Water Works - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Here in south Louisiana, water is as much a part of the local
landscape as is solid ground. And with coastal erosion, the ratio
is becoming more skewed every year. Fortunately, environmental
entrepreneurs are figuring out ways to help us deal with our water
and coastal issues while also building viable businesses. Take
Tyler Ortego, an environmentalist, engineer and aentrepreneur, who
got his start with the Shaw Group and went out on his own in 2006
to found Ora Estuaries. Ora Estuaries uses engineered oyster reefs
for coastal shoreline protection. The company got its start in the
LSU Business and Technology Center and uses a developing technology
that Tyler developed, called oyster scaffolding. As its name
suggests, it involves growing oyster reefs in strategic locations
where the coastline is eroding. Lord knows, there are plenty such
places along the Gulf Coast of south Louisiana and Ora Estuaries is
partnering with local communities to help them grow their own
oyster reefs into the building blocks of coastal protection. Ron
Malone is also an environmental engineer. Ron created a water
filtration system more than 30 years ago called bead filitration.
That system is now the basis for several products sold by his
company, Aquaculture Systems Technologies, or AST. AST handles a
wide range of filtration needs for a variety of industries,
including aquaculture and fish hatchery systems, home koi ponds,
and wastewater filtration, among others. Nearly 30 million in
research has supported the advancement of Ron s technology and
associated aquaculture systems, and his patented products are used
worldwide. You might be suprisied by the level of technological
innovation that s going on right here in Baton Rouge Photos by Eric
Murrell at Mansurs on the Boulevard.

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