BlueInGreen, LLC Receives Grant from
the National Institutes of Health

New technology will reduce the occurrence of antibiotic residuals and antibiotic resistant pathogens that are released to the environment

Fayetteville , AR – BlueInGreen, LLC has received a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award for $100,000 from the National Institute for Environmental Health Science, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of enhanced ozone delivery technology, called the Supersaturated Dissolved Ozone Injector (SDOZ^TM).  This patent pending technology allows for the economic delivery of high concentrations of dissolved ozone and improved treatment of water and wastewater. 

The researchers at BlueInGreen have focused on ozone as a decontaminant because ozone is a very powerful oxidizing agent and can break down stable molecules and pathogens.  In addition, the only byproduct of ozone is oxygen which actually improves the quality of the water being treated.  In this Phase I study, the SDOZ^TM system will be used to minimize the concentration of antibiotic residuals and pathogens such as fecal coliform and E. coli in a model hospital wastewater effluent stream.  If this research is successful, BlueInGreen will be eligible for additional Phase II funding from NIH.  Phase II funding will allow for the development of a completely automated SDOZ^TM system as well as provide funds for additional research.  BlueInGreen would also like to examine the ability of the SDOZ^TM to minimize the concentration of additional pharmaceutical residuals, disinfection byproducts and taste and odor compounds in wastewater and drinking water.

The mission of BlueInGreen is to provide affordable, high-performance oxygenation, ozonation, flotation and decontamination technology and produces application specific devices to meet individualized customer needs.  The development of the SDOZ^TM system will provide wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities with useful devices to meet the need for high quality surface water, groundwater and drinking water.  Dr. Scott Osborn , Chief Technology Officer for BlueInGreen says, “There are aspects of this technology that make it highly competitive with currently available decontamination technologies.  Our SDOZ^TM system can efficiently deliver ozone at much higher concentrations than competing ozone delivery technologies.  Our devices are also scalable and portable and can therefore be applied in situations, like hospital effluent pipes, that were previously not feasible.”