IET-Aquaresearch Ltd. has just won the Grand Prize for Environmental Excellence from the Environmental Foundation in Quebec, Canada. The company was recognized for its role in developing environmentally beneficial products and for setting a good example of an environmentally conscious organization. IET-Aquaresearch Ltd. is dedicated to providing the highest quality products and systems to offer a real alternative to limit the use of toxic chemicals.

The goal of the Award is to recognize those companies who continuously contribute to the protection of the environment. The Minister of the Environment of Quebec, Mr. André Boisclair, congratulated the IET-Aquaresearch Ltd. team for their success and stressed the importance of acknowledging those who strive to educate the markets and develop products that are not only safe but beneficial to the environment.

IET Aquaresearch Ltd. was established in 1984 and started as a research facility. The company's mission is to provide ecologically sound products and systems that clean up pollutants naturally.

IET-Aquaresearch Ltd. produces probiotics (using natural life forms to improve environmental quality), and provide ecological solutions. The Bacta-Pur® System combined with strong technical support helps optimize wastewater treatment efficiency, agricultural waste removal and water quality restoration. In New Bedford, the Bacta-Pur® System is used to successfully bio-digest grease in sewers, hospitals and sports complexes like the Fleet Center and Fenway Park. Other key applications that benefit from this state-of-the-art technology are the fish farming and decorative pond industries.

The Bacta-Pur® products provide natural, non-toxic, non-chemical solutions to water pollution and contain highly concentrated communities of beneficial bacteria that safely biodegrade pollutants to improve water quality. The Bacta-Pur® beneficial microbial cultures combined with the BACTIVATOR (for on-site growth and conditioning of Bacta-Pur® cultures) have become the cutting-edge of cost effective solutions for wastewater treatment.

The people at IET Aquaresearch Ltd. are proud of winning the Award for Environmental Excellence and feel honored to be contributing to the betterment of our environment.