After creating the Rich Earth Institute, Kim Nace and Abe Noe-Hays spun off a new company in 2019, Brightwater Tools, focusing on the shifting paradigm that allows human waste to become a resource. As a homegrown Vermonter and using a well known technique from maple sugaring, Abe and his team have designed and tested equipment to freeze, thaw and concentrate nutrients from high strength liquid waste streams. The waste is converted into nutrient rich fertilizer.  

Brightwater Tools has developed a patented building-scale wastewater nutrient recovery system. Three proprietary pieces of equipment will facilitate the transition to recover valuable nutrients from the waste stream.  Each part can be sold individually or together.  Addressing the value propositions of each, we will become a major equipment provider to this industry.