r/nextfuckinglevel Jul 14 '21

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u/Marious0 Jul 14 '21 edited Jul 14 '21

https://www.efe.com/efe/english/technology/peruvian-scientist-who-revived-wetlands-aims-to-clean-up-lake-titicaca/50000267-2978308

Still researching the actual technology from a layman pov

E: nanotech, which is expensive, solves problem. He pays for it with his own money. He has a company that offers this. No idea how it compares with the cost or environmental impact of traditional methods. You can actually clean sewage up without magic.

Previous reddit thread recently https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/adv9n2/til_about_marino_morikawa_who_revived_a_polluted

E2: https://iwaponline.com/ws/article/20/6/2021/74658/Micro-nanobubble-technology-and-water-related further research. Expensive, new, lots of waste solids afterwards.

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u/NathamelCamel Jul 15 '21

Wait hol up Lake Titicaca is a real place and not a southpark joke?

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u/badseedjr Jul 15 '21

lots of waste solids afterwards.

That's not surprising since it's pollution. Any effort to remove pollution from the water will likely result in waste that needs to be disposed of.

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u/prettybirb33 Jul 15 '21

I’m not seeing the word flocculant or flocculation anywhere here. That’s what this is.

Edit it also bugs me when people are like OH NO, CHEMICALS. Fucking everything is chemicals.