Dickinson, ND Business Receives EPA Grant

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded based SolarBee, Inc, Dickinson, ND an $80,000 grant to conduct research on a solar-powered aeration technology to remove trihalomethanes from water distribution systems. SolarBee’s research will help develop more efficient ways for water utilities to remove these contaminants and meet EPA drinking water standards. Trihalomethanes are a group of chemicals formed as byproducts when chlorine or other disinfectants used to control microbes in drinking water react with naturally occurring organic and inorganic matter in water. Trihalomethanes include chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, and bromoform.

SolarBee is among 25 companies receiving a total of $2 million for technology development toward sustainable solutions for the environment under EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The SBIR program is part of EPA’s Technology Innovation for Environmental and Economic Progress: An EPA Roadmap, which focuses on linking research and development, policy and finance. The 25 companies awarded contracts make up Phase I of this year’s annual competition. The winners will compete for Phase II funding to commercialize their technologies, helping to protect health and the environment. To be eligible to participate in the SBIR program, a company must be an organized, for-profit U.S. business and have fewer than 500 employees. Phase I awards may be up to $80,000, and Phase II awards may be up to $300,000.

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