Water & Wastewater Asia January/February 2022

ON OUR RADAR
AQUAPORIN WINS A PILOT FOR
an energy efficiency solution
to China’s leachate overflow
Aquaporin’s containerised system
uses FO to further reduce the leachate
volume as compared to what is
possible with current technologies
and methods. With lower volumes,
smaller evaporators are required,
meaning landfills will use less energy
to eliminate the leachate. In parallel,
clean water will be generated for
discharge or reuse, contributing to a
more sustainable future in wastewater
treatment and lower carbon footprint.
Jason Yu, managing director of
Gradiant China, added: “The demand
for leachate minimization or zero liquid
discharge (ZLD) is a very big market in
China. With the system developed by
Aquaporin and Gradiant, the leachate
industry has an innovative solution to
meet local regulations. We believe this
solution will help our customers treat
leachate with lower costs and stable
operation.”
Aquaporin will
provide an advanced
containerised pilot
system to treat
leachate in a landfill
in China
The Danish water company
Aquaporin has won an order in China
to help a landfill meet the country’s
strict discharge limits by treating
leachate more efficiently.
In H1 2022, the landfill will receive
an advanced containerised pilot
system developed by Aquaporin
in collaboration with Gradiant
Environmental Technology to provide
a sustainable and economical
solution or treating landfill leachate.
Aquaporin is currently involved in
similar pilot projects in Southern
China and Europe with the purpose
of testing the technology to gain
insights that will enable developing
a final solution for the global
leachate treatment market.
Suggesting that this could be a
technology breakthrough that
has the potential to provide new
economic solution for leachate
treatment, Matt Boczkowski, CCO
and deputy CEO of Aquaporin,
explained that the company will
have a key reference showcasing
its forward osmosis (FO)-based
leachate treatment solution not only
to the Chinese market, but globally,
when the pilot project is completed
this summer.
Leachate management is a global
challenge as it is one of the most
complex and difficult wastewaters to
treat. The subject is getting increased
attention, not only in China, but on
a global scale, where landfills are
witnessing growing regulations for
discharge limits for water pollutants
that were previously discharged to
water bodies untreated. This traction
has given Aquaporin the opportunity
to demonstrate how its innovative FO
technology can help landfills live up
to national policies on environmental
protection by meeting water
discharge regulations in leachate
applications.
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