NX Filtration starts pilot with drinking water utility WMD in the Netherlands

NX Filtration starts pilot with drinking water utility WMD in the Netherlands

Enschede, the Netherlands, 9 December 2021

WMD, the drinking water utility of the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands, initiated a pilot project with NX Filtration, the global provider of breakthrough direct nanofiltration (dNF) technology for pure and affordable water. The objective of the pilot project is to test dNF technology on the removal of various micropollutants from WMD’s groundwater sources.

WMD services over 200,000 households and companies across Drenthe with the supply of drinking water. Amongst its key initiatives as part of its 2023 vision, WMD seeks to invest in new water treatment technologies to remove an increasing amount of micropollutants from water derived from groundwater sources. These pollutions, which include nickel–iron alloys (Ni/Fe) and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), are mostly a result of agricultural and industrial activities in the second half of the last century.

Initial lab-scale tests (based on NX Filtration’s ‘Mexplorer’ test unit) with NX Filtration’s dNF technology demonstrated high removal of Ni/Fe, EDTA and other micropollutants. Therefore, WMD now decided to expand its pilot program to test dNF technology in a full-scale setting, based on NX Filtration’s large scale ‘Mexpert’ pilot system.

Key advantages of the dNF technology for WMD include the one-step treatment setup that can be applied directly to the source water, the fact that desirable minerals remain part of the produced water, and the energy-saving and chemicals-avoiding characteristics of NX Filtration’s dNF technology.

The pilot program is expected to run from November 2021 to the summer of 2022.

About WMD and WLN

WMD is the drinking water utility of the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands, servicing over 200,000 households and companies across Drenthe with the supply of drinking water. WLN, a subsidiary of WMD and Water Company Groningen is a leading organization in the field of water quality and water technology with a prominent position in the market in the Northern Netherlands. WLN is continuously working on improving drinking water quality for both water companies. Read more on www.wmd.nl and www.wln.nl

About NX Filtration

NX Filtration is a provider of direct nanofiltration membrane technology for producing pure and affordable water to improve quality of life. Its direct nanofiltration technology removes micropollutants (including pharmaceuticals, medicines, PFAS and insecticides), colour and selective salts, but also bacteria, viruses and nanoplastics, from water in one step whilst offering strong sustainability benefits. For further information on NX Filtration please visit www.nxfiltration.com