Pentair and Urban Organics Honored as 2017 Agriculture Project of the Year by the WateReuse Association
September 13 2017 - 8:00AM
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LONDON, United Kingdom - September 13, 2017 -
Pentair, a global leader in sustainable water solutions, and
aquaponics farming innovator Urban Organics, were awarded the "2017
Agriculture Project of the Year" by the WateReuse Association at
its Annual WateReuse Awards for the recently opened
87,000-square-foot indoor aquaponics farm in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
As one of the largest commercial aquaponics facilities in the
world, the vertical farm utilizes less than 10 percent of the water
that would be required for conventional farming while producing
275,000 pounds of fish and 475,000 pounds of organic produce
annually.
"Seventy percent of the world's water is used for
agriculture. As the world's population continues to grow, the
increased demand for food will put tremendous stress on the world's
supply of water for agriculture," said Karl Frykman, president,
Pentair Water. "We joined forces with Urban Organics to help
accelerate the development of large-scale modern aquaponics as we
believe it can provide a real commercial option to help solve this
growing food dilemma, and are honored to have this project
recognized by the WateReuse Association."
In aquaponics, the fish provide the nutrients the
plants need to grow, and the plants act as a filter to improve the
water quality for the fish. With advanced water filtration
technology developed by Pentair, the Urban Organics system was
designed to allow the farm to decouple the fish water from the
plant water. This allows Urban Organics to raise fish species in
cold water with low nutrient levels, alongside plant species in
warm water with high nutrient levels by capturing, treating,
concentrating and reusing the waste nutrients from the fish. By
reusing the water over and over again, the system utilizes less
than 10 percent of the water that would be required for
conventional farming. A gravity-fed design, powered by
energy-efficient pumps, is employed to minimize energy use, and LED
lighting is used to further reduce energy consumption by up to 40
percent.
"Our collaboration with Pentair has helped
us achieve our vision of creating a new model for urban agriculture
that ensures access to healthy foods, while using significantly
water than traditional agriculture," said David Haider, co-founder
of Urban Organics. "Our local market will get the benefit of our
fish and greens, but there will also be a worldwide benefit as we
continue to learn from this model and apply its lessons to other
locations in the future."
Fish and produce production at Urban Organics is
underway, and the farm is expected to be at full capacity in early
2018. Fully certified by the USDA as an organic produce farm, Urban
Organics is growing a variety of fresh greens, including green and
red kale, arugula, bok choy, green and red romaine, Swiss chard,
and green and red leaf lettuce, alongside sustainably-raised
Atlantic salmon and arctic char.
Pentair and Urban Organics first started working
together when Urban Organics opened its inaugural aquaponics farm
in 2014 in the former Hamm's brewery building in St. Paul. Pentair,
with its innovative technologies in water systems and solutions and
biological and technical expertise, worked closely with Urban
Organics to design, install and engineer the world-class system. To
learn more about Pentair's aquaculture and aquaponics solutions,
visit pentairAES.com.
The Annual WateReuse Awards were held September
12, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz., during the 32nd Annual WateReuse
Symposium. The awards program highlights utilities, businesses, and
people that provide leadership in advancing water reuse. The
WateReuse Association is the only national trade association
dedicated solely to advancing laws, policy and funding to increase
water reuse.
ABOUT PENTAIR
Pentair plc (NYSE: PNR) is a global company dedicated to building a
safer, more sustainable world. Pentair delivers industry leading
products, services and solutions that help people make the best use
of the resources they rely on most. Its technology moves the world
forward by ensuring that water is plentiful, useful and pure, and
that critical equipment and those near it are protected. With 2016
revenues of $4.9 billion, Pentair employs approximately 19,000
people worldwide. To learn more, visit pentair.com.
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Pentair Communications
Tel: +1 (763) 656-5589
Email: rebecca.osborn@pentair.com
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