Great to see that GrowUp Farm won the Water Conservation Award at the National Sustainability Awards.
The judges were particularly impressed by GrowUp, which is a certified B Corp, and our partnership with them to run a successful water-purification trial at its Kent vertical farm. The trial, which was the first one globally in the food sector, was able to purify 98% of the vertical farm’s wastewater streams to a standard better than tap water. Also, the new, disruptive technology used dramatically reduces the environmental footprint of water treatment, using half the energy of existing systems.

Read the full article published by Feast Magazine:

GrowUp wins Water Conservation Award at National Sustainability Awards – Feast Magazine

An article from Water Magazine discussing the breakthrough RO technology and it’s positive impact on water treatment sustainability : Breakthrough RO technology gives huge boost to water treatment sustainability – Water Magazine

April 2024: This recent article from GWI highlights that SQM Lithium Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of SQM, Chile’s top lithium producer, has made its first two investments in water after screening hundreds of applications. We are delighted to share that last month the company invested £1 million ($1.27 million) in Salinity Solutions. This deal comes with an option to acquire additional equity in the future. A quote from SQM Lithium Ventures states “We are aiming to invest up to a total of $2.34 million to include a pilot project in our operations in the Salar, in the Atacama”.

This is great news for Salinity Solutions, as this investment unlocks our next stage of growth.

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SQM’s corporate venture arm breaks into water
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Read about how Salinity Solutions has secured a GBP £1 million initial investment from SQM Lithium Ventures to fund the next stage of our growth. SQM Lithium Ventures, in return, will take ownership of a minority stake in the company, with the option to acquire additional equity in the future.

Salinity Solutions secures £1 million investment from SQM Lithium Ventures – Water Magazine

Read about us on IOM3:
https://www.iom3.org/resource/food-sector-s-water-purification-technology-trial.html

Great to see Salinity’s trial at GrowUp Farms has been picked up by The Engineer:

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/trial-aims-to-reuse-wastewater-at-vertical-farm/

We have teamed up with indoor salad producer GrowUp Farms at their vertical farm in Sandwich, Kent, for a 10-day trial to reduce wastewater. Wastewater from the growing process, as well as elsewhere on the site, was collected and re-circulated twice, using our unique batch reverse osmosis technology.

Read more about the trial in Kent at BBC online:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckve938gnv7o

We’re on the BBC! Check out the Yvette Austin’s report of our field trial at GrowUp Farms for BBC South East: 

A big thanks to Te-Tech Process Solutions for their manufacturing support

This article from Water Magazine highlights that Somerset Council is hoping to secure Government funding to deliver phosphate mitigation measures, which will unlock the delivery of 18,000 new homes across the area and provide for longer term nature recovery.

Through our recent trail with Somerset Council and Wessex Water we have been given the opportunity to demonstrate our technology as an effective phosphate and nitrate removal solution. This trial has now brought hope for their phospate mitigation funding, and has shown that our technology has the potential to assist all the nutrient neutrality catchment areas by providing a cost effective solution.

Trial brings hope for phosphate mitigation funding – Water Magazine

An article published this week by Water Desalination Report details how our Batch RO system could be the nutrient removal solution for Somerset Council, following our recent field trial at the Fivehead Wastewater Treatment Works. The Council wishes to expand their existing phosphate credit scheme to allow for the development of a backlog of 18,000 new homes and provide for long-term nature recovery.

US-based WDR is well-established around the globe for its insight on desalination and advanced water treatments. It is respected by senior decision makers in the water treatment sector and will certainly help to put us on their radar.

WDR is subscription-only, but they have kindly given us this excerpt to share:

http://salinitysolutions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WDR-070823-August-2023.pdf