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Host Greg Smithies is joined by Aaron Tartakovsky, the Co-Founder and CEO of Epic CleanTec. Aaron explains why our wastewater management processes are remarkably outdated and reveals the massive cost savings that could come from modernizing them.

“We’re taking wastewater, which we actually don’t see as waste at all, and we’re showing people that wastewater really just consists of water, it consists of energy, it consists of nutrients, and it consists of organic matter,” says Aaron Tartakovsky, CEO of Epic CleanTec, the startup that makes and manages the recycling tech. “All of those...

Epic CleanTec (“Epic”), the San Francisco-based sustainability company that has developed a novel approach to onsite wastewater treatment and reuse, announced today that it has successfully secured $2.6 million in funding.

Let’s face it, in the new 754-unit NEMA luxury apartment building on San Francisco’s mid-market street — there will be a lot of showering, sink running and — well — toilet flushing. But Aaron Tartakovsky and his company, Epic CleanTec, are aiming to give all that water — and even human waste — a second act.

The next decade promises to be pivotal for water. Under pressure from climate change, expanding population, aging infrastructure, urbanization and countless other factors, innovation is crucial to our ability to meet the world’s water needs. Imagine H2O’s Accelerator identifies and supports the best innovators in water. With 215 applications from 33 countries for 2020, the program...

If you want to go down a scary internet rabbit hole, search “water conflict” for a glimpse into a future that could be. A 2018 UN report warned that water shortages could affect five billion people by 2050, and would very likely result in wars, food shortages and energy crises. There are things I don’t usually think about that could massively...