Christopher Rochfort, STAR Water CEO, has just returned from Washington, D.C. where he represented STAR Water Group as a delegate of the SelectUSA Investment Summit. He made a visit to The White House to discuss innovation, clean tech and critical minerals with a team from the National Security Council.
STAR Water is capitalizing on its previous projects in Singapore by participating in the Go-Green collaboration as part of the Singapore Australia Green Economy Agreement (SAGEA). It has re-established local supply channels and manufacturing to supply future projects under a collaboration with local entities under the SAGEA.
The City of Mission Veijo in Orange County, US has selected STAR Water to provide solutions for remedial works at a local golf course where water issues have impacted the turf areas. The project includes an initial pilot stage followed by a major remediation project for the remainder of the course.
STAR Water is actively targeting further projects in Orange County through the Measure M program, where there are ongoing funding allocations for Stormwater projects.
STAR Water’s Reactive Filter Media (RFM) Technology has been specified into two major projects that is part of Transport for NSW projects located north of Sydney commencing in October 2023. The projects will use the technology in the median strip areas to protect adjoining sensitive wetland areas and manage surface flow more efficiently.
STAR Water was selected due to the use of recycled materials in its filter systems.
STAR Water has been accepted into numerous projects in the LA County Public Works Stormwater program for cities throughout the county. These projects have evolved following STAR Water’s submission with the City of La Habra Heights that has been approved by three selection committees and awarded on 8th August 2023.
The project incorporates all categories of STAR Waters’ product range including Reactive Filter Media (Rain Gardens), Reactive Filter Cartridge System (Horse Arena bacteria treatment), Stormwater Treatment and Reuse (STAR) System (Under parking lots) and Reactive Filter Amendment (Coring Lawn Areas).
STAR Water attended a strategic forum (“Accelerating the circular economy with recycled organics”) organised by the Centre for Organic Research and Education (CORE) that attracted over 30 people in attendance at Townsville.
Costa Georgiadis was the opening speaker at the forum and other speakers included Councillor Liam Mooney (Townsville City Council), Celia Luck (QLD Department of Environment and Science), Hayley Page (Townsville City Council), Jelenko Dragisic (CORE Representative).
STAR Water participated in this year’s annual conference of the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) which ran from 24th October to 26th October 2022 in Palm Springs, California.
The conference offered a unique opportunity to interact with professionals in the stormwater field. Each year the conference draws leading members of the stormwater community including local, state, and federal decision makers, stormwater program coordinators, contractors, consultants, engineers, lawyers, scientists, and planners.
For more information on the event, please visit: https://www.casqa.org/events/annual-conference
Climate change and an increasing environmental focus among investors is driving demand for new water treatment technologies, as STAR Water’s Eric Love explains in this recent article for Future Water magazine.
Read the article here.
‘Mr Gardening’ Costa Georgiadis explains the importance of composting as part of International Compost Awareness Week, introducing STAR Water’s Chris Rochfort and Eric Love as ‘elders’ in the industry and the importance of their work at the Centre for Organic Research & Education (CORE) and STAR Water in fostering a circular economy.
