Hawkeye2j
06-13-2010, 11:38 AM
Former Cowboys quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe and Troy Aikman are investors in a group offering a solution to clean the water in the Gulf of Mexico as oil continues to spill from the BP well.
Ecosphere Technologies' Ozonix water treatment system separates oil from water and would replenish the gulf and allow BP to reuse the oil.
Ecosphere has had meetings recently with BP, and Aikman and Bledsoe were part of a news conference this week in Louisiana with ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau.
"We can be on site within 72 hours, cleaning water," Bledsoe said.
More than 100 million gallons of oil have been spilled in the gulf since the explosion, and beaches across the region have been affected.
According to Bledsoe, Ecosphere would set its filtration systems on barges in the gulf and on beaches to clean the water.
"This is not technology sitting on the shelf waiting for a disaster," Bledsoe said. "This is technology out in the field satisfying contracts for well over a year, so it's proven. ... When you watch it, it is magic seeing dirty, nasty water go in one end and then crystal, clean water out the other end."
Ecosphere's Ozonix equipment has largely been used in natural gas exploration in which water is recycled without chemicals for treatment. The company is based in Florida.
http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/06/12/10/Ex-Cowboys-QBs-Aikman-Bledsoe-offer-solu/landing.html?blockID=252220&feedID=3742
Ecosphere Technologies' Ozonix water treatment system separates oil from water and would replenish the gulf and allow BP to reuse the oil.
Ecosphere has had meetings recently with BP, and Aikman and Bledsoe were part of a news conference this week in Louisiana with ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau.
"We can be on site within 72 hours, cleaning water," Bledsoe said.
More than 100 million gallons of oil have been spilled in the gulf since the explosion, and beaches across the region have been affected.
According to Bledsoe, Ecosphere would set its filtration systems on barges in the gulf and on beaches to clean the water.
"This is not technology sitting on the shelf waiting for a disaster," Bledsoe said. "This is technology out in the field satisfying contracts for well over a year, so it's proven. ... When you watch it, it is magic seeing dirty, nasty water go in one end and then crystal, clean water out the other end."
Ecosphere's Ozonix equipment has largely been used in natural gas exploration in which water is recycled without chemicals for treatment. The company is based in Florida.
http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/06/12/10/Ex-Cowboys-QBs-Aikman-Bledsoe-offer-solu/landing.html?blockID=252220&feedID=3742