Hydroxyl signs biologic water treatment contract

Hydroxyl Systems of Victoria, British Columbia announced today that it has been awarded a $1.1 million USD contract by Mizkan Americas for one of the company's ActiveCell™ biological wastewater treatment system.

Hydroxyl’s ActiveCell wastewater treatment technology will process 20,000 gallons a day of industrial wastewater from food processing operations at Mizkan America’s Crossville, TN facility.

Mizkan Americas plans to significantly lower the level of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) it discharges to the City of Crossville Wastewater Treatment Plant. The company hopes to thereby reduce its regulatory surcharges and meet the city's increasingly stringent requirements.

The selection of Hydroxyl’s ActiveCell followed a year of review and engineering design.

Under the terms of the contract, Hydroxyl will provide Mizkan with engineering design, overall project management, as well as engineering and environmental technology support for the advanced wastewater treatment project. The installation has a scheduled start in March 2007 with completion in June 2007.

Hydroxyl’s process biodegrades wastewater using thousands of suspended biofilm "carriers". Each carrier provides an active surface area sustaining heterotrophic and autotrophic bacteria within protected cells. The approach enables industrial facilities, marine vessels, communities, and commercial businesses to reliably meet or exceed stringent environmental regulations, the company said.

Hydroxyl has ten years of experience in specialized processes for industrial wastewater treatment, shipboard wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater upgrades and expansions and decentralized wastewater treatment. The company is privately held.

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