CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Coralville company working to find a cost-effective way to remove nitrates from water recently received funding from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

Pani Clean received a $50,000 loan to help continue its work developing technology that removes nitrates from water and converts them to ammonia.

The company’s origins trace back about 10 years, when CEO and President Joun Lee was traveling in India and noticed children playing in purple-tinted water.

“That didn’t look safe. That moment remained with me. And that was the moment I decided to dedicate my set of expertise and skills to solve the water challenges,” Lee said.

Lee began working at the University of Iowa to create new technology to remove nitrates from water. The major challenge was cost.

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