Groundwater is a significant source of potable water in Canada, with over 8 million Canadians utilizing groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. As a result, groundwater remediation strategies must meet regulatory requirement for returning treated groundwater to the environment.
Groundwater contaminants may originate from point or non-point sources, including leaking gasoline storage tanks, leaking septic tanks, landfills, infiltration from farmland treated with pesticides and fertilizers, and contaminated industrial sites. Common groundwater contaminants include petroleum-based hydrocarbons, chlorinated and non-chlorinated solvents, and high levels of heavy metals such as iron, manganese, arsenic, and lead.
Filter Innovations provides a comprehensive series of treatment techniques, services and equipment designed to remove contaminants from groundwater. Examples of products and engineered systems for groundwater treatment include:
| Treatment technique |
Contaminants |
| Particulate filtration |
Metals and other sediments |
Activated carbon adsorption
Specialty media filtration
Oil/water separation |
Hydrocarbons (e.g., gasoline), solvents, pesticides, and other organic contaminants |
Coagulation/sedimentation
Neutralization
Dissolved air floatation
Granular media filtration
Resin adsorption |
Inorganic contaminants such as nitrates and heavy metals (e.g., iron, manganese, arsenic and mercury) |
Filter Innovations offers standard packaged systems for groundwater treatment:
- Flow & Plug system: uses oil/water separation, filtration and sorbent technologies
- Pump & Treat system: uses oil/water separation, filtration and sorbent technologies
- Chemical treatment system: uses coagulation, sedimentation, floatation, adsorption and filtration technologies
Note: These systems are modular in design and can be easily configured for high flow rates.
For more information about groundwater treatment systems, please see the applicable Products pages.
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