Potential benefits:

• Rebuilds structure

• Cleans water

• Reduces algae blooms

• Supports tourism and local wildlife

• Addresses large-scale erosion problems (including the South Basin)

Solar water purification & Glass Sand Erosion Remediation

Solar-powered pumps use nearby river or lake water to clean crushed glass. The glass sand and water are simultaneously cleaned by mycoremediation, and the sand is specifically dropped into location via barge, to replenish missing sand-pack due to the changes in the shoreline over the years from industry and break walls.

This process carries multiple benefits - from aesthetics and increased tourism to water purification and reversing the $ Multi-Billion problem of lakeshore and river erosion problems.

Floating Filtration Systems

Efforts can be multiplied exponentially with floating mycoremediation and bioremediation filters. Calculations were promising for reversal of current pollution levels, eliminating algae blooms, increasing health, happiness, and numbers of plant and animal life in the entire South Basin of Lake Michigan, exponentially increasing as filters are placed further and further up-stream. Projections of 60% less pollution would reach Lake Michigan beaches if the filters captured it up-stream.

This process can be further improved if integrating Living Riprap Systems

Living Riprap Systems

Improve Both Form & Function

Traditional riprap (rock armor) for roads, bridges and structure is functional but often sterile.
We transform it into a living filtration system using plants, fungi, and SCOBY technology, while further stabilizing the structure. This process increases the beauty and aesthetics of the location, while naturally filtering toxins from the oily road water runoff before it reaches ditches, waterways, and lakes.

Results:

• Filters oily and contaminated road runoff

• Adds beauty to highways, bridges, and railroads

• Improves the structural integrity of the riprap itself

• Creates habitat & pollinator food

These approaches turn pollution and erosion problems into opportunities for regeneration.