Fayetteville's BlueInGreen has been contracted to help in the oil spill cleanup.

Fayetteville water-treatment firm BlueInGreen has been contracted by the National Science Foundation to adapt one of its technologies to salt water as part of the Gulf oil spill cleanup.

BlueInGreen, a University of Arkansas startup, has developed technologies that provide oxygenation and ozonation of fresh water. The government is counting on BlueInGreen to adapt its techniques to salt water, providing much needed oxygen to areas of the Gulf impacted most heavily by the spill.

The full story is available to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette subscribers here. The lowdown on the role of Little Rock's CTEH in the cleanup is available here, and check out a first-person account of the impact of the spill on the beaches at Gulf Shores as well.