Ecosphere Technologies reported that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Brasil Clean Energy (BCE), its Ozonix Licensing partner in Brasil. Ecosphere the agreement call for BCE to begin discussions with municipal and government agencies of Rio de Janeiro to use Ecosphere's recently patented Ozonix Sentinel technology to restore the oxygen levels in the bays and lagoons that will be the site of the RIO 2016 Summer Olympic water events. Additionally, Ecosphere noted, it has expanded the geographic area for BCE's representation of the Company's patented technologies and products in Brasil to include all of Central and South America.

The new agreement calls for Ecosphere and BCE to form a Joint Venture to manufacture Ecosphere's patented technologies in Brasil, as well as other South American countries.