Neptune

NEPTUNE

Securing water for humanity

The goal of our team at NEPTUNE is to break barriers to drought-proof water and sanitation with decentralized, affordable Direct Potable Reuse (DPR)—the process of transforming wastewater into safe, high-quality drinking water.

SWAP™ - DPR robots

Water is essential. Yet 2 billion humans don’t have access to it or rely on depleting sources. Contamination from untreated wastewater causes millions of deaths yearly. NEPTUNE offers an alternative, inspired by examples like Windhoek in Namibia or the International Space Station. At the heart of NEPTUNE’s mission is the development of decentralized and AI-powered direct potable reuse (DPR) robots called SWAP™.

Our approach merges cutting-edge water treatment technologies with the full integration of robotics and artificial intelligence. Designed for buildings and small communities, these robots will purify mixed wastewater and produce 10 M³ to 500 M³ per day of truly potable water, providing unprecedented safety and cost-effectiveness.

SWAP™ robots aim to make decentralized DPR hyper-safe and reliable, build public trust, and allow widespread adoption. Leveraging advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, NEPTUNE’s SWAP™ robots will ensure a safe, affordable, and drought-proof water source, directly where it is needed.

Water security as a service

Following successful validation phase, NEPTUNE plans to offer drought-proof water and sanitation as a service in water-scarce communities. Operating like mini utilities, a fleet of SWAP™ DPR robots will be deployed to users and managed remotely by experts. Supplemented by periodic recharges from “out of the aquifer” sources such as salt water and wastewater, NEPTUNE’s services will provide complete and reliable water and sanitation, safe from droughts and pollution, with affordable monthly billing based on consumption.

Accelerate universal access to water and sanitation

NEPTUNE is a private organization with a dual purpose: operating partly for profit and partly for nonprofit to fund and deploy WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) projects in underserved communities. Several advanced proprietary technologies operating within SWAP™ DPR robots are set to be commercialized as independent products, from which 100% of profits will be donated to WASH projects. Combined with a multi-level tariff system for users, and innovative water credit programs, NEPTUNE plans to deploy and operate decentralized DPR SWAP robots free of charge in poor and underserved communities, ensuring reliable and sustainable access to safe water and sanitation.

Pilot project

Our first project, in collaboration with Habitations L’Équerre, is taking place in a 48-unit multi-housing building designed by the Leclerc Architecture + Design Group, currently under construction in Sherbrooke. This pilot project will serve as a demonstration platform and help our team optimize and demonstrate SWAP™ capabilities. The robot will recycle some of the wastewater produced by the building, purify it until it is drinkable, and return it to the building for flushing toilets.

This project is a springboard towards a more ambitious goal: making drinking water accessible everywhere by decentralizing the direct reuse of wastewater (DPR), and reducing our dependence on depleting resources. The world is changing. We believe that the way we manage water must evolve with it. NEPTUNE is built for this future.

A shift has begun towards water reuse ‘because there is no other option’, Richard Connor, editor of the UN World Water Development Report 2021 released by UNESCO.