Siemens develops new metal removal media for water sector

Siemens has unveiled a new speciality media that removes regulated metals from industrial wastewater, groundwater and storm runoff water.

The SCU Trace Metal Removal Media removes trace levels of metals such as copper, zinc, lead, mercury, cadmium, trivalent chromium and nickel from complex wastewater to levels not possible with ion exchange resins.

In general, ion exchange resins have the ability to reduce heavy metals to 25 parts per billion in typical industrial applications, depending on the contaminant and chemistry of the wastewater.

The SCU media achieves levels below one part per billion for most metals at flow rates up to 5,000 gallons per minute.

The media treats both hazardous and non-hazardous wastes in compliance with all state and federal guidelines, and recycles valuable metals into secondary raw materials when possible.