What Can Be Done About Forever Chemicals In Drinking Water?
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by Jamie Hailstone
Riggs Eckelberry, co-founder of water technology company OriginClear said forever chemicals are now so widespread in tap water that more decentralised water treatment is needed to tackle the situation in an interview.
Because capital is needed to make this happen, OriginClear developed its Water on Demand subsidiary, a platform that allows investors to fund water filtration systems for communities all over the country, while also enjoying returns.
Eckelberry told me industrial and agricultural users should install their own water treatment systems, which will help relieve the pressure on utility companies and their filtration facilities.
He quoted figures from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which show in 2024 alone, the projected gap between water infrastructure needs and spending in the United States will be $91 billion and by 2043, the cumulative gap will be over $2 trillion.
“You have to now take precautions at home because the cities are just not filtering these chemicals out,” said Eckelberry.
“And because industrial and agricultural users represent 90% of the usage in the wastewater system, if they took care of the issue locally, then all the strain would go away, and you would not have people downstream being polluted by it.
“A more distributed model is modern, and it works far better,” he said. “Industrial and agricultural users will do better financially with their own filtration system.”
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