Treating Wastewater With Less Water Waste

Our Leopold Oxelia™ filtration system is a multi-barrier solution that combines ozone oxidation and biologically active filtration into a single process. This solution is powerful and flexible enough to eliminate “contaminants of emerging concern” that can pass through conventional wastewater treatment processes. If these contaminants are discharged back into surface waters, they can cause harm to aquatic life and to people who draw their drinking water from these sources.

Oxelia produces a supply of clear and biologically stable water that protects water ecosystems and is safe for drinking.

The process also conserves water by minimizing filter backwash. Other treatment systems concentrate the collected contaminants into a waste stream that can represent as much as 20 percent of total flow — and also require additional special treatment. With Oxelia, the filter backwash makes up less than 3 percent of total flow, and can be sent back to the beginning of the system for a second pass-through or managed by a solids handling system that requires no special treatment.

After years of extensive testing, this new system was officially unveiled last year at the American Water Works Association annual conference in Anaheim, California. The state was — and still is — in the midst of one of the most severe droughts on record, and water reuse was a prominent topic of interest at the conference. The location of this new product launch reinforced the vital role that Oxelia can have in increasing water reuse capabilities in order to secure a sustainable water supply today and for future generations.

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About Xylem 
Xylem is a leading global water technology company committed to “solving water” by creating innovative solutions to meet the world’s water needs. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, and return water to the environment, in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. As water security becomes a more urgent global priority, Xylem is helping customers invest in water and wastewater infrastructure that solves their water challenges in three key areas: water productivity, the efficient movement, treatment and use of clean water; water quality, the cost-efficient and sustainable management and renewal of wastewater; and water resilience, helping communities prepare for and recover from water-related risks. Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its 12,500 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions. The Company is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2015 revenue of $3.7 billion. Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last four years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide, and the Company has satisfied the requirements to be a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series each year since 2013.