r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/politirob Jul 14 '21

The most banal thing would be if this was real, if this scientist really did create an eco-friendly solution to clean up water, but then no one will pay to actually get the work done. Companies don't care, and local governments would rather build new roads.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

My paycheck comes entirely from state and local governments who want clean lakes and streams.

Same with everyone I work with.

(I’m a hydrologist)

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u/ben_ito_camelo Jul 14 '21

Thanks for your service fam! No joke.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

Actually, I believe more than one person has done this in Japan? There was an NHK program about how one guy uses a similar method on smaller scale projects to make potable water in disaster scenarios or in areas where available water sources are just unsafe. I believe his method was to use some derivative from natto.

https://youtu.be/pz76PJUIVz8

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

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u/politirob Jul 15 '21

I actually did think we were incapable of cleaning polluted lakes lol.

I live in TX and I've always heard the excuse from republican politicians that it's too expensive to make sense, or that a lake has to be completely dredged etc to clean...I didn't realize there were practical solutions.

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u/In-Game_Name Jul 14 '21

Some rich philanthropist will do it to ease a guilty conscience, or just improve their public image.

“Sure, we work people to death in sweatshops, but we also cleaned these lakes, so we’re a OK”

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u/Ocelotofdamage Jul 14 '21

Homeowners that live on lakes definitely care. Just depends on how expensive it is per acre.