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Groundwater Nitrate Removal
The Microvi MNE™ plant at Sunny Slope Water Company in Pasadena, California, offers affordable nitrate removal — without producing a concentrated waste stream.

Our world today faces an unprecedented challenge in water treatment and purification. Issues like water scarcity are magnified by the widespread pollution of our groundwater and surface water resources.

Contaminants such as nitrate, perchlorate, chlorinated solvents, 1,4-dioxane, and many others threaten public health and environmental sustainability. Many of these contaminants are harmful at very low levels, thereby requiring expensive and complicated treatment processes to safely remove.

Using our MicroNiche Engineering™ (MNE) platform, Microvi has developed a suite of breakthrough technologies to provide clean drinking water reliably, cost-effectively, and simply — all without producing secondary waste.

Microvi MNE™ for nitrate removal

With plants around the world, the Microvi MNE™ process offers simple and effective nitrate and perchlorate removal with low total costs, low energy requirements, and remarkable stability and control. Our technology converts nitrate in water into nitrogen gas, which is safely released into the atmosphere. The advantages of Microvi MNE™ for nitrate and perchlorate removal include:

• Low operating cost

• Near zero biosolids production

• No concentrated waste stream

• Low chemical consumption

• Quick start-up time

• Minimal operator input required

• Meets NSF/ANSI 61 standards

• High water recovery rates

• Flexible designs for nearly any kind of application

Case Studies

• Microvi Enables Broad Access to Low Cost Nitrate Treatment

• Microvi’s Low Cost Nitrate Treatment for the Communities that Need it Most 

• Restoring 100s of millions of gallons of nitrate-contaminated water for California

• Successful Remediation of Perchlorate to Low Levels from Groundwater at a Rocket and Propulsion Systems Manufacturer

• Microvi Nitrate Treatment Reduces Cost by 40% Compared to Ion Exchange

• Microvi Provides Broad Access to Low Cost Nitrate Treatment

• Unprecedented Results Demonstrated with Microvi’s Chromium Removal Technology

• Microvi MNE Restores Access to Clean Drinking Water for Remote Communities in Western Australia