The State Water Resources Control Board of California conditionally approved Microvi’s nitrate removal technology for use in treating drinking water.
The acceptance follows months of testing that have demonstrated Microvi's drinking water solutions to be efficient and safe in the removal of nitrate from drinking water. Microvi will be the first company to install a full-scale biological nitrate treatment system for drinking water in the U.S.
Results from a large demonstration project provided to the Division of Drinking Water showed that Microvi's MB-N2 technology, developed through the company's proprietary MicroNiche Engineering platform, reduced the level of nitrate in drinking water from 35 to 54 ppm to less than 5 ppm in a matter of minutes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) nitrate limit for drinking water is 10 ppm.
Nitrate can have serious effects on infant health, causing Methemoglobinemia, or "blue baby syndrome," and nitrate water contamination is a large problem in California and around the world.
An estimated average 6% of the U.S.. has groundwater nitrate contaminations over 5 ppm, according to the EPA. In California, where drinking water is in short supply because of a drought, an estimated 10% of the groundwater has nitrate levels over 5 ppm.
Microvi is certified to treat drinking water in Australia, where the company has working installations treating nitrate-contaminated water for Aboriginal communities. In addition, the company has other installations treating water around the world.
Source: Microvi
