2023 - Written by: Kate Jolliffe, Technical Project Assistant (Co-op Student) Lystek’s Contribution to Accelerating Change This year we celebrate World Water Day with increased urgency. The United Nations' (UN) have sounded the alarm that progress on goals for water and sanitation are not progressing rapidly enough....
2022 - Written by: Harvir Sidhu, Technical Project Assistant (Co-Op Student) and Hanna Bennett, Project Coordinator It is more important than ever for businesses to step up and act on climate change by investing in a sustainable future. At Lystek we focus on improving agricultural security, eliminating...
2021 - As 2021 draws to a close we’ve been reflecting on the year and all that’s happened. With the COVID-19 pandemic the last year has certainly had its challenges, but it has also been an extremely rewarding year as well! Check out our fall...
2020 – By: Kelly Ward, Technical Project Assistant (Co-Op Student) On March 11th, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and instructed countries to take urgent and aggressive action against its development1. COVID-19 is a respiratory illness of varying severity, caused by...
2019 – Phosphorus (P) is one of the most critical nutrients for crop production. Global rock phosphate reserves are non-renewable and being depleted by the need to extract P for fertilizer production. At the same time, water quality in rivers, lakes and coastal areas are...
2018 – The fall is a busy time here at Lystek with plenty of conferences and tradeshows, which gives us a chance to discuss our technology and products with engineers, prospective clients and others in the industry. Some questions that are often asked are; “Why...
2018 – As we continue to shift towards a circular economy we need to keep asking more of ourselves in terms of how we manage the organic waste we all produce so that we may maximize the recovery and reuse of these potentially beneficial resources....
2018 – While wastewater treatment plants and soils are very different systems, both have microbial populations which break down organic materials and convert nutrients in solution into more stable forms. While they exist in different environments and perform different functions, all microbial populations require a...