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<\/p>\nST. GEORGE \u2014 Dixie State University student and Eden Technologies founder and CEO Hunter Manz, along with company co-founder Zack Manweiler, has successfully secured $100,000 to help fund their desalination invention and address water scarcity issues in needed areas.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur goal is to try to eliminate certain words from the vocabulary like drought and water scarcity,\u201d Manz said is a press release from DSU. \u201cFor example, Day Zero in South Africa is where the whole area runs out of water.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manz said he wants his invention to eradicate water scarcity in drought-ridden countries and do away with the need for a day zero in any part of the world. According to the press release, Eden Technologies\u2019 desalination invention removes the salt from ocean water to generate pure drinking water. The device has its own energy recovery system, which sets it apart from other desalination systems. \u201cOur initial fundraising was rather quick,\u201d Manweiler said. \u201cThe first three investors we privately spoke with said yes and the whole round lasted only two months.\u201d With the initial funds secured, Eden Technologies will now begin to construct a fully-functional prototype of their desalination machine, as well as obtain an international patent. Once the prototype is completed, the Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia has agreed to consider allocating funding to develop a much larger commercial model if results stay consistent with previous data.<\/p>\n
Atwood Innovation Plaza at Dixie State University serves as Eden Technologies\u2019 home base. This 55,000 square-foot state-of-the-art center invites entrepreneurs to incubate their ideas, prototype their designs, develop business plans and grow successful businesses. ST. GEORGE \u2014 Dixie State University student and Eden Technologies founder and CEO Hunter Manz, along with company co-founder Zack Manweiler, has successfully secured $100,000 to help fund their desalination invention and address water scarcity issues in n…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneurs","category-success-stories","category-technology","category-top-banner"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgeorgeentrepreneur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
We are thrilled to see Eden Technologies enjoy such tremendous early success.
\u201cHunter Manz and Eden Technologies represent exactly what Atwood Innovation Plaza is designed to do \u2013 foster an ecosystem supportive of innovative ideas and entrepreneurial people,\u201d Innovation Plaza Director Colby Jenkins said in the press release. \u201cWe are thrilled to see Eden Technologies enjoy such tremendous early success.\u201d
Eden Technologies is now moving toward more formal engagement with global customers.
\u201cIn Saudi Arabia, we have been coordinating with organizations that connect us with plant designers and builders,\u201d Manweiler said. \u201cAny country in the Middle East could be a potential customer with our connections.\u201d
For more information about Dixie State University\u2019s Atwood Innovation Plaza, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"