AquiSense Technologies signs agreement with USEPA, Washington University

AquiSense Technologies has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and Washington University.

Following this agreement, AquiSense will work with US EPA researchers at the National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) and the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University of St. Louis.

The entities will design, fabricate, and test an integrated water treatment system including advanced ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV LED) disinfection and filtration technologies.

Compared to the presently systems available, this integrated device is claimed to target higher flow rates and more challenging water qualities.

AquiSense CEO Oliver Lawal said: “We are excited to participate in this development agreement as it showcases patented AquiSense technology and allows the expansion of UV LED disinfection technology to new application areas including; small community water and wastewater systems and a variety of industrial solutions.

“Since the formation of AquiSense, we have focused on establishing ourselves as a market leader by engineering innovative UV-C LED based systems. The agreement we have announced today further reinforces our ability to maintain this leadership position as our UV-C LED technologies will be optimized for more challenging water treatment scenarios”.

​AquiSense is also presently a participant in several research collaborations.

Due to supply of UV-C LED research equipment such as the PearlBeam collimated beam device, more than 40 laboratories across the world are claimed to be equipped in  advancing the application science of many human and environmental projects.

The firm is co-operating in field studies with separate groups at University of Colorado and Dalhousie University for the Biocontamination Integrated Control for Wet Systems for Space Exploration (BIOWYSE) project, which will address biocontamination issues on the International Space Station (ISS).