First American Scientific Corp. (fka FASC)

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http://www.marisys.com/oil-spill-cleanup-progresses-costner-industries-waits-for-green-light_2010-06-03/

Also in New Orleans, Kevin Costner, famed Waterworld actor, has been on the news demonstrating the water-oil separator that he and his brother have been developing over two decades. According to Costner, the centrifugal devices not only have the capacity to purify oily water up to levels of 97 percent, but can be used with other purifying machines to make the water safe for drinking. Besides being able to get really oily water really clean, Costner’s machines also have the ability to clean oily water quickly. Costner’s bigger extractors can process 200 gallons per minute, or 288,000 gallons per day.

The logistics of setting up these machines throughout the gulf still has to be thought out; however, Costner has had experience. According to Time Magazine’s February 3, 1997 issue, Costner’s machines were used to clean up an oil spill in Japan.

Costner’s technology not only has its roots as Kevin Costner’s environmental and long term business concern, its also has roots at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, one of the major energy and technology research organizations in the United States. In addition to being reported on by Oak Ridge, Costner’s patented technology, as it has advanced, has also been central to research at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the water science community at large.

Besides all this, Costner Industries also sells its extraction centrifuges for a wide variety of other applications. The machines which range in size and particle extraction capabilities, according to the company’s web site, www.cincmfg.com, are used in chemical, pharmaceutical, industrial, flavors and fragrances, oil/water, biodiesel, and nuclear applications.