Waste to Water

Creating an economical, beneficial, and trustworthy product

• Our solution needs to provide a profitable economic model and balance that against easy accessibility for consumers.

• Biological solutions are often met with skepticism by members of the general public. We need to create a product that follows FDA regulations and also can be trusted by consumers

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Potential issues with enzyme growth, harvesting, or purification

• The desired enzymes may have characteristics inhibitory to cell growth or plasmid induction, which may be difficult to solve.

• Bacillus subtilis may have issues growing on acetate as a substrate. If supplemental materials are necessary, how will that reflect in our economic model?