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Press Releases»

MCRD Press Release

November 2nd, 2011. - {More}

Port of Portland Headquarters Receives LEED® Platinum

8/2/2011. - {More}

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Selects Living Machine® System for Water Recycling

February 15th, 2011. - {More}

Living Machine® System Selected for Federal Green Building

December 2010. - Living Machine® System Selected for Federal Green Building at the Second Busiest Commercial Land Port of Entry on the United States|Mexico Border {More}

YMCA of Silicon Valley Selects Ecological Living Machine® System

January 17th, 2010. - {More}

Old Trail School Selects Natural, On-site Living Machine® System

April 19, 2010. - {More}

Furman University Selects Worrell Water’s Ecological, Energy Efficient Water Reuse Solution

Posted: November 20, 2009. - {More}

DoD Selects Worrell Water’s Living Machine® System for Beneficial Water Reuse Project

Posted: November 20, 2009. - {More}

Port of Portland Begins Installation of Living Machine®

From: Commercial building market grows for on-site, natural water recycling systems , September 14, 2009 . - {More}

Worrell Water Technologies Introduces the Ultimate in Water Safety, Security and Control

July 22, 2009. - Peace of mind, safety and security is what Worrell Water Technologies (WWT) is offering with its new HydroSecure II® water purification system. The only system designed to cleanse your water supply of virtually all known contamination, HydroSecure II is unmatched by any water purification product on the market. {More}

Natural Wastewater Treatment System Featured in Atrium of South Florida Office Building

May 6, 2009. - The EcoCentre, the first-of-its-kind, true “living building” in Lake Worth, Fla., features Worrell Water Technologies’ Living Machine® system in its atrium. {More}

Worrell Water Technologies Proves Wastewater Treatment Can Be Done Naturally, Efficiently, Locally

April 20, 2009. - The Next Generation Living Machine® system has the industry’s smallest footprint and the highest energy efficiency for ecological wastewater treatment and recycling. {More}

Esalen Institute Selects Living Machine® For Wastewater Treatment

August 22, 2007. - The leading ecological wastewater treatment technology will help preserve the California coastline. {More}

In the News»

Link: Marines deploy novel sewage treatment plant

From: signonsandiego, November 2nd, 2011. - {Link}

Link: The Need For Decentralization

From: CNN, January, 21 2011. - {Link}

Worrell Water Technologies to Present at Greenbuild 2010 on Ecological Wastewater Treatment

Posted: August 23, 2010. - {More}

Worrell Water Technologies Welcomes Ghana Delegation to Its Offices

August 4th, 2010. - Worrell Water’s Commitment to Solving Water Issues in Developing Countries and Past Work in Tema, Ghana Draws Delegation Interest {More}

Link: Washing The Water

From: Forbes, july 30th, 2010. - {Link}

Link: Port of Portland’s high tech green building

From: Mother Nature Network, July 2010. - {Link}

Link: Forbes Notes that the Living Machine is One of a Kind

From: Architectrual Daily, July 2010. - {Link}

Link: Port of Portland HQ named among the world’s greenest

From: Sustainable Businees Oregon, July 2010. - {Link}

Link: Septic System Savvy

From: CE News, April 2010. - {Link}

Link: Sub-Surface Drip With Reclaimed Water

From: Water Efficiency, June 2010. - {Link}

Link: Living Machine: AN Ecological Approach

From: Ecologist, June 8th 210. - {Link}

Link: OTS promotes environmental stewardship with ‘Living Classroom’

From: Akron.com, 5/20/2010. - {Link}

Link: Living Machine Picked as Featured Products from GreenBuild

From: BuilingGreen.com. Posted: January 5, 2010. - {Link}

Link: Living Waters: Sustainable Water Practices in High Desert Offer Luxury Vacations Without the Guilt

From: Resort and Recreation Magazine, October 2009 pg. 26. - {Link}

Link: GlobeSt.com, October 1, 2009

From: GlobeSt.com, October 1, 2009, October 2009. - Most commercial buildings keep their maintenance systems behind the scenes. The Port of Portland's headquarters here in Oregon, however, will display its wastewater treatment and water-reuse system in its lobby. {Link}

Link: Contractor Magazine, October 1, 2009

From: Contractor Magazine, October 1, 2009, October 2009. - Green plumbing and mechanical contractors can add another weapon to their water conservation arsenal — blackwater recycling. A product created by Worrell Water Technologies, Charlottesville, Va., is being installed in the Port of Portland's new headquarters office building at Portland International Airport. {Link}

Water Conditioning & Purification Magazine

September 2009. - {More}

Link: Commercially viable technologies are needed for the recycling and reuse of wastewater

Posted: August 25, 2009. - From: Financial Times, This is Africa, July 2009. Worrell Water Technologies is one company that is hoping to introduce a commercially viable decentralised wastewater treatment solution to the region. {Link}

Link: Innovative Green Projects

Posted: August 25, 2009. - From: Eco-Structure, July 2009. Old Trail School is an independent school with 560 students, which recently updated its failing, on-site wastewater treatment system and chose a unique proprietary system to treat all wastewater. {Link}

Link: Oregon Airport Building to be ‘Showcase’ for Recycling Sewage

From: USA Today, June 15, 2009. - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new $241 million office building at Portland International Airport will be a showcase for recycling sewage to help sustain the environment. {Link}

Link: Green Project Includes Black Water Recycling

From: Daily Journal of Commerce, June 12, 2009. - Starting next spring, travelers will arrive at Portland International Airport and step out into the lobby of a 10-story parking garage and office building. There, they’ll be greeted with a lush, vibrant ecosystem thriving off of human waste. {Link}

Link: Can Worrell’s Green Sewage System Save Water and the Planet?

From: The Hook, June 11, 2009. - Read about the Living Machine® System as The Hook's cover story {Link}

Link: Deja Poo: The Living Machine Sewage System

From: Wired Magazine, May 22, 2009. - Picture the lobby atrium of a new, green building, one filled with leafy plants and trees. Now imagine that those trees are growing in waste collected from the building's toilets. If that idea has the whiff of failure about it, well, sniff again. {Link}

Link: Lake Worth’s Green EcoCentre a Popular Tour Site

From: Palm Beach Post, May 21, 2009. - As South Florida faces one of the worst droughts on record, lawyer John Romano is using his office building to save as much of the precious resource as he can. The four-story office building, named the EcoCentre, in downtown Lake Worth has its own wastewater-treatment system that cleanses dirty water so that it can be re-used. {Link}

Link: Airport Building Pushes Green Limits

From: Portland Tribune, May 14, 2009. - The Living Machine® System will be featured in the Port of Portland. {Link}

Link: Florida Fountain Treats Wastewater

From: Treehugger.com, May 9, 2009. - Florida’s “fountain of youth” today may be a wastewater treatment system disguised as a cascading water feature in a building atrium. {Link}

Link: Living Machine System Recycles Filtered Water for Florida Office Building

From: St. Petersburg Times Blog, May 6, 2009. - A law office building in Lake Worth can now recycle its own wastewater, using a natural treatment process called the Living Machine® system. {Link}

Link: Trial Lawyers Go Green

From: SunDance Channel, May 6, 2009. - Romano Law Group's "Living Building" nears first anniversary. Building features the Living Machine system® in its atrium. {Link}

Link: Worrell Water Technologies Proves Wastewater Treatment Can Be Handled Naturally

From: Green Lodging News, April 27, 2009. - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—Worrell Water Technologies announced enhancements to its Next Generation Living Machine® system, a proprietary ecological wastewater treatment system. {Link}

Why Treasure Island Is the Super-Green City of the Future

From: Popular Mechanics, January 2008. - "Artificial wetlands called Living Machines may help close the water loop completely in future cities." {More}

Two Continents, One Solution

From: Onsite Water Treatment, November/December 2007. - "An Integrated Living Machine serves as an educational tool for the study of wastewater reuse system surcharges and operation requirements in Ghana and North Carolina." {More}

A Celebration of Ecological Systems in Architecture

From: Eco-Structure, March 2006. - "Water-Based Technologies Beautify a New Mexican Resort" {More}

YMCA Camp Seymour “Growing” OWT

From: Onsite Water Treatment, January/February 2006. - {More}

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Company News and Events»

Link: Will Kirksey speaks at Sustainable Silicon Valley Water Summit

From: Sustainable Silicon Valley, December 2010. - William E. Kirksey, Senior VP, Worrell Water Technologies spoke at the SSV Water Summit on Developing a Smart Water Grid. {Link}

Worrell Water to present at GreenBuild 2010

May 1, 2010. - Worrell Water Technologies is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at this year’s GreenBuild Conference in Chicago November 17-19. The topic will be Reinventing Water Re-Use: Ecological Wastewater Treatment Provides the Centerpiece for New Commercial Designs in Portland. {More}

Worrell Water nominated for business innovation award

Posted: April 7, 2009. - Worrell Water Technologies is pleased to announce that the company has been nominated for a Rocket Award from the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council. {More}

Kirksey to speak at WaterSmart

October 7-9, 2009. - William E. Kirksey, Senior VP, Worrell Water Technologies will be speaking at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas, NV. {More}