Doosan Enpure has recently embarked upon its Enflo-Carb™ project, using its proven Enflo-DAF™ technology as the foundation to a series of seasonal trials with the support of the Water Science Institute at Cranfield University.

The trials will involve a number of different water companies, their sites and four water sources within the UK to determine the optimum conditions and kinetics for the effective removal of the micro-pollutants during the water treatment process.

While the UK water industry, along with farmers and producers, has adopted a catchment management programme which takes a successful voluntary approach to reducing the concentrations of metaldehyde in rivers, reservoirs and drinking water,  some areas may not be able to benefit solely from such an approach

Doosan Enpure is one of the four R&D centres of excellence in the worldwide Doosan Water Business Group which specialise in water and wastewater treatment. Doosan is able to deliver an enhanced process solution to the industry by applying its worldwide experience to decrease the levels of metaldehyde and other recalcitrant organic biocides in raw surface water sources.

Commenting on the project, the R&D and Technology Manager for Doosan Enpure Tony Amato said:

“The objective of our Enflo-Carb™ project is to provide an advance robust process treatment system capable of being applied both retrospectively and for new build whilst maintaining a resilient optimum whole-life cost solution for different raw water sources and water chemistry composites.”