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Critical Material Recovery: The Future of Wastewater Valuation

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Katz Water Technologies Overview Process Targets Integration FAQ References Talk to our team Microbial process • High-level overview • Wastewater → resource Removing (and recovering) critical materials from wastewater using microbes Many industrial wastewaters contain trace-to-moderate concentrations of valuable “critical” materials. Microbial processes—especially biosorption—can capture dissolved metal ions, then release them into a smaller-volume stream […]

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Katz Water Technologies Named a Qualifying Team in XPRIZE Water Scarcity

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Houston, TX — September 22, 2025 Katz Water Technologies (KWT), a Houston-based innovator in advanced water purification, is proud to announce it has been named a Qualifying Team in the $119 million XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition, the largest water innovation prize in history, made possible by the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative. The five-year global

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Gary Katz, CEO & Founder of Katz Water Technologies Attends USSOCOM Innovation Foundry (IF16) Event as a Selected Subject Matter Expert.

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August 20-22, 2024 SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM’s Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T), recently hosted the 16th Innovation Foundry Event (IF16) at their Tampa, FL location. The event brought together Special Operations Forces (SOF), industry leaders, academics, national labs, government representatives, and futurists for a facilitated design-thinking exercise focused on future SOF missions and

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