will benefit companies in their ongoing search for improved production and more effective operating techniques.</span></p>
<p><!--more--></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class=""field_image_wrapper"">
<div class=""field_image""> </div>
<div class=""field_image""><img src=""https://www.hartenergy.com/sites/default/files/styles/news_article_image/public/image/2019/02/wpxdelaware-b8a4438-193031.jpg?itok=Qe61pEg8"" width=""800"" alt=""shale technologies"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></div>
</div>
<div class=""field_image_caption_wrapper"">
<div class=""field_image_caption"">
<p style=""font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"">Advances in shale technologies keep drillbits spinning and pumpjacks pumping in unconventional <br>resource plays across the U.S. (Photo by Tom Fox, courtesy of<span> </span><em>Oil and Gas Investor</em>)</p>
<p style=""font-size: 12px; text-align: left;""> </p>
<p style=""font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"">(excerpt from full article)</p>
</div>
</div>
<p><strong>MODULE REMOVES SUSPENDED SOLIDS, OIL AND DISSOLVED ORGANICS FROM WASTEWATER<br></strong></p>
<p>OriginClear’s Electro Water Separation with Advanced Oxidation (EWS:AOx) water treatment technology removes suspended solids, oils and dissolved organics from the dirtiest wastewaters, offering oil and gas operators a cost-efficient and effective means of managing and reusing produced water onsite.</p>
<p><span><br></span><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/EWS%20System%20feature%20image.jpg"" alt=""EWS System feature image"" width=""1280"" style=""width: 1280px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""><br>Through a demonstration project on a field belonging to the Sinopec Group, OriginClear used a pilot system equipped with its EWS technology to remediate hydraulic fracturing flowback water for onsite reuse. The EWS module demonstrated its ability to abate major contamination factors found in produced water, reducing chemical oxygen demand by more than 90%, ammonia by more than 80% and total suspended solids by more than 95%.<span> </span><a href=""http://originclear.com/""><em>originclear.com</em></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p style=""font-size: 14px;""><strong><em>OriginClear Editor's Note: Now OriginClear's Next Generation Advanced Oxidation process (AOxPlus™) delivers 10,000 times more superior contaminant breakdown than the original AOx™ technology demonstrated in the unit above, on the same footprint and offers a more efficient treatment solution to sectors that produce highly contaminated wastewater.</em></strong></p>
<p style=""font-size: 14px;""> </p>
<h5>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://www.hartenergy.com/exclusives/shale-technology-showcase-2018-177090"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/e-and-p-logo.png"" alt=""e-and-p-logo"" width=""100"" style=""width: 100px;""></a><br>by Alicia Hurtado - July 2, 2018</h5>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/hartenergy%20ft.jpg","Third Party News Source",""
"Here’s A New Brewery Wastewater Treatment System to Know: Modular Water Systems","news/heres-a-new-brewery-wastewater-treatment-system-to-know-modular-water-systems","Oct 30, 2018 7:25:00 PM","<h5><span>Article by Chris Cowell<br>Original Publication: <a href=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/brewery-wastewater-treatment-system-to-know-module-water-systems/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">Craft Brewing Business</a><br><br></span></h5>
<h3>Debut & First Sale</h3>
<p><span>When OriginClear Inc. debuted its on-site water treatment solution this year, its </span><a href=""http://www.modularwater.com/"">Modular Water Systems division,</a><span> the first sale was to a craft brewery. Modular Water Systems is radically different in that it deploys a manufacturing approach totally unique to the water and wastewater industry in North America.</span></p>
<p><span><!--more--></span></p>
<header class=""entry-header"">
<p class=""entry-meta""> </p>
</header>
<div class=""entry-content"">
<p><a href=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-system.jpg""><img class=""aligncenter size-full wp-image-56772"" src=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-system.jpg"" alt=""water treatment system"" width=""600"" srcset=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-system.jpg 622w, https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-system-300x225.jpg 300w"" sizes=""(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px"" style=""width: 600px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<p> </p>
<h3><span>Modular Water's Structurally Reinforced ThermoPlastics</span></h3>
<p><span>The focus on delivering standardized and custom engineered products utilizing Structurally Reinforced ThermoPlastics (or SRTP) allows the company to provide its customers with infrastructure solutions that overcome the limitations associated with painted steel and conventional concrete.</span></p>
<p>SRTP in the form of HDPE plastic permits the ability to deliver extremely robust wastewater treatment systems. With a typical vessel service life approximating 100 years, which is typically three to four times longer than conventional steel and concrete, SRTP materials represent a major advancement in the delivery and sustainment of the world’s water infrastructure systems. Treatment Capacities range from 1,000 GPD up to 250,000 GPD.</p>
<p>Civil engineers and utility owners are faced with the daunting task of trying to service an ever-growing threat to the environment resulting from deteriorated and failing utility systems, and the implementation of SRTP based solutions offers a real significant material advancement that will overcome these serious challenges and sustainability limitations.</p>
<p><a href=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-systems.jpg""><img class=""aligncenter size-full wp-image-56773"" src=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-systems.jpg"" alt=""water treatment systems"" width=""600"" srcset=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-systems.jpg 622w, https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-treatment-systems-300x150.jpg 300w"" sizes=""(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px"" style=""width: 600px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Instead of rebuilding our current infrastructure, we can equip water users to treat their own water with small, modular water treatment systems that can be built and installed locally,” stated Riggs Eckelberry, OriginClear CEO. “The opportunity is clear: Move to a decentralized structure.”</p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Modular's Daniel Early P.E.</h3>
<p>Modular Water Systems unit President Dan Early has pioneered the use of heavy reinforced plastic materials to create modular water-systems-in-a-box. Not only is reinforced thermoplastic faster and cheaper to build, but it has at least three times the lifespan as compared with concrete-and-steel construction. His inventions have led to the patented Wastewater System & Method for which OriginClear holds world exclusive rights.</p>
<p>Modular Water Systems is domiciled at OriginClear’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Progressive Water Treatment of McKinney, Texas, and will rely on Progressive’s manufacturing facilities until it develops its own in-house facilities.</p>
<p>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/brewery-wastewater-treatment-system-to-know-module-water-systems/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/craft-brewing-business-200x100.jpeg"" alt=""craft-brewing-business-200x100"" width=""100"" style=""width: 100px;""></a><br>by <span><span class=""entry-author""><a href=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/author/ccrowell/"" class=""entry-author-link"" rel=""author""><span class=""entry-author-name"">Chris Crowell </span></a><a href=""https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/author/ccrowell/"" class=""entry-author-link"" rel=""author"">October 29, 2018</a></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
</div>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Craft%20Brewing%20Business%20ft.jpg","Third Party News Source","In The News"
"The Only True Pleasure is That of Human Relations","news/the-only-true-pleasure-is-that-of-human-relations","Oct 16, 2018 12:19:00 AM","<h3 class=""dv b dw eh dy ei ea ej ec ek ee el du"" style=""text-align: center;"">“The only true pleasure is that of human relations”<br>Interview With Riggs Eckelberry the CEO of OriginClear</h3>
<h5 class=""dv b dw eh dy ei ea ej ec ek ee el du"" style=""text-align: left;"">Interview & Article by Yitzi Weiner<br>Original Publication: <a href=""https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-only-true-pleasure-is-that-of-human-relations-with-riggs-eckelberry-the-ceo-of-originclear-ce74e42b2707"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">Authority Magazine</a><br><br></h5>
<p><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/news-social-media-2019/Human%20Relations.jpg"" alt=""Human Relations"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></p>
<h5 style=""text-align: center;""><span>Here’s my favorite quote, I carried it around since my teens. « Il n’est qu’un luxe véritable, et c’est celui des relations humaines. » (The only true pleasure is that of human relations.) Antoine de St-Exupéry (Terre des Hommes). Human relations — there is nothing else.<br><br></span></h5>
<h3><!--more-->I Had The Pleasure</h3>
<p style=""text-align: left;""><span style=""font-style: italic;"">I had the pleasure to interview Riggs Eckelberry the CEO of </span><a href=""https://www.originclear.com/"" class=""cq gg jn jo jp jq"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener nofollow"" style=""font-style: italic;"">OriginClear</a><span style=""font-style: italic;"">. Riggs Eckelberry brings his veteran technology management skills to the Blue Technology sector and most recently has launched WaterChain, OriginClear’s prospective Initial Coin Offering (ICO). As President and COO of CyberDefender Corporation from 2005 to 2006, he was instrumental in building the company and its innovative product line, helping to achieve initial funding and a public company filing. From 2001 to mid-2005, he helped launch and turn around technology companies as founder and President of TechTransform, a technology consulting firm. In 2004, he was a key member of the team that commercialized YellowPages.com, resulting in its sale for $100 million to SBC/BellSouth. In 2003, he helped make Panda Software a key player in the US market as the General Manager of its US unit. During the high-tech boom of the 1990s, he was responsible for the global brand success of the software product, CleanSweep. Riggs also served as Chief Operating Officer of MicroHouse Technologies, where he helped to achieve a successful sale of the company to Earthweb; and he was a key member of the team that completed the sale of venture-backed TriVida to what is now a division of ValueClick (VCLK). The Business Rockstars network interviewed Riggs in 2017 to discuss his professional journey from an entrepreneur in New York in the early 80s to the founding of OriginClear. Riggs Eckelberry’s formation was in the non-profit sector and as a mariner; he holds an oceangoing master’s license.</span> <em style=""text-align: left; background-color: transparent;"">Yitzi Weiner Oct 12, 2018</em><span><br></span></p>
<p style=""text-align: left;""><span><em> </em></span></p>
<h3 style=""text-align: left;"">A Great Number of Initiatives</h3>
<p style=""text-align: left;""><em style=""font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;""><strong class=""jc jr"">Thank you so much for doing this with us! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?</strong></em></p>
<p style=""text-align: left;"">I consider that my training as a product manager on the classic Intel model at a company named Quarterdeck really gave me important skills to be a great CEO. Because the product manager is really the “CEO of his product”, while at the same time having no real authority. At the time, I created a world brand Windows utility named CleanSweep and learned the art of using any resource available to serve a 360-degree set of stakeholders. Also, the product manager must be fast and willing to do whatever it takes. Finally, I learned that it was not one thing that would create success, but a great number of initiatives, most of which would not succeed. But the critical mass of all these initiatives ensured success. I have applied that continuously at OriginClear.<br><br></p>
<h3 style=""text-align: left;"">The Value of Algae</h3>
<p style=""text-align: left;""><em style=""font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;""><strong class=""jc jr"">Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began leading your company?</strong></em></p>
<p style=""text-align: left;"">We actually launched the company into the algae industry. We developed a way to harvest algae for biofuels using electro-coagulation. As late as April 2012, I was debating the value of algae as a biofuel with Jim Rogers on Bloomberg News (<a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWvl9WDBnw"" class=""cq gg jn jo jp jq"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener"" style=""font-style: normal;"">clip</a>). But by then, algae had already been overwhelmed by the tidal wave caused by fracking and horizontal drilling. Overnight, algae became a science experiment. Other companies in algae, including the prestigious NASDAQ company Solazyme, closed. We managed to pivot in to using our harvesting technology to clean very dirty, very oily water. We actually went into cleaning up frack flowback water! Ironic since this was the industry that had destroyed algae… And then even more ironically, oil prices crashed in 2014, too! So once again, we adapted. This time we expanded out into industrial water treatment. Of course, now oil and gas is returning now. My head of technology is in a Middle East country right this second, working on a deal with the national oil company. We were there in 2014, and that has ensured our return, because we have outlasted the four year depression in oil industry infrastructure spending.</p>
<p style=""text-align: left;""> </p>
<p style=""text-align: left;""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/news-social-media-2019/Oil%20Field%20Effluent.jpg"" alt=""Oil Field Effluent"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></p>
<h4 style=""text-align: left;""> </h4>
<h3><strong class=""jc jr"">Core Technology</strong></h3>
<h4 style=""text-align: left;""><em><strong class=""jc jr"">Can you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?</strong></em></h4>
<p id=""5f92"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">We thought we were going to do EVERYTHING in algae. My amazing inventor brother Nicholas came up with a dozen ways to improve all areas of algae production and processing for fuel. One day in late 2008, I walked into the lab and found my brother with a tank of algae and two electrodes. He was basically electroshocking the algae. I asked him what he was doing, and he said — I have no idea, but look… the oil in the algae is separating out! And that was the beginning of our patented Electro Water Separation that is at the core of our technology.</p>
<p id=""fabc"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">What I learned from this was that you never know where your success is going to come from, so just be willing to see it. Amazingly, a series of CTOs who came and went, refused to even look at Nicholas’ invention. I feel it is because their academic background meant they didn’t have the freedom to look. My brother being self-taught, has the ability to go outside the box — and we have a unique technology as a result, that can clear up water that is difficult to clear up otherwise. This is a vital thing in the world, in which 70% of all industrial waste water, and 80% of all sewage, is never treated at all.<br><br></p>
<h3 class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"">The Most Loyal Supporters</h3>
<h4 class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm""><em><strong class=""jc jr"">What do you think makes your company stand out? Can you share a story?</strong></em></h4>
<p class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">Our investors are the most loyal in the world. We have gone through a multi-year biotech-style development path (the water industry can take 12–14 years to accept a new technology), and they have stuck with us through thick and thin. They know that when I send an update to 10,000+ people, any reply goes straight to my inbox. I try to be there for every single investor and update them continuously. It’s why, after all these years, they are supporting us as we finally crank up our revenues. Back in 2013, I was coming down from a climb in the French Alps with one of our key investors who was an old friend as well. As we walked and slid down the steep mountain path, he told me that if I screwed him over, he would never forgive me. Last week we had lunch, and I reminded him of what he said. He still invests!<br><br></p>
<h3 class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"">Water System In A Box</h3>
<h4 class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm""><em><strong class=""jc jr"">Are you working on any exciting new projects now? How do you think that will help people?</strong></em></h4>
<p class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">We have so many great projects. But the one that has me really excited is Modular Water. Literally this is a water-system-in-a-box. The water industry makes water treatment systems by hand, much the way you build a house. This is more like a mobile home. The rigid containers mean that no foundation is needed, and the whole thing can be built in the factory and trucked onsite. Customers typically see a 5% to 25% costs savings when compared to existing conventional infrastructure solutions using concrete, fiberglass, and steel — with a lifespan that is up to four times greater (1100 years!). The whole water industry is going to “self-service” water treatment by industrial, commercial and agricultural users, and Modular Water is perfect for this.</p>
<p> </p>
<h3><span>How We Help</span></h3>
<p><span>Let‘s look at how this will help people. Imagine you are building a real estate development, 200–300 homes, in South Florida. Connecting up to the city system is a problem, because these systems are overwhelmed. But more importantly, if you send your black and grey water to them, you will have to keep buying new water for your golf course. With your own self-contained treatment module, you can treat the water onsite and reuse it to water the golf course. That is a huge water savings and it can make for a 2–3 year ROI on your little prefab unit. And you are being very green! (because otherwise, recycling rates in the USA are just 1 percent versus almost 90% for Israel). Finally, the Modular Water units are very easy to run so you don’t need special staff to run it. That’s because Dan Early has supplied Forward Operating Bases in Afghanistan with containerized waste water treatment units that an 18-year old soldier can operate! All in all I’m super excited to have Dan Early on board and we are piling in behind him as fast as we can.<br><br></span></p>
<h4><em><strong class=""jc jr"">What advice would you give to other CEOs or founders to help their employees to thrive?</strong></em></h4>
<p><span>Don’t inspect before the fact of an employee making a mistake. Give them maximum freedom of operation. That doesn’t mean let them destroy your work. You keep an eye out and monitor their output and you then train and manage them through it. I have high loyalty for my people and that does cost me sometimes. But I’m repaid with extraordinary loyalty too.<br><br></span></p>
<h3><span>Willingness Is Everything</span></h3>
<h4><em><strong class=""jc jr"">What advice would you give to other CEOs about the best way to manage a large team?</strong></em></h4>
<p><span>Spend time only on the most willing and let the rest go. Willingness is everything, don’t let someone who has skills stick around if they are not 100% in the game. I have lots of time for people who are willing.<br><br></span></p>
<h4><em><strong class=""jc jr"">None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?</strong></em></h4>
<p><span>My late wife Avis was Bob Hope’s niece. And she had his amazing regard for people and a style that permeated everything she did. At the time I met her, I had been recovering from a spectacular business failure, and she helped me find my center and start my path toward the C-suite. What I loved about her was her ability to pull together company events with style and attention to detail that we have never seen since. She even kept doing that while she was sick, and her determination shines through in my life to this day.<br><br><br></span></p>
<p><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/PWT%20Ultrafiltration%20Systems%20Hero.jpeg"" alt=""PWT Ultrafiltration Systems Hero"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></p>
<h4> </h4>
<h3><span style=""font-weight: bold;"">Working in Water is a Public Work</span></h3>
<h4><em><strong class=""jc jr"">How have you used your success to bring goodness to the world?</strong></em></h4>
<p><span>My wife and I give deeply to action-oriented nonprofit causes like anti-drug education and more. But I still think my work in water is a public good. It’s amazing how most people in the world think water is a major problem. But the problem is so huge they do not know what to do about it. They sense we have a mission and that everything we do is to help with the problem, whether with a cleanup technology or even as in this year, with a cryptocurrency which could bring significant water funding top projects that are too small for Wall Street’s financing systems. Making water work is my mission and I love it.<br><br></span></p>
<h3><strong class=""jc jr"">5 Key Things</strong></h3>
<p><em style=""font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;""><strong class=""jc jr"">What are your “5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became CEO” and why. (Please share a story or example for each.)</strong></em></p>
<ul class="""">
<li id=""5494"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij kg kh ki"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">90% or more of the people who say they can help you, can’t. I’m always astonished at the number of people who genuinely think they can help, and they are a waste of time. One particular investor relations practitioner dangled the prospect of a major celebrity in front of me for months for a potential endorsement. He even had the celebrity talk with me. It was a time-waster, I’m sad to say. My wife is very good at spotting them and I have learned to listen!</li>
<li id=""f737"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd kj jf kk jh kl jj km jl kn ij kg kh ki"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">You’ll fundraise… forever. It is amazing how much your job is about raising money. That’s just how it is. For example recently, as we have a major revenue upsurge and profits in sight, I’m having to go back to my longtime investors. It’s not easy but they are, as I say, wonderful.</li>
<li id=""054e"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd kj jf kk jh kl jj km jl kn ij kg kh ki"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">Your name will be reviled in message boards. One example was someone claiming I was wanted for child rape in Thailand — and I have never even been to that country! They will say anything, literally.</li>
<li id=""5fcc"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd kj jf kk jh kl jj km jl kn ij kg kh ki"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">At the end of the day, you are the one who has to make it work. That’s something I learned again as a sailor. In February 2013 I was sailing with friends and we rounded a cape. Suddenly, the wind took us aback and we were flying for the rocks! The one person who said she was experienced disappeared into the cabin below. I took three guys, including my son who was 15 at the time, and walked them through the steps to get the boat backed away from its suicidal course. It was a dramatic moment (my wife is still in shock) and it underlined how in the end, it’s all about you.</li>
<li id=""d91b"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd kj jf kk jh kl jj km jl kn ij kg kh ki"" data-selectable-paragraph="""">You basically have to be an athlete. It’s physically and mentally tough. Also, you have got to remember to take care of yourself and work out diligently. It actually gets rid of stress in a big way. Handling the pressures of this job without physical exertion is literally suicide. I learned that this year, when things got unbelievably busy as we were doing WaterChain and the Modular Water acquisition as a ton of financing, all at once. I stopped working out for a couple of months. Not only did I gain weight, but I was stressed. Now I work out almost every day.<br><br></li>
</ul>
<h4><em><strong class=""jc jr"">You are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger. :-)</strong></em></h4>
<p><span>I am most inspired by the potential for cryptocurrency in eliminating the middleman and empowering the actual stakeholders. I tell the “Beyond Uber” example which is compelling, I think. Uber is great, but Uber drivers don’t make enough — a Beyond Uber crypto concept would change all that.<br><br></span></p>
<h3><span>Favorite Lesson</span></h3>
<p><em style=""font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;""><strong class=""jc jr"">Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life?</strong></em></p>
<p>Here’s my favorite quote, I carried it around since my teens. « Il n’est qu’un luxe véritable, et c’est celui des relations humaines. » (The only true pleasure is that of human relations.) Antoine de St-Exupéry (Terre des Hommes) Human relations — there is nothing else.<br><br></p>
<h4><em><strong class=""jc jr"">Some of the biggest names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column. Is there a person in the world, or in the US with whom you would love to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this if we tag them :-)</strong></em></h4>
<p><span>Elon Musk, no question. I love his breezy, insouciant, humorous approach to innovation (the Boring Company!?!?). He just gets it done and seems to have sooo much fun at it!<br><br></span></p>
<h4 id=""2c87"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm""><em>How can our readers follow you on social media?</em></h4>
<p id=""2db6"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph=""""><a href=""https://www.facebook.com/riggseck"" class=""cq gg jn jo jp jq"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener nofollow"" style=""font-weight: normal;"">https://www.facebook.com/riggseck</a></p>
<p id=""c981"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph=""""><a href=""https://www.facebook.com/OriginClear/"" class=""cq gg jn jo jp jq"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener nofollow"" style=""font-weight: normal;"">https://www.facebook.com/OriginClear/</a></p>
<p id=""ce66"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph=""""><a href=""https://www.linkedin.com/company/originclear-inc/"" class=""cq gg jn jo jp jq"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener nofollow"" style=""font-weight: normal;"">https://www.linkedin.com/company/originclear-inc/</a></p>
<p id=""a892"" class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm"" data-selectable-paragraph=""""><a href=""https://www.linkedin.com/in/riggs/"" class=""cq gg jn jo jp jq"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener nofollow"" style=""font-weight: normal;"">https://www.linkedin.com/in/riggs/</a></p>
<h5 class=""iz ja du at jc b jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm ij dm""><span style=""background-color: transparent;""><br>View Original Publication: <a href=""https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-only-true-pleasure-is-that-of-human-relations-with-riggs-eckelberry-the-ceo-of-originclear-ce74e42b2707"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Authority%20Magazine%20logo.png"" alt=""Authority Magazine logo"" width=""209"" style=""width: 209px;""></a></span><br><a href=""https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-only-true-pleasure-is-that-of-human-relations-with-riggs-eckelberry-the-ceo-of-originclear-ce74e42b2707"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">by Yitzi Weiner. October 12, 2018</a><br><br></h5>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/images/news-social-media-2019/Human%20relations%20feature.jpg","Third Party News Source","In The News"
"Water Quality Products INDUSTRY NEWS WEEK 7/22/18","news/water-quality-products-industry-news-week-7-22-18","Jul 22, 2018 6:11:21 PM","<h3><a href=""https://www.wqpmag.com/engineering-services/industry-news-week-72218"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">OriginClear Announces New Division</a></h3>
<p>OriginClear Inc. announced a new division for Modular Water Systems, which offers a product line of prefabricated water treatment systems.</p>
<!--more-->
<p><a href=""https://www.wqpmag.com/engineering-services/industry-news-week-72218"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><span style=""font-weight: bold;""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/news-social-media-2019/Water%20System%20in%20a%20Box%20ft.jpg"" alt=""Water System in a Box ft"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></span></a></p>
<p><span style=""font-weight: bold;""><br>View Original Publication</span>: <a href=""https://www.wqpmag.com/engineering-services/industry-news-week-72218"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Quality%20Products%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Quality Products logo"" width=""100"" style=""width: 100px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Water%20System%20in%20a%20Box%20ft.jpg","Third Party News Source","In the News"
"OriginClear Launches Modular Water Treatment Division","news/analysis-biofuels-firms-brace-for-impact-of-new-epa-rules-0","Jul 19, 2018 8:34:00 PM","<h3><a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-launches-modular-water-treatment-division-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><span>New Modular Water Systems</span></a></h3>
<p><span>Riggs Eckelberry: ""Water users are increasingly forced to treat their own wastewater on-site, at the point of use. This sets the stage for Modular Water."" <br><br></span></p>
<!--more-->
<p><a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-launches-modular-water-treatment-division-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><span><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/Reg%20A%20Filing%20Featured.jpg"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;"" alt=""10,000 Gallon Modular Treatment Vessel""></span></a></p>
<p><span><span style=""font-weight: bold;""><br>View Original Publication</span>: <a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-launches-modular-water-treatment-division-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Online%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Online logo"" width=""200"" style=""width: 200px;""></a></span></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/WOL%20article%20feature%20image.jpg","OriginClear Staff","In the News"
"Why I Chose To Build My Business In LA","news/why-i-chose-to-build-my-business-in-la","Jul 19, 2018 12:16:34 PM","<h3><a href=""https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeslacouncil/2018/07/19/why-i-chose-to-build-my-businesses-in-la/#25c5cd292b48"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">What Does LA Ask Of Me?</a></h3>
<p>As Paul Graham, the famous venture capitalist behind Y-Combinator and countless billion-dollar-plus startups wrote, every city you live in asks characteristically different things of you...<!--more--></p>
<p><a href=""https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeslacouncil/2018/07/19/why-i-chose-to-build-my-businesses-in-la/#25c5cd292b48"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/LA%20Skyline.jpg"" alt=""LA Skyline"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a><span style=""background-color: transparent;""><br>So, what does Los Angeles ask of me as an entrepreneur?</span></p>
<p><span style=""font-weight: bold;"">View Original Publication</span>: <a href=""https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeslacouncil/2018/07/19/why-i-chose-to-build-my-businesses-in-la/#25c5cd292b48"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/Forbes%20Logo.jpeg"" alt=""Forbes Logo"" width=""100"" style=""width: 100px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/LA%20Skyline%20ft.jpg","Riggs Eckelberry","In the News"
"Water Technologies International, Inc. Utilizing OriginClear's Technologies To Pave New Roads","news/water-technologies-international-inc-utilizing-originclears-technologies-to-pave-new-roads","May 30, 2018 9:57:42 PM","<h3><a href=""https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/30/1513794/0/en/Water-Technologies-International-Inc-Licenses-Technology-for-the-Oil-Gas-Industry-with-OriginClear-Inc.html#:~:text=Licenses%20Technology%20for%20the%20Oil%20%26%20Gas%20Industry%20with%20OriginClear%2C%20Inc.,-Email%20Print%20Friendly&text=May%2030%2C%202018%2008%3A00,from%20water%20for%20commercial%20applications."" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">Regaining Control Of Water Resources</a></h3>
<p>The <a href=""https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=bipfx6qWN4PvE_VD8ydkWe7HbAOf__YbjFd7l_XNfRdx3EOCS4zmcnlAuJc39XI5uCiZtHl1IF0d6qFX2qMZzTnCd1KRGgNLKQqX9BrTIL-UZyVUaGOaNubR9o6WVeUg_eWIKOQrOIFwf_1rw5fmtH2mvqVT6jrnTFi91gU0C53dwtwOZDLe5aMx3c0qVAaa9hlgAKq5QjsUPvPFbAp3jr-W4poRYj9oKd1UwACzYyw="" target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow noopener"">United Nations estimates</a> that by 2030, water demand will exceed supply by 40 percent. By combining OriginClear’s Electro Water Separation (EWS) wastewater treatment technology with Water Technologies’ Atmospheric Water Generators, oil & gas operators facing water scarcity can regain control of their water resources and build water independence for their organization.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p><a href=""https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/30/1513794/0/en/Water-Technologies-International-Inc-Licenses-Technology-for-the-Oil-Gas-Industry-with-OriginClear-Inc.html#:~:text=Licenses%20Technology%20for%20the%20Oil%20%26%20Gas%20Industry%20with%20OriginClear%2C%20Inc.,-Email%20Print%20Friendly&text=May%2030%2C%202018%2008%3A00,from%20water%20for%20commercial%20applications."" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><span style=""font-weight: bold;""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Water%20Tech%20II%20ft.jpg"" alt=""Water Tech II System"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></span></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style=""font-weight: bold;"">View Original Publication</span>: <a href=""https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/30/1513794/0/en/Water-Technologies-International-Inc-Licenses-Technology-for-the-Oil-Gas-Industry-with-OriginClear-Inc.html#:~:text=Licenses%20Technology%20for%20the%20Oil%20%26%20Gas%20Industry%20with%20OriginClear%2C%20Inc.,-Email%20Print%20Friendly&text=May%2030%2C%202018%2008%3A00,from%20water%20for%20commercial%20applications."" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/graphic%20art/Screen%20Shot%202020-03-19%20at%203.46.49%20PM.png"" alt=""Screen Shot 2020-03-19 at 3.46.49 PM"" width=""72"" style=""width: 72px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Water%20Tech%20II%20ft.jpg","Third Party News Source","In the News"
"AlgEternal Ups Production With OriginClear Technology","news/algeternal-ups-production-with-originclear-technology","May 13, 2018 6:48:02 PM","<h3><a href=""http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algeternal-ups-production-with-originclear-technology/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">OriginClear's Smart Algae Harvester</a></h3>
<p>These test results, according to the companies, demonstrated that OriginClear’s line of Smart Algae Harvesters is highly efficient, effectively controls bacteria in the algal paste product to facilitate a long shelf life, and ensures the algae cells are alive after harvesting.<!--more--></p>
<p><a href=""http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algeternal-ups-production-with-originclear-technology/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><strong><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/OriginClear%20Algae%20Harvester.jpg"" alt=""OriginClear Algae Harvester"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></strong></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>View Original Publication</strong>: <a href=""https://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algeternal-ups-production-with-originclear-technology/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/algaeindustrymagazine-200x76.jpg"" alt=""algaeindustrymagazine-200x76"" width=""150"" style=""width: 150px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/OriginClear%20Algae%20Harvester%20ft.jpg","Third Party News Source","Algae, In the News"
"OriginClear Spanish licensee to supply water treatment tech for pig farming effluent","news/originclear-spanish-licensee-to-supply-water-treatment-tech-for-pig-farming-effluent","Mar 25, 2018 2:51:52 PM","<h3><a href=""https://www.watertechonline.com/home/article/15550542/siemens-event-covers-digitalization-baldor-electric-company-is-now-abb-originclear-licensee-signs-contract"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank"">Depuporc to Integrate Originclear Tech</a></h3>
<p>Depuporc intends to integrate OriginClear’s Electro Water Separation with Advanced Oxidation (EWS:AOx) technology in the systems it deploys. The contract outlines orders beginning with 12 machines in the first year, tripling to 36 units by the third year.<!--more--></p>
<p><a href=""https://www.watertechonline.com/home/article/15550542/siemens-event-covers-digitalization-baldor-electric-company-is-now-abb-originclear-licensee-signs-contract"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Depuporc%20Licensed%20ft.jpg"" alt=""Depuporc Licensed ft"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>View Original Publication</strong>: <a href=""https://www.watertechonline.com/home/article/15550542/siemens-event-covers-digitalization-baldor-electric-company-is-now-abb-originclear-licensee-signs-contract"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Technology%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Technology logo"" width=""150"" style=""width: 150px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Depuporc%20Licensed%20ft-1.jpg","Third Party News Source","In the News"
"OriginClear Delivers First Commercial Unit In China For Ammonia Removal","news/originclear-delivers-first-commercial-unit-in-china-for-ammonia-removal-2","Mar 22, 2018 8:11:39 PM","<h3>Effective Ammonia Removal</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">OriginClear’s system effectively removes levels of ammonia which are both high and variable, from a continuous flow of wastewater generated by a chrome-plating process.</span></p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-delivers-first-commercial-unit-in-china-for-ammonia-removal-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Ningbo%20!st%20Commercial%20China%20AOx%20Delivery.jpg"" alt=""Ningbo !st Commercial China AOx Delivery"" width=""683"" style=""width: 683px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<p> </p>
<h5>View Original Publication: <a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-delivers-first-commercial-unit-in-china-for-ammonia-removal-0001"" rel="" noopener""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Online%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Online logo"" width=""300"" style=""width: 300px;""></a></h5>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Ningbo%201st%20Commercial%20China%20AOx%20Delivery%20ft.jpg","OriginClear Staff","In the News"
"World Water Day 2018 Emphasizes Natural Water Solutions","news/world-water-day-2018-emphasizes-natural-water-solutions","Mar 22, 2018 4:00:36 AM","<h3>Highly Refined & Effective Processes</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">Specifically, practices such as Advanced Oxidation, or even Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation (EAOP), offer highly-refined processes that are a result of decades of water treatment practice and technological development.</span><!--more--></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href=""https://www.wwdmag.com/trends-forecasts/world-water-day-2018-emphasizes-natural-water-solutions"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/WWD%20Natural%20Solutions.jpg"" alt=""WWD Natural Solutions"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<h5>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://www.wwdmag.com/trends-forecasts/world-water-day-2018-emphasizes-natural-water-solutions"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/WWD_logo1-200x81.png"" alt=""WWD_logo1-200x81"" width=""200"" style=""width: 200px;""></a> </h5>
<p> </p>","https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/WWD%20Natural%20Solutions.jpg","Third Party News Source","Industry, In the News, Potable Water, Advanced Oxidation, AOX, Water Treatment, BioReactor, ESG, Microtoxins"
"OriginClear Spanish Licensee Signs Multi-Year Commercial Swine Manure Treatment Contract","news/originclear-spanish-licensee-signs-multi-year-commercial-swine-manure-treatment-contract-2","Mar 2, 2018 3:48:33 PM","<h3>OriginClear Technology Adoption</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">The contract outlines orders beginning with 12 machines in the first year, tripling to 36 units by the third year. Between component sales and royalties, OriginClear believes that this project will generate about half a million dollars in the first year, also tripling by year three.</span></p>
<!--more-->
<p> </p>
<p><a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-spanish-licensee-multi-year-commercial-manure-treatment-contract-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Barresqueda%20Plant%20Separator%20-%20Biogas%20Production.jpg"" alt=""Barresqueda Plant Separator - Biogas Production"" width=""1280"" style=""width: 1280px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>
<h5>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/originclear-spanish-licensee-multi-year-commercial-manure-treatment-contract-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Online%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Online logo"" width=""200"" style=""width: 200px;""></a></h5>
<p> </p>","https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Barresqueda%20Plant%20Separator%20-%20Biogas%20Production.jpg","OriginClear Staff","Industry, In the News, Advanced Oxidation, AOX, Commercial Applications, BioReactor, Animal Farming, Pig Farm, Spain, manure, ammonia, Depuporc, ESG, Technology Adoption, Agriculture, Licensee"
"Breakthrough Wastewater Treatment for FOG Removal","news/breakthrough-wastewater-treatment-for-fog-removal","Feb 12, 2018 10:32:04 PM","<h3>Fat, Oil & Grease Effluents Solved</h3>
<p><span style=""background-color: transparent;"">OriginClear’s combined process, EWS:AOx, is fast, versatile and low maintenance. It has a small on-site footprint, uses a low amount of consumables and cost-efficiently treats food and dairy wastewater.<!--more--></span><a href=""https://www.watertechonline.com/wastewater/article/15550529/breakthrough-wastewater-treatment-for-fog-removal?utm_source=newsletter_021318&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dReE56TTNNRGcyWVRVeCIsInQiOiJoRjVJa3FvMmhKd3MyampDWjZUSUJCMUFpbGp5U2g2NDRaRE5RbERaSERkRFpCUmFuZnFHYVRJMzdkblorYjdVdGM4VTkrVDNSOEQ4cjRrblNGRjU2UmM4djAzSkZPMWVTXC9GWW9GSnpwa1lERTNHSkhkc0xUU2VtK1llRWNXVWkifQ%3D%3D"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/EWS%20System%20feature%20image.jpg"" alt=""EWS System feature image"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<p> </p>
<h5>View Original Publication - <a href=""https://www.watertechonline.com/wastewater/article/15550529/breakthrough-wastewater-treatment-for-fog-removal?utm_source=newsletter_021318&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dReE56TTNNRGcyWVRVeCIsInQiOiJoRjVJa3FvMmhKd3MyampDWjZUSUJCMUFpbGp5U2g2NDRaRE5RbERaSERkRFpCUmFuZnFHYVRJMzdkblorYjdVdGM4VTkrVDNSOEQ4cjRrblNGRjU2UmM4djAzSkZPMWVTXC9GWW9GSnpwa1lERTNHSkhkc0xUU2VtK1llRWNXVWkifQ%3D%3D"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Technology%20Magazine%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Technology Magazine logo"" width=""203"" style=""width: 203px;""></a></h5>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>","https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/EWS%20System%20feature%20image.jpg","OriginClear Staff","Industry, In the News, Advanced Oxidation, AOX, Water Treatment, Commercial Applications, BioReactor, Electro Water Separation, ESG, EWS, Food & Beverage, Agriculture, FOG Removal"
"Sugar Cane In The Desert: Ennesys Proves Sustainable Waste Treatment In Abu Dhabi","news/sugar-cane-in-the-desert-ennesys-proves-sustainable-waste-treatment-in-abu-dhabi-2","Nov 30, 2017 2:26:03 AM","<p>In 2011, OriginClear helped launch Ennesys to target France's sustainable energy law, RT 2020, which will require that buildings achieve a positive energy balance by the year 2020.<!--more--></p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Freewaterbox.jpg"" alt=""Freewaterbox"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>Over the past few years, OriginClear has also provided Ennesys with algae harvesting, water sanitizing equipment, and technical expertise. OriginClear also </span><a href=""http://www.originoil.com/company-news/originoil-accelerates-french-joint-venture-ennesys"" target=""_blank"" rel=""noopener"">transferred</a><span> three algae-related patents to Ennesys on preferential payment terms to enhance its technology portfolio.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>Original Publication: <a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/sugar-cane-in-the-desert-ennesys-waste-treatment-in-abu-dhabi-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Online%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Online logo"" width=""250"" style=""width: 250px;""></a></span></p>
<p> </p>","https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Freewaterbox.jpg","OriginClear Staff","Industry, In the News"
"Rounding Up Glyphosate's Threat To Drinking Water","news/rounding-up-glyphosates-threat-to-drinking-water","Oct 13, 2017 2:48:07 AM","<p><span>“We [as a society] are becoming more aware of glyphosate’s presence in our water, and as such, are pursuing greater depths of research into the contaminant’s effects on the human body,” said OriginClear's J.L. Kindler. “We foresee this trend continuing and encourage the research on glyphosate to continue.</span><!--more--></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/rounding-up-glyphosate-s-threat-to-drinking-water-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Glyphosate%20in%20Roundup.jpg"" alt=""Glyphosate in Roundup"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></a></p>
<p>In the meantime, while researchers conduct studies to understand the exact dangers of glyphosate’s presence in our water, OriginClear is focused on ending its presence in our water once and for all.</p>
<p>by Peter Chawaga</p>
<p>Original Publication: <a href=""https://www.wateronline.com/doc/rounding-up-glyphosate-s-threat-to-drinking-water-0001"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Water%20Online%20logo.png"" alt=""Water Online logo"" width=""250"" style=""width: 250px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Glyphosate%20in%20Roundup.jpg","OriginClear Staff","In the News, Potable Water"
"Hurricane season has completely overwhelmed wastewater treatment centers in Florida and Texas","news/hurricane-season-has-completely-overwhelmed-wastewater-treatment-centers-in-florida-and-texas","Sep 14, 2017 1:39:19 PM","<p><span>According to Bloomberg, the EPA is working to send in extra hands to Florida to help get wastewater treatment plants back up and running to clear some of this water and prevent more from spreading.<!--more--> </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href=""https://qz.com/1076372/hurricanes-irma-and-harvey-overwhelmed-wastewater-treatment-centers-in-florida-and-texas/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><span><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Hurricane%20Season.jpg"" alt=""Hurricane Season"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></span></a></p>
<p><span>Riggs Eckelberry, the president of OriginClear, a California-based water purification tech company, tells Quartz it’s </span>working with local affiliates to send industrial water filter machines capable of cleaning water from oil spills to the affected areas.</p>
<p>by Katherine Ellen Foley</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Original Publication: <a href=""https://qz.com/1076372/hurricanes-irma-and-harvey-overwhelmed-wastewater-treatment-centers-in-florida-and-texas/"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Quartz%20logo.png"" alt=""Quartz logo"" width=""250"" style=""width: 250px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Hurricane%20Season.jpg","OriginClear Staff","Invest Page, In the News"
"Case Study: Originclear Removes Glyphosate From Drinking Water","news/case-study-originclear-removes-glyphosate-from-drinking-water","Aug 5, 2017 3:27:19 PM","<p>...recent testing in the La Kretz Advanced Prototyping Center demonstrated the ability to virtually eliminate the herbicide glyphosate from <a href=""http://www.waterworld.com/content/ww/en/drinking-water.html"">drinking water</a> by up to 99.3%.<!--more--></p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Drinking%20water.jpg"" alt=""Drinking water"" width=""1280"" style=""width: 1280px;""></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>Glyphosate is the world's leading herbicide. It was invented by Monsanto and is a key ingredient in Roundup™, but is now available from many manufacturers worldwide. According to one study, it is found in up to 70% of all U.S. drinking water.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>View Publication: <a href=""https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water/article/16223597/case-study-originclear-removes-glyphosate-from-drinking-water"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/WaterWorld%20logo.png"" alt=""WaterWorld logo"" width=""250"" style=""width: 250px;""></a></span></p>
<p> </p>","https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Drinking%20water.jpg","OriginClear Staff","Industry, Invest Page, In the News, Potable Water"
"Florida Researchers Looking at Leachate Treatment Technology About to Launch in Malaysia","news/florida-researchers-looking-at-leachate-treatment-technology-about-to-launch-in-malaysia","Jul 5, 2017 6:08:55 PM","<p>As OriginClear prepares to launch the full-scale operation in July, Florida Atlantic University is testing the technology to see how it might work in U.S. landfills as wastewater treatment plants are increasingly challenged to handle the heavy contamination loads presented by landfill leachate....</p>
<!--more-->
<p> </p>
<p><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/2020%20website%20images/2020%20News/Leachate%20treatment%20Malaysia.jpg"" alt=""Leachate treatment Malaysia"" width=""800"" style=""width: 800px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;""></p>
<p> </p>
<p>View Full Article: <a href=""https://www.waste360.com/leachate/florida-researchers-looking-leachate-treatment-technology-about-launch-malaysia"" rel=""noopener"" target=""_blank""><img src=""https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4822820/images/News%20-%20Media%20Logos/Waste%20360%20logo.png"" alt=""Waste 360 logo"" width=""250"" style=""width: 250px;""></a></p>
<p> </p>","https://4822820.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4822820/OriginClear%20August%202018/Images/Waste%20360%20ft.jpg","OriginClear Staff","In the News"