AWARD YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Clean Water & Sanitation, Climate Action, Life Below Water
KEYWORDS
deep water rehabilitation, Ocean health
COUNTRY
Latvia
DESIGNED BY
Alona Stepanova, Rolands Grigorjans
WEBSITE
https://www.puroceans.com/
Puroceans
Purifying the World's waters one bubble at a time.
How does it work?
Our proprietary technology pumps ambient air in the form of bubbles to the lowest depths of the waterbody, where they naturally adhere to any chemical pollutants in the environment.
Once the chemicals lock in, the force of buoyancy (in direct opposition to gravity) pulls the pollution up to the surface.
From there, we collect, process and transform toxic waste into purified water, filtering the pollution out with special tanks.
Our method of natural aeration eliminates the need for chemicals or excavation —instead, we actively optimize the health of the entire seabed ecosystem.
In other words, we not only clean the seabed, we also enrich the waterbody with the oxygen, which boosts the development of the underwater life.
Why is it needed?
Studies show that 60% of oil spill-offs, chemical leaks and micro-plastics sink down to seabeds and riverbeds, causing long-lasting damage to the environment.
Traditional cleanup systems can cause extensive and irretrievable damage to the ecosystem of flora and fauna as a result of excavation processes and chemical treatments.
How does it improve life?
PurOceans™ removes 98% of seabed pollution through our proprietary method called Deep Water Rehabilitation.