AquaChar History
Our History

How We Got Here.

From a single fishing pole to a mission for cleaner water everywhere, here's the path AquaChar has taken, one project at a time.

The Timeline

Our Progress, Milestone by Milestone

Scroll to follow AquaChar's path from a childhood on the water to developing technology for real world water projects.

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A young Ricky Ricardo and his father with his first fishing pole
Origins

A Fishing Pole and a Question

It started with fishing and swimming with my father, and wondering why the water we loved kept changing.

2018

Catfish Farms, Nigeria

Catfish hatchlings were dying from iron in the water. AquaChar was used to build a filtration system, and after it was installed, the fish stopped dying.

Kampala, Uganda

The Orphanage Well

Before the project, people at the orphanage had to walk 5 kilometers to a contaminated river for water. We built them a well incorporating AquaChar instead.

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2020

Turnbull River Estuary

AquaChar was tested in a contaminated river environment in New Smyrna Beach, FL, expanding our work beyond aquariums and into real waterways.

Testing the AquaBot prototype at Lake Michigan
George at Lake Michigan during AquaBot testing
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2021

The First AquaBot

We tested water before and after it passed through our AquaBot filtration concept. The results supported the concept and helped move AquaBot development forward.

AquaBot V.1 testing in Coral Gables
Coral Gables, FL

AquaBot V.1

The first AquaBot V.1 was built in Coral Gables, testing whether freshwater and seawater could come out cleaner after passing through the system.

AquaBot testing in the Coral Gables canal
Today

The Coral Gables Canal Cleanup

Currently in development, in collaboration with the Mayor of Coral Gables, the next step toward cleaner water for everyone.

The Story Continues.

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