HydroPhos Solutions, a startup founded by UNH students, including some from Paul College, was selected to participate in the BlueSwell accelerator program, a joint initiative by SeaAhead, Inc. and the New England Aquarium.
This program provides $25,000 in funding along with access to mentors, peers, and industry leaders.
HydroPhos was born out of an ecology class where the founders, now recent graduates, recognized the growing environmental challenge posed by excessive phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems. They discovered that phosphorus, a nutrient essential for both plant and human life, is contributing to toxic algae blooms that harm waterways. Their innovative solution? Technology that removes phosphorus from wastewater, preventing its harmful effects in water bodies, and repurposing it into fertilizer to support global food production.
“Our goal is to close the loop on phosphorus," said co-founder Daisy Burns, a Paul College graduate. "We're taking it from a harmful contaminant in waterways and turning it into a resource that can help feed our population.”
HydroPhos plans to use the funding to run tests on both their filtration technology and the resulting fertilizer as they expand their focus beyond lakes and rivers.
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