Australian-first water recycling tech switched on in regional NSWIn short:An Australian-first wastewater treatment system has been built in regi...
Published by Trudi Schifter, CEO and Founder AquaSPE
Australian-first water recycling tech switched on in regional NSW
In short:
An Australian-first wastewater treatment system has been built in regional NSW.
Water treatment scientist Troy Warry says his innovation has been successfully trialled in three European countries.
Final approvals to use the recycled water for human purposes like construction are expected before the end of the year.
A new way of recycling wastewater that its inventor says uses less energy and works faster than conventional systems has been built in Australia for the first time.
Troy Warry says his system is about 16 times more efficient at breaking down stubborn pollutants in wastewater than conventional methods.
The water treatment scientist said it was the product of years of "trial, error, and sleepless nights, and crying in the shower" for an end result which uses fewer chemicals and processes wastewater faster.
"There are a lot of advanced oxidation [systems] out there, but this is the first titanium dioxide-based one in the world where the catalyst is permanently immobilised inside the reactor while still remaining highly photoactive," he said.
"It uses a lot less energy, produces much cleaner water, destroys contaminants in a lot shorter time frame, and sustains high flow rates every day for long periods."
In short:
An Australian-first wastewater treatment system has been built in regional NSW.
Water treatment scientist Troy Warry says his innovation has been successfully trialled in three European countries.
Final approvals to use the recycled water for human purposes like construction are expected before the end of the year.
A new way of recycling wastewater that its inventor says uses less energy and works faster than conventional systems has been built in Australia for the first time.
Troy Warry says his system is about 16 times more efficient at breaking down stubborn pollutants in wastewater than conventional methods.
The water treatment scientist said it was the product of years of "trial, error, and sleepless nights, and crying in the shower" for an end result which uses fewer chemicals and processes wastewater faster.
"There are a lot of advanced oxidation [systems] out there, but this is the first titanium dioxide-based one in the world where the catalyst is permanently immobilised inside the reactor while still remaining highly photoactive," he said.
"It uses a lot less energy, produces much cleaner water, destroys contaminants in a lot shorter time frame, and sustains high flow rates every day for long periods."
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- Wastewater Use
- Water Recycling
- Water Treatment Systems
- water treatment
- Water and wastewater treatment
- Domestic Water Use
- Australia