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Water Treatment Projects

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Water Treatment Metallurgic Coal Mine
Innisfil Sediment Erosion Control Pilot
Water Polishing

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Five projects, four facts each

Selected from two decades of project records and approved for citation. Historical results are examples of past performance, not guarantees - site water chemistry, flow and design always govern the outcome.

Aerial view of the Obed Mountain Mine release along the Athabasca River corridor

MiningAlberta, Canada

Obed Mine Cleanup

670M LSlurry released
Project
Obed Mountain Mine and the Athabasca River corridor, Alberta - among the largest containment failures of its type in Canadian history.
Problem
A containment wall failed on 31 October 2013 and roughly 670 million litres of slurry entered Apetowun and Plante Creeks and the Athabasca River, with elevated metals and PAHs reported downstream.
Solution
Gel Flocculant blocks and treated fabric were installed in situ across rivers, streams and engineered catchment basins as part of the mine disaster relief team.
Results
Runoff settled in primary cells upstream of the Athabasca; clarified water moved to polishing cells where ultra-fines were captured on treated natural fabric. Clearflow chemistry was used exclusively in the multi-party cleanup and still supports site remediation.
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Erosion & Sediment Control

Ultrabind vs Absorbent Polymers

Side-by-side comparison of Ultrabind solids-binding chemistry versus absorbent polymers-how binding solids (not soaking up water) cuts haul weight, liquefaction risk, and tip fees.

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Municipal/Stormwater

Summerwood Residential Development

Gel Flocculant blocks installed in creek flows and storm mains cut turbidity at a residential SWMF, clearing sediment plumes across four connected ponds within a week.

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Mary River Iron Mine Baffin Island

Mining

Mary River Iron Mine Baffin Island

Clearflow was selected to supply Gel Flocculant-based surface-water treatment and erosion & sediment control for the Arctic Mary River iron mine development on Baffin Island.

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Aggregate Wash Plant Water Recycle

Heavy Construction

Aggregate Wash Plant Water Recycle

Gel Flocculant supported a 33,120 m³/day aggregate wash-plant recycle loop with up to ~$120k avoided shutdown cost and release that surpassed project regulatory guidelines.

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Cloverbar Ravine

Municipal/Stormwater

Cloverbar Ravine

Gel Flocculant and treated geo-jute clarified ~8,200 m³/day of turbid, metals-bearing flow to <8 NTU before release toward Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River supply corridor-with third-party Golder lab reductions.

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Water Polishing

Heavy Construction

Water Polishing

Provide an environmentally safe, effective, and efficient treatment for TSS reduction to ensure regulatory limits are met with mobile, low-energy Clearflow chemistry.

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Water Shortage Reuse for Firewater

Mining

Water Shortage Reuse for Firewater

A mine with limited potable water recycled on-site water for fire suppression using Clearflow gel flocculants and treatment systems.

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Water Treatment System for Silt Pollution

Heavy Construction

Water Treatment System for Silt Pollution

Clearflow gravity-based carbon free surface water treatment system is capable of operating effectively, and with minimal supervision.

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Wastewater Recycling

Heavy Construction

Wastewater Recycling

Deliver an environmentally safe, effective, efficient treatment for TSS reduction, enabling wastewater recycling, reuse, and safe discharge.

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TSS Reduction Regulatory Compliance

Mining

TSS Reduction Regulatory Compliance

An existing coal mining operation required critical assistance in maintaining TSS reduction regulatory compliance limits.

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Stormwater Management Facility City of Waterloo

Municipal/Stormwater

Stormwater Management Facility City of Waterloo

City of Waterloo Pond 53 used Gel Flocculant for dewatering clarification and Ultrabind for sediment binding-part of an approximately $1.3M retrofit with follow-on municipal awards.

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Innisfil Sediment Erosion Control Pilot

Municipal/Stormwater

Innisfil Sediment Erosion Control Pilot

FCM-funded Lake Simcoe pilot at Sleeping Lion: Gel Flocculant in storm mains cut pond sediment discharge ~74% in an extreme event and phosphorus ~90% across three SWMFs-about $2M in offsetting savings.

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Erosion Control Nutrien - Ultrabind

Heavy Construction

Erosion Control Nutrien - Ultrabind

The Nutrien project focused on using Ultrabind for erosion control and seeding, to stop soil erosion and runoff into a nearby water source.

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Consumers Energy Saginaw Lake Pipeline

Heavy Construction

Consumers Energy Saginaw Lake Pipeline

GFR1000 reactors treated 3.4 million gallons of hydrostatic test water from 28 miles of pipeline near Flint, Michigan-cutting TSS by 37 mg/L for Flint River discharge.

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Gold Mine Water Treatment

Mining

Gold Mine Water Treatment

This gold mine is using the power of Gel Flocculant and GFR 1000 mobile water treatment systems at various locations to treat dirty water.

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Gel Flocculant Water Treatment: Ledcor Highways

Heavy Construction

Gel Flocculant Water Treatment: Ledcor Highways

Protecting sensitive aquatic habitats using water treatment with gel flocculant from construction is crucial for river health.

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Water Treatment Metallurgic Coal Mine

Mining

Water Treatment Metallurgic Coal Mine

Clearflow products were used on this coal mine water treatment project to recycle on-site water to replace potable water in fire suppression.

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Obed Mine Cleanup

Mining

Obed Mine Cleanup

Clearflow Gel Flocculant supported the Obed Mountain Mine spill response-an estimated 670 million litres of slurry-with passive in-situ treatment upstream of the Athabasca River.

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Clean Water Discharge

Heavy Construction

Clean Water Discharge

This project provided environmentally safe, effective, and efficient treatment for clean water discharge to ensure regulatory limits are met.

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