Wastewater Treatment Technology
How Does It Work?
Our treatment clay mixture is a one-step process that takes only a few minutes, but several complex chemical reactions occur as it treats the wastewater.
When the clay is first added, acidic compounds from the clay are released to breakdown oil emulsions and force cations out of solution. The polymer continues by attracting remaining oils and charged anions. The base component of the mixture then comes into play to form a precipitate and attract heavy metals. The clay then entraps and surrounds the metals into agglomerate. The bentonite particles in the treatment clay absorb heavy metals and bond to suspended solids and render the metal non-leachable. The non-leachable solids settle and are dewatered from the solution.
The remaining sludge cake can be disposed of in a non-hazardous landfill. TCLP testing of the resulting cake, performed in our lab, proves that the waste is no longer hazardous.
The treated effluent water is sewerable and can be discharged or reused within the plant processes.
