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Through the development of clay-based powder and granular chemical reactants, emulsified oils and metals can be removed from wastewater in one simple step.  Formulations contain dry acids and bases to lower pH breaking oil emulsions, while raising pH to precipitate metals.  With the combination of polymers, the oil, metals, and other contaminants are scavenged and fixated onto large floc particles.
This complete reaction process occurs in approximately 2 or 3 minutes of mixing.
 

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In this process the waste oils and metals are trapped and fixated in a webbing that forms by chemical reaction during flocculation. Minute electrical charges bind the contaminants to the clay during flocculation and a pozzolanic curing process begins that improves with age. This process effectively 'encapsulates' all unwanted substances within the clay compound, leaving any contaminants unsuseptable to their external environment. Encapsulation produces a safe, non-leachable sludge that in most cases can be disposed of in non-hazardous landfills. It is recommended that TCLP testing be performed for verification of non-leachability of sludge material.

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Clean water meeting local discharge limits can be drained directly to sewer or reuesed back in plant processes.
Non hazardous sludge disposal keeps you off the waste generator listings and reduces liability.
 

 

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