Announcing the next project with 3M and Global Giving!
We are pleased to announce that H2O SciTech – Water Institute has once again been nominated to receive a GlobalGiving grant in partnership with 3M’s Environment program. GlobalGiving works with organizations such as 3M to support their charitable activities. We would like to thank 3M and GlobalGiving for recognizing our “Plant Filter Islands” program and […]
Urban Aquaponic Farm on the list of Laureates of Positive Impact Start-ups
The Urban Aquaponic Farm built within the USAGE project, led by H2O SciTech – Water Institute, has made it to the list of Positive Impact Startups Laureates! On June 26, 2024, at the ESG Ranking Gala and the List of Positive Impact Start-ups at the Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw, we received the DIPLOMA OF […]
Plant filter islands three months after launching
Three months have already passed since the launching of the plant filter islands on the Oder River! The plants, despite the high water level and deep submergence of the islands, have grown and will provide excellent material for studying their properties in the water purification process. We have planned to pull the islands from the […]
Natural solutions in the fight against algal blooms
Algae blooms, whose toxins cause massive fish die-offs and the death of other organisms, are becoming more frequent in the waters of Polish rivers (including the Oder River). Their main cause is high salinity, which further increases during periods of low water levels. The fight against blooms, is not only to reduce emissions of pollutants, […]
Plant filter islands are already built and launched on the Oder river!
Now we watch how the islands drift on the Oder river and how the plants planted on the platforms grow. On Thursday, May 16, 2024, we built five plant filter islands at the 3M company Conference Center. Teams of „islanders”, i.e. students and teachers of primary and high schools in Wrocław (Szkoła Podstawowej nr 7, […]