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There are many different drinking water applications that are appropriate for AdEdge Technologies’ solutions. Small community water providers, both private and public, have found the AdEdge modular or packaged units to be the correct answer to a variety of contaminant issues. Our systems also provide safe drinking water for dairy farms and other agricultural applications. Individual residences use POU (point-of-use) and POE (point-of-entry) systems to ensure the quality of their water.
The Mining Sector is one of the core industrial sectors being served by AdEdge Technologies. It is quickly becoming the fastest growing segment of our company. We offer customer driven water treatment solutions by understanding the needs of our customers and the demands of achieving ever changing and challenging water treatment discharge standards. From exploration to site closure and post closure, AdEdge can assist you in meeting your water treatment needs. With today’s emphasis on sustainability, AdEdge’s solutions are long-term focused and environmentally sensitive. We understand that the solutions employed must be able to satisfy regulatory agency requirements and improve the bottom-line. Ad-Edge understands that our solutions must be compatible with our customers’ operating environment that includes widely fluctuating market conditions, commodity markets, and thin operating margins.
Several industries and industrial processes may contribute to soil and groundwater contamination. AdEdge Technologies has supplied filtration equipment for several remediation efforts to remove arsenic, lead, and other inorganic contaminants to meet state and federal mandates.
Among the various industrial treatment options available for heavy metal reduction, few are simple, proven, affordable, and reliable as the selective adsorption treatment technology offered by AdEdge Technologies. AdEdge provides a line of pre-engineered, packaged industrial wastewater treatment systems designed for removal of heavy metals from groundwater and industrial wastewater using a variety of adsorption media technologies.
Compliance with the USEPA’s new maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for arsenic affects thousands of small public water systems in the U.S. Among treatment options available, few are simple, proven, affordable, and reliable. AdEdge offers a line of packaged, pre-engineered drinking water treatment systems which are ideal for small public water systems such as schools, mobile home parks, shopping centers, subdivisions, and more.
Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral in the soil in some areas of the country. It can leach into the drinking water supply. At low levels, it is not considered to be harmful. In fact, many water treatment plants add fluoride to the water because fluoride has been shown to help decrease tooth decay. However, higher levels can be hazardous to our health.
AdEdge provides treatment systems for for Uranium removal using AD92 an anion exchange media that is ideal for use in potable water as well as non-potable and environmental remediation applications for removal of naturally occurring uranium. The high efficiency AD92 can selectively remove the negatively charged uranium anion (most often in the form of uranyl carbonate) to below the existing EPA MCL of 30 ug/L. The AdEdge AD92 systems can deliver the needed performance in two ways: (1) via regeneration type systems which use the media to remove the uranium with periodic regeneration using NaCl brine; or (2) as a “throw away” discardable media, which can be discarded when spent. This option maximizes the very high capacity of the AD92. Where on-site regeneration is not available, this disposal option is the preferred option. Disposal options will vary based on federal, state, and local regulations.
Sulfates and hydrogen sulfide are both common nuisance contaminants. Although neither is usually a significant health hazard, sulfates can have a temporary laxative effect on humans and young livestock. Sulfates also may clog plumbing and stain clothing. Hydrogen sulfide produces an offensive `rotten egg` odor and taste in the water, especially when the water is heated.
For treatment of Iron & Manganese removal, AdEdge Technologies uses our AD26 or ADGS+ media coagulation filtration with ferric chloride as the coagulation agent. This process allows significantly higher flow rates per square feet of media, less backwash water than other conventional approaches, and smaller footprint systems which means lower capital and operating costs. There are no hazardous chemicals or waste involved and the systems may be automated which decreases operator involvement and expense.
Most nitrogenous materials in natural waters tend to be converted to nitrate, so all sources of combined nitrogen, particularly organic nitrogen and ammonia, should be considered as potential nitrate sources. Primary sources of organic nitrates include human sewage and livestock manure, especially from feedlots. The primary inorganic nitrates which may contaminate drinking water are potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate both of which are widely used as fertilizers. According to the Toxics Release Inventory, releases to water and land totaled over 112 million pounds from 1991 through 1993.