Cleaner, Safer Water
There’s a small company here in Northeast Ohio that has a pretty amazing product. They’ve ben running under the radar for the most part, but are beginning to get more and more attention–not to mention more and more money and support from venture capitalists, including JumpStart:
A few years ago, the U.S. government released more stringent drinking water standards that would require new technologies; water was coined “the new gold” by the investments industry; and the global water contaminant extraction industry went from tiny to huge, reaching multiple billions of dollars. An analyst for Goldman Sachs told a leading newspaper, “Water is a growth driver for as long and far as the eye can see.” During that time, MAR Systems was quietly co-developing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a “clean technology” that uses recycled alumina catalysts to remove metal contaminants from drinking water and industrial fluid waste streams.
For the complete JumpStart article on MAR Systems, click here.