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A scalable green water treatment system
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Identification
NuTree recycles wastewater to create clean water, combustion-less bionenergy, and crops.
The easy-to-use device makes powerful water treatment accessible at a small scale. A single unit treats and recycles over 300 gallons per day fo wastewater without odor while removing over 90% of contaminants. NuTree's compact design offers scalable modularity to connect multiple units to treat higher volumes of wastewater. Resembling a high tech garden, naturally ocurring plants and microbes are used for cleaning. This gives NuTree a non-toxic, aesthetically pleasing setup. Other green perks include recycling nutrient water for reuse and nutrients to grow microgreens with vertical farming attachment. Finally, it creates bioenergy, thus making the system self-powered. The user is able to personalize wastewater treatment and power production with NuTree.
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May 23, 2019
From
United States
Maturity stage
Initial market commercialization
Looking For
Visibility, partners, fundraising, actors in biomimicry
Sectors - Value chain - Application
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Design, Power & Produce
Package & Distribute
Use & Efficiency
Valorize & Restore
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The environmental benefits
- •Integrates engineered wetlands and microbial fuel cells in a vertical, modular, scalable system.
- •Compact, odorless, and aesthetically pleasing.
- •In a year, a single NuTree can treat about 127,750 gallons of wastewater a year.
- •Removes over 99% of high-strength contaminants for industrial-strength brewery wastewater.
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The Financial benefits
- •3 to 10 times less expensive than on-site treatment plants and septic tanks.
- •Reduces maintenance costs as much as 90% from conventional treatment methods.
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Europe
Kosovo, Vatican City, Ukraine, San Marino, Slovakia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Slovenia, Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Netherlands, Malta, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Jersey, Italy, Iceland, Isle of Man, Ireland, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Gibraltar, Guernsey, United Kingdom, France, Faroe Islands, Finland, Spain, Estonia, Denmark, Germany, Czechia, Switzerland, Belarus, Bulgaria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Åland, Austria, Albania, Andorra,
Asia
Yemen, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Taiwan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, East Timor, Tajikistan, Thailand, Syria, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, State of Palestine, Pakistan, Philippines, Oman, Nepal, Malaysia, Maldives, Macao SAR, Mongolia, Myanmar [Burma], Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, South Korea, North Korea, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, India, Israel, Indonesia, Hong Kong SAR, Georgia, Cyprus, China (Mainland), Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates,
Africa
Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Mayotte, Uganda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Togo, French Southern Territories, Chad, Swaziland, Ṣo Tom̩ and Pr?_ncipe, South Sudan, Somalia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena, Sudan, Seychelles, Rwanda, R̩union, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mali, Madagascar, Morocco, Libya, Lesotho, Liberia, Comoros, Kenya, British Indian Ocean Territory, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Gabon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Western Sahara, Egypt, Algeria, Djibouti, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Benin, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Angola,
North america
U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Lucia, Cayman Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Greenland, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Curacao, Cuba, Costa Rica, Canada, Belize, Bahamas, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bermuda, Saint Barth̩lemy, Barbados, Aruba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda,
South america
Venezuela, Uruguay, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru, Guyana, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, French Guiana, Falkland Islands, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Bouvet Island, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina,
Australia
Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Tokelau, Solomon Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Niue, Nauru, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Guam, Micronesia, Fiji, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Cocos [Keeling] Islands, Australia, American Samoa,
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Company Profile
NuLeaf Tech Inc.
Compact ecosystems for off-grid water solutions. Engineering nature so no one has to worry about dirty water.
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Headquarters
San Jose, CA 95123, USA
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