Liquid Trees utilizes microalgae technology to remove heavy metals, microplastics, and excess nutrients from river water, enhancing water quality and promoting biodiversity. This bioremediation approach captures carbon dioxide and restores ecosystem services, addressing pollution in aquatic environments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Rivers worldwide suffer from pollution, including excess nutrients, heavy metals, and microplastics, leading to biodiversity loss and impaired ecosystem services. Traditional remediation methods are often expensive and unsustainable, failing to address the root causes of pollution or provide long-term solutions.
Solution
Liquid Trees offers an in-situ bioremediation technology that utilizes native microalgae (diatoms) to remove pollutants from river water and sequester carbon dioxide. By cultivating diatom growth in open water bodies, the technology captures pollutants like fertilizers, heavy metals, and microplastics, while simultaneously producing oxygen and supporting aquatic food webs. The approach leverages satellite data and machine learning to monitor and optimize bioremediation efforts, ensuring effective and scalable river restoration. Liquid Trees' projects aim to restore ecosystem services, promote biodiversity, and generate ecological, social, and economic benefits for local communities.
Target Audience
Liquid Trees targets organizations and individuals seeking to support bioremediation projects, initiate river restoration efforts, enhance corporate social responsibility, and achieve sustainability goals.
Features
- In-situ bioremediation using native microalgae species
- Removal of heavy metals, microplastics, and excess nutrients from river water
- Carbon dioxide sequestration through diatom biomass growth
- Water oxygenation and eutrophication mitigation
- Satellite data and machine learning for project monitoring and optimization
- Project screening and selection based on environmental, technical, and economic feasibility
- Remote sensing and GIS tools for tracking project progress and diagnosing potential risks
- Support for river biodiversity and local microalgae communities