Siemens to develop technology to remove heavy metals from water

Siemens Water Technologies and Texas A&M AgriLife Research have agreed to develop and commercialise a chemical-based technology to remove heavy metals from water and wastewater.

The technology will be based on an activated iron process for the removal of contaminants from water and wastewater developed by Yongheng Huang, who is an associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M University.

It will be capable of removing selenium, mercury and other heavy metals and metalloids from industrial water to meet national pollutant discharge elimination limits.

The technology would also increase operations efficiency over a range of temperatures and pH levels compared to existing remediation processes.

AgriLife Research director Craig Nessler said: "We are confident that our partnership with Siemens will yield environmental and economic benefits across multiple industries."

Siemens Water Technologies CEO Lukas Loeffler said that industrial operators are seeking new solutions to meet heavy metal remediation challenges and regulatory requirements.

"The agreements between AgriLife Research and Siemens Water Technologies will help develop a solution to meet this need and is another example to our commitment to innovation and industry leadership through research and development," Loeffler said.