Arizona State University's high-tech filtration system that utilizes our strain of C. reinhardtii to remove arsenic as part of a total water treatment system.

While this design provides an investigation of possible uses of arsenic-uptaking algae, overall, it would be an incredibly expensive system. There are other water treatment technologies that are more accessible and practical. For our end users – Arizona residents with extreme arsenic levels in their water supplies–current technology would be more economical. After presenting this design, we moved on to a low-tech filter, which was designed after implementing the feedback of various stakeholders, limits the arsenic in the water supplies of livestock.

Filter Design: Katie Pascavis & Rishabh Guttal