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Mining & mine water

Final polish for permit compliance

Below the limit, with a by-product to sell.

The problem

Many sites already treat their water with lime or RO and still struggle with tightening sulphate and metals limits. Arguments that further treatment is infeasible or disproportionately costly are under pressure.

Benefits

  • Sulphate and metals reduced beyond existing treatment
  • Saleable by-products, such as sodium sulphate, that offset the cost
  • Designed against all three layers of EU water law: watercourse, mine site and processing step

Application

An electromembrane polishing step after the existing treatment train, applicable to sulphate-dominated and acid mine drainage sites.

Where it sits in the site

Mine drainageExisting treatmentLime or ROFinal polishDischargeWithin permit

Danu Water product

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Shown as a standalone job for clarity. Where and how much water is taken and returned is designed around each site, and one unit may do several jobs. Powered by Danu Water's adaptive electromembrane separation.

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