UMPQUA Research Company (URC), founded in 1973 by David F. Putnam and Gerald V. Colombo, offers technical services in three primary areas: [1] Drinking Water and Environmental Analysis, [2] Air and Water Purification Related Engineering Services (including NASA Flight Hardware), and [3] Research & Development. Working with NASA and major aerospace firms, URC has established a reputation of excellence within the Regenerative Life Support community that is unequaled by any other small business. Their initially Aerospace Related business has been expanded into a variety of Environmental Services.
URC currently consists of a small group of highly trained professionals with vast experience in the application of science and engineering to the solution of environmental problems both in space and here at home.
The staff includes chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineers, chemists, physicists, and biological scientists.
Water Security Corporation is commercializing the technology developed by Umpqua under an exclusive agreement and Gerald Colombo is a Water Security™ board member.
Umpqua research pioneered the use of a specially engineered iodinated resin (MCV®) and a resin-based iodine scrubber (Iodosorb®).
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