Dr. Katrin Schuhen stands with her team at Wasser 3.0 (www.wasserdreinull.com) for a completely new approach to remove micropollutants sustainably from our water. Waters contaminated with

Dr. Katrin Schuhen stands with her team at Wasser 3.0 (www.wasserdreinull.com) for a completely new approach to remove micropollutants sustainably from our water. Waters contaminated with micropollutants are highly complex systems. Wasser 3.0 meets them with a maximum of interdisciplinary expertise, innovation and idealism. As part of research projects, marketable solutions have been developed since 2012 to eliminate microplastics, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, hormones, X-ray contrast media and other pollutants. The methods made by Wasser 3.0 can be flexibly applied wherever micropollutants contaminate the water. The solutions are cost-effective, sustainable and the result of the overriding concern: improving water quality and protecting the ecosystem worldwide. Since July 2019, the team of Wasser 3.0 have been successfully operating the first pilot plant at a wastewater treatment plant in Germany, which is able to remove microplastics from urban wastewater. Kathi Schuhen left the field of polymer chemistry after her PhD and several years of work in this industry only to re-enter it a short time later – with a radically changed perspective and a vision to clean our water from microplastics and other micropollutants. Since then, she has been on a mission to develop solutions that enable industry or wastewater treatment plants to eliminate micropollutants from the water before they enter our ecosystems and bodies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Plastic pollution is an alarming global issue, with indigestible debris accumulating rapidly in communities, rivers, deserts, and oceans. Disposable plastics are the primary source. Start today by refusing them.

For more information, visit the [Plastic Pollution Coalition](http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/). The film "Plastic Seduction," written, directed, and produced by Katrin Peters, further explores this topic. Learn more about her work [here](http://www.dailydifference.org/).

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Katrin Boehning-Gaese discusses models and methods. Her research predicts climate change's impact on species distributions.

This content was originally published on January 29, 2013.

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