Canadian Tech Start-Up on the Verge of Revolutionizing Global Water Quality Screen Testing
Published on by Darian Petrisca, Founder & CEO at HOMES Water in Technology
Bringing together the use of mobile, nanotechnology and predictive software, Exact Blue Inc. has just released a new device enabling users to screen their own water for unsafe levels of microbial contamination.
Water quality testing and monitoring is about to get a major upgrade thanks to a promising new company based out of Ontario, Canada.
Image source: Exact Blue Inc.
This disruptive technology offers a quick and easy solution to water testing that is able to detect 50 times more bacteria and fungi than the traditional laboratory method.
With a goal to make accurate water testing available to everyone on the planet, the Exact Blue team created a solution to provide users with the ability to test their own water, whenever and wherever they want. Using the handheld device, no bigger than a computer mouse, users prepare the water sample, insert the vial into the device and read the test results displayed on the ExactBlue Smartphone app.
With only minutes required for each procedure, consumers can retest samples, or test different sites in a fraction of the time it would take through traditional testing means.
Currently, the ExactBlue device can screen for total bacteria and fungi, including E.coli, Staphylococcus Aureus, Salmonella, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa as well as chlorine. Using the software, users can track their levels of these contaminants to understand trends over time, thus creating an early warning system when relevant changes are detected.
Expansion plans are already in the works to broaden their testing capabilities to include specific strains of bacteria as well as lead. New features on the horizon involve a feedback loop that offers users information on how to treat their water to make it safer to use.
Exact Blue Inc's vision is to enable smart, accurate, and affordable mobile water contamination testing that
serves as a early warning system, locally and globally.
For more information about ExactBlue Inc. or to become an early supporter of their mission, please refer to our Kickstarter campaign
Contact Darian Petrisca at petrisca@exactblue.com
Attached link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/747269765/mobile-rapid-smart-testing-for-safe-water?ref=aoepucMedia
Taxonomy
- Startups
- Public Health
- Microorganism
- Bacteria
- E. coli
- Pollutants
- Standards & Quality
- Environmental Health
- Heath & Safety
- Waterborne Pathogens
- Water & Diseases
- Water Pollution
- Technology
- Freshwater
- Water Monitoring
- Envirionmental Data Management
- Aquatic Environment
- Utilities
- Testing
- Test Equipment
- Sampling
- Laboratory Equipment
- Nanotech Other
- Water-Energy-Food Security
- Mobile
- Device Manufacturing
- Legionella training