“We know there are water filters out there, so why do we still have impure water?”

NASA to get lead out of water. They built a transparent filter system where you can actually watch the water get clean. This prototype earned them second place overall in the Optimus Prime Spin-Off Promotion and Research Challenge (OPSPARC).

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‘This was like solving global warming with just one solution,’‘which seemed almost impossible.’

“I came across this new technology using carbon nanotube sensors to detect hazardous gases in the air. I immediately connected that thought back to lead detection… in drinking water.”

1 Trillion Gallons of industrial waste discharged into the US water supply every year.

– Neil B. Chambers, ‘How Infrastructure Makes Water Work for Us’

‘But my dad was already really sick at that point, and it was too late for much to be done for him.’

3,000 cities in the U.S. have more lead in their water than Flint, Michigan.

‘You put in all your past addresses, based on where you lived and how long you lived there,’ Avant says, ‘And the system actually tells you, hey, these are things that you can do to detoxify – certain metals and different things that are built up in your system.’

best method for filtration, or helping governments figure out the best water process for manufacturing plants.