A low cost effective solution to clean rivers and waterways

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm on 10 December 2021

A student may have the solution to cleaning up our rivers and waterways - and a low-cost one at that.

University of Canterbury PhD student Ngārie Scartozzi has been working on her water filtration system - the eClean Bioreactor - for 15 years, and is close to getting it on the market.

Ngārie talks to Jesse about her system and the next step.

UC indigenous science PhD student Ngārie Scartozzi has spent 15 years developing her eClean bioreactor

UC indigenous science PhD student Ngārie Scartozzi has spent 15 years developing her eClean bioreactor Photo: supplied