Byran Fuhrmann
Solves problems with a systems-thinking mindset — weighing the chemistry, economics, stakeholders, environmental systems, and engineering design together, and focusing on solutions that are economically feasible and technically validated.
- PhD, Environmental Chemistry
- MBA
- 7 U.S. Patents
- 4 Commercial Products
- Expert Witness
Byran Fuhrmann is an environmental chemist who has spent his entire professional career improving surface water quality. He is the lead inventor of seven U.S. patents and four commercial products focused on improving water quality in lakes, rivers, and estuaries — including EutroSORB (eutrosorb.com). He has overseen the use of these products and other technologies to restore water quality in hundreds of lakes across the United States, Europe, and Australia.
That operating history — hundreds of treatment programs, designed, executed, and measured — is what grounds his approach: identify the mechanism first, then match the intervention to it. He is the President of the California Lake Management Society, a Program Committee member for the North American Lake Management Society, and a member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Source Water Protection Committee.
His expertise in heavy-metal geochemistry stems from pre-graduate work as a quality assurance manager at an environmental chemistry laboratory, his experience in wetland geochemistry, his focus on mercury cycling in aquatic environments during his PhD, and more recent work on AMD pollution, gold mining, and heavy-metal restoration through Clean Water Help.
Byran founded ENV Water Chemistry Solutions in 2025 to bring his niche expertise in economics and aquatic biogeochemistry to clients who need practical solutions for environmental protection and restoration. He is also the Executive Director of Clean Water Help, an international nonprofit of volunteer water resource professionals working to restore water quality for impoverished communities.
Patents & Publications
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Affiliations
- President — California Lake Management Society
- Program Committee — North American Lake Management Society
- Member — AWWA Source Water Protection Committee
- Executive Director — Clean Water Help