A Hunter business is on the cutting edge of environmental management in one of the most isolated places on earth.
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A water recycling unit developed by Wastewater Australia has been shortlisted as one of three possible solutions by the Alaskan government to remedy serious water access problems in the northern US state, which has led to a range of health issues.
CEO Shaune Speed and Operations Manager Mark Versteegen, who both own the business, just returned from two weeks of demonstrating their equipment in Tok, a small village where average temperatures at this time of year range between -19 and -29 degrees Celcius.
A lack of access to fresh water has spurred the government into looking at ways to install closed-loop recycling systems in homes so water from showers, washing machines and other uses can be cleaned and used over and over again. The government is expected to announce a contract winner next year.
Nick Bielby
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
