Aug. 8, 2023
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and Rapid Radicals Technology, a startup founded to commercialize technology originally developed at Marquette, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its pilot wastewater treatment system on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 3 p.m., at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District facility located at 5901 W. State St.
The Rapid Radicals wastewater treatment system is designed to provide a treatment solution for sewer overflows that also works for other municipal and industrial applications. It treats water in 20 minutes compared to the 8-14 hours required for conventional treatment. It requires a small physical footprint, is cost-effective, and treats water to advanced water quality performance.
The ribbon-cutting will be outside the pilot system, which is housed in a traditional shipping container.
Dr. Paige Peters, Rapid Radicals founder and chief technology officer, will be on-hand and available for interviews.
Peters is a triple graduate of Marquette and is a teaching team member for National Science Foundation’s Great Lakes I-Corps Hub program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She additionally is a professional mentor with the Madison Area Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders on water supply and distribution projects in Guatemala.
Event information:
Media interested in attending the ceremony should contact Kevin Conway, associate director of university communication, at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.
Initially supported by the National Science Foundation-funded Water Equipment and Policy – Industry/University Collaborative Research Center, the research behind this pilot system focused on developing a high-rate advanced wastewater treatment process. Marquette’s Office of University Relations has filed patent applications on this important technology and recently completed a pivotal intellectual property license agreement with Rapid Radicals to facilitate the transformation of this technology to help society. Rapid Radicals has received over $1.6 million in grant awards that are helping turn the startup’s foundational technology into a viable product.
Rapid Radicals Technology, Inc. (Rapid Radicals) is a Marquette startup developing an innovative high-rate wastewater treatment technology originally developed to address combined sewer overflows for municipal sewerage districts. The technology, however, can be applied across a range of applications from municipal (high quality, rapid treatment) to industrial (high strength wastes) to emergency situations (mobile, small footprint).
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Kevin is the associate director for university communication in the Office of University Relations. Contact Kevin at (414) 288-4745 or kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.
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