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1. PAX water mixer

The PAX Water Mixer uses efficiencies of fluid flow to provide efficient mixing of drinking water in storage tanks. This eliminates stratification, keeps disinfectant residuals actively working to maintain drinking water safety, and prevents condi...

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Biolytix septic system Biolytix onsite sewage management system Biolytix filter illustration

2. Biolytix® water filter

The Biolytix® System is a compact waste treatment system that converts raw sewage, wastewater, and food waste into high quality irrigation water on site. The Biolytix® system removes solid wastes from wastewater immediately. Then selected...

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3. Vortex Generator

Watreco's water treatement products use the patented Vortex Generator and the technology platform VPT (Vortex Process Technology) to create energy-efficient, low-cost solutions for several water treatment problems. The system essentially works by...

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Aquaporin 1 channel, side view Aquaporin canal schematic Aquaporin canal schematic

4. Aquaporin membrane technology

The Aquaporin company is focusing on mimicking the ability of lipid bilayers in biological cells to transport water back and forth across membranes by way of membrane channel proteins called aquaporins. Aquaporins can facilitate this transport wh...

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5. Membrane water channels control water content of cells.

"Aquaporins are membrane water channels that play critical roles in controlling the water contents of cells. They form tetramers in the cell membrane, and facilitate the transport of water and, in some cases, other small solutes across the membran...

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Filamentous algae on rock

6. Algal turf scrubber

"Algal turf scrubbers are field-sized, water-treatment systems that can extract excess nutrients from streams, canals, and lakes polluted by agricultural, domestic, and some industrial runoff. They use sunlight as their principal source of e...

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Albuca namaquensis Albuca namaquensis

7. Leaves gather water: geophytes

"In the semidesert of Namaqualand and adjacent regions of the former Cape Province, South Africa, there occurs an assemblage of geophytes belonging to eight monocot families and some Oxalis species that exhibit special morphological adaptations of...

Tags: geophytes, leaves, water, fog, dew water collection, water drip, water retention
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Baleen filter in operation, front-side view Baleen filter demo set up Baleen filter in operation, close-up front view Baleen filter sludge thickening Baleen filter Baleen filter uses, particle sizes

8. Baleen Filters water filters

The Baleen filter is a highly efficient, non-pressurized self-cleaning separation technology that offers reliable, trouble-free filtration to 25 microns without chemical assistance. Therefore there are o...

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Banded archerfish Banded archerfish

9. Capturing prey above the water's surface: archer fish

"Further animal artefacts that resemble tools include the woodpecker's anvil, a tree stump with a suitable wedgelike cavity to hold cones, the use of a water jet to shoot down prey by the archer fish (Trichogaster jaculatrix), and the Australian b...

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Flying saucer trench beetle, Lepidochora discoidalis Flying saucer trench beetle, Lepidochora discoidalis

10. Trenches gather water: flying saucer trench beetle

"A third method involves uptake of free water directly from fog-moistened sand. The most elaborate procedure is used by the genus Lepidochora (Seely and Hamilton, 1976) (Fig. 3 c). These flat, circular, short-legged beetles construct a shallow tre...

Tags: Lepidochora discoidalis, Namib beetle, fog, water-capture
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