The Problems Aquaflow Addresses

 

Depleting Water Supplies

 

Increasing population and polluted waterways are placing increased stress on fresh water supplies. Aquaflow believes the supply of fresh water will be one of the key issues the world will face in the near future. The need to be able to clean polluted waterways or reuse water from waste streams will become urgent. Climate change will itself add to this. An United Nations world water development report states that t he demand for water has never been greater and that the vital resource, which plays a crucial role in development and economic growth, needs better management.

 

 

Fossil Fuel Depletion

 

While there is some debate over whether the world has reached peak oil supply already, there is little debate that the price of fossil fuels will increase in the future, both economically and environmentally and will likely continue to increase in the future as such fuels are increasingly used at a rate beyond their replacement. The production of sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels is, therefore, becoming an extremely important issue, politically, environmentally and economically.

 

 

Climate Change and Environmental Impact

 

The Company believes that climate change is a reality and that next generation biofuels should help reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. The Company is also aware that there will be substantially increased demands from the world for clean water.

 

When microalgae are extracted from sewage pond discharges, its removal starts the process of creating cleaner water that may be suitable for irrigation and stock water. Moreover, algae removal lessens the nitrogen and phosphate-loading of water which is discharged into our rivers and estuaries. Clean water is becoming an increasingly more valuable resource in a world where growing population and the impacts of climate change are already straining the world’s resources of clean water.

 

Aquaflow’s harvesting system offers hope for water remediation in many polluted waterways.  The fact is that the algae that is harvested can then potentially be used as a number of products.

  

Aquaflow is seeking to substitute the harmful impacts of fossil fuels for a sustainable source of biocrude made from waste streams that are both renewable and plentiful. In doing, so it is seeking to try to mitigate the effects of climate change and may also achieve the aim of providing sources of reusable water and assisting local authorities to meet their environmental requirements. Potentially there is also some major possibilities for environmental clean-up.

 

 

Cropland-Based Biofuel Crops

 

Worldwide there is growing public awareness of, and strong sentiment against, using land that would otherwise be suitable for food crops to grow biofuel crops. There has been sustained criticism that this is driving up the price of food. World population increases and limited quantities of arable lands will place increased pressure on the world’s food supply.

 

 

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