StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 138 WastewaterSeparator is an environmental technology company which produces equipment that separates household tap wastewater into reusable (clean) water and sewage-category (dirty) water. The equipment uses spectrometry to determine if wastewater flowing through the sink is reusable, in which case it is diverted and stored in a container for use in gardening or for flushing the toilet. The company also installs a separate container for storing all wastewater from washing machines, which is exclusively used for flushing the toilet. CEO QUOTE "When you wash your hands under the tap or when you wash vegetables, the water that flows out is perfectly usable for watering your garden, for example. About 80% of the tap water that flows down your sink and all shower and bathtub water is reusable, at least for flushing the toilet if not for gardening. Few people know that soap water is perfectly OK to use for watering your lawn and flowers. We help spread this me...

StartupRealities No 6 DesertPlantations Limited is an international startup investing in desert land in coastal areas in northern Chile, Namibia and Western Australia and converting the acquired coastal land into fruit and nut plantations and vineyards. The coastal farms are irrigated with desalinated ocean water using inexpensive technology developed by MIT, which does not require any additional energy input for desalination. Rafts of these passive solar-powered desalination systems are floated on the surface of the sea near the shore. The solar rafts produce 6 litres of freshwater per square metre per day. Underwater pipes installed on the seabed connect the rafts and drain the distilled freshwater into storage tanks on land. Drip irrigation systems on the farms are turned on only during the night to minimise water loss. --- AGRICULTURE The output of the desert farms peaks in December-March during the southern hemisphere summer (northern hemisphere winter). The farms supply or...