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Applied’s New HiPOx Plus System Meets Utilities’ Critical Need for Destroying Taste and Odor Contaminants in Drinking Water

Pleasant Hill, CA - February 27, 2006 - Applied Process Technology, Inc. (Applied), an industry leader in providing high performance water treatment solutions, today announced the availability of HiPOx Plus, a waste-free Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) that achieves multiple treatment objectives in one system.  “Applied’s entrance into the taste and odor (T&O) market sector provides utilities with a very efficient solution for higher quality drinking water,” said Charles Borg, Vice President of Business Development at Applied.  “The HiPOx Plus system operated in an AOP mode delivers superior results for destroying geosmin and MIB, which represent approximately 90% of T&O contaminants in drinking water.  HiPOx Plus also controls the formation of bromate to meet today’s strict regulatory standards, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule.”

The HiPOx Plus system combines ozone (O₃) and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) to form hydroxyl radicals, aggressive oxidants that react chemically with T&O compounds.  During treatment, contaminants are rapidly converted into benign carbon dioxide and water.  The carbon dioxide is vented off, while the cleansed water is discharged free of unwanted T&O contaminants.  HiPOx Plus simultaneously removes a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and micro-contaminants as well.

“Valuable added treatment benefits are provided by HiPOx Plus, such as reducing disinfection byproducts (DBPs) formed during chlorination,” said Dr. Reid Bowman, CTO and Vice President of Research and Development at Applied.  “A substantial portion of natural organic materials (NOMs) in the source waters are removed.  As a result, lower concentrations of trihalomethanes (THMs) and DBPs are exhibited.” 

HiPOx Plus’ unique reactor design enables it to be operated not only in an AOP mode, but also as an extremely effective ozone contactor, or alternating between these two modes to achieve a variety of application-specific requirements.  Multiple reagent injection and reaction points provide superior contaminant destruction and disinfection.  In addition to fully engineered packaged treatment systems, HiPOx Plus can also be provided as a stand-alone reactor for easy integration with other equipment.

Applied’s revolutionary HiPOx Plus not only solves today’s unmet drinking water treatment challenges, customers receive significant cost-saving benefits as well.

• When operated in an AOP mode, HiPOx Plus reduces ozone dosing by 25% to 60%.  As a result, operating costs are greatly reduced in comparison to traditional “ozone-only” contacting systems.
• HiPOx Plus ozone contacting efficiency exceeds 95% in commercial applications, which makes it economically attractive to use ozone-based AOP for a variety of T&O treatments.

About Applied

Applied Process Technology, Inc. (Applied) headquartered in Pleasant Hill, California, develops and provides innovative water treatment technologies that destroy pervasive and difficult-to-treat water contaminants — quickly and cost-effectively without generating any residual waste streams, or harmful byproducts.  Applied specializes in high performance treatment solutions for the drinking water, environmental remediation, industrial process water, wastewater, and homeland security markets. 

In addition to the HiPOx™ family of products, Applied’s versatile product line includes PulseOx, an aggressive in-situ chemical oxidation technology that destroys groundwater contaminants directly in the sub-surface, and a hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) that utilizes a unique autotrophic biological reduction process to destroy contaminants such as perchlorate, nitrate, and chlorinated solvents.

Applied’s team of experienced engineers and scientists are dedicated to developing reliable, forward-thinking technologies — for today’s critical water treatment challenges and beyond.  For additional information about Applied’s waste-free product line, please visit our Website at http://www.aptwater.com.