Ovivo and E2metrix partner to offer an integrated solution for destruction of PFAS in water and wastewater
by CM staff
The solution will permanently safeguard public health and provide a viable onsite PFAS destruction option.
Photo: CNW Group/Ovivo Inc.
MONTREAL — Ovivo, a global provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment, technologies and systems, enters a partnership with E2metrix to develop and commercialize a complete integrated solution to treat and destroy perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called the forever chemicals, and other emerging contaminants present in water and wastewater.
Since December 2021, Ovivo and E2metrix have been exclusively collaborating to develop an onsite commercially viable treatment system to remove and destroy PFAS present in municipal drinking water utilizing an electrochemical oxidation technology at the heart of the integrated solution. The partners are currently piloting a solution in Alabama, U.S., that has delivered results with up to 99 per cent reduction of PFOS and PFOA and over 85 per cent reduction of total detectable PFAS in the water treated. The integrated solution is not only removing PFAS but is mineralizing these forever chemicals into their elemental parts of carbon and fluorine, returning safe water back to the environment at a full-scale facility.
In conjunction with this exclusive collaboration, Ovivo made an investment and took an equity participation in E2metrix to strengthen the partnership and accelerate the commercial development of the integrated solution. Other pilots to test the solution for numerous applications, such as municipal drinking water, municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater and landfill leachate are currently being investigated to be deployed in the coming months across North America.
E2metrix is a Sherbrooke, Quebec-based technology company which specializes in the design, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative and clean electro-technologies. Their core offering is ECOTHOR®, a patented electrotechnology platform for water, wastewater, and industrial water treatment. Over 200 ECOTHOR® reactors have been delivered to date to remove a wide range of complex contaminants. The established ECOTHOR® reactors have been modified and tailored to optimize onsite PFAS destruction, under the product name ECOTHOR®-EOx.
“We are very excited to be partnering with E2metrix, a promising company that has developed a patented technology to destroy what will soon no more be considered as forever chemicals, contaminating our water sources and causing numerous public health issues,” said Marc Barbeau, President and CEO, Ovivo.
“In the coming months, we will accelerate the development of an integrated PFAS destruction solution for municipal drinking water which will help our clients comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed PFAS levels and therefore protect public health from the PFAS pollution in our drinking water.”
Ovivo and E2metrix will exhibit the electrochemical destruction technology, ECOTHOR®-EOx, at the American Water Works Association ACE 2023 conference, booth number 1243, taking place from June 11 to 14 in Toronto, Ontario.
