During the 2014 Flint water crisis 100,000 residents of Flint, Michigan were exposed to drinking water contaminated by high levels of lead. This brought national attention to the issue of drinking water quality and eroded the American public's trust in the safety of their drinking water. 

Julie Bliss Mullen invented Aclarity, electrochemical water purification technology to make sure families don't have to worry about harmful substances in their drinking water. Aclarity is the first of its kind miniature home water treatment plant. When water passes through the device fast reacting chemicals form, disinfecting bacteria, toxins, and harmful metals.