Jeff Smith

Battery Case Study

Battery Case Study

ElectraMet outperforms acid neutralization and chemical coagulation for a battery manufacturer, reducing operating expenses by 76 percent. The ElectraMet™ solution offers scalable systems with cartridges to remove metals from industrial wastewater and process water. The ElectraMet cartridges are carbon-based electrochemical filters that use small voltages (< 2 V) in an active filtration process to target …

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Affordable Compliance Case Study

ElectraMet replaces a legacy Reverse Osmosis system to treat lead-contaminated stormwater, surpassing discharge limits and lowering cost of treatment by more than 80 percent. Project Background ElectraMet™ water systems were installed to treat stormwater runoff containing dissolved lead (Pb) to meet discharge regulation compliance (<15 ppb lead) during demolition of the Osram Sylvana Plant in …

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Metal Finishing White Paper

Metal Finishing White Paper

ElectraMet proves to reduce chemical treatment costs, improve the consistency of meeting discharge compliance for metal finishers, and demonstrates the ability to recover valuable resources like copper. Project Background ElectraMet and three clients worked together to evaluate the ElectraMet system, a chemical-free metals separation process, for metals removal from wastewater. For these clients, we demonstrated: …

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Copper Recovery + Recycling White Paper

A legacy mine discovers how ElectraMet provides a highly efficient and cost-effective solution for copper recovery and recycling from its complex process water stream. Project Background HDR and ElectraMet™ worked together to investigate the potential of using ElectraMet, a chemical- free water treatment platform, to remove and recover copper from residual process mine water. HDR …

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ElectraMet™ Secures Strategic Investment from Wieland to Further Commercialization including Copper Recovery and Recycling

ElectraMet™ Secures Strategic Investment from Wieland to Further Commercialization including Copper Recovery and Recycling

Lexington, KY, December 14, 2021 – ElectraMet announced it has secured a strategic investment from Wieland, the world’s leading supplier of semi-finished products and components made of copper and copper alloys. The funds will enable ElectraMet to accelerate product commercialization including sustainable copper recycling from industrial wastewater, thereby adding a new facet to the circular economy. …

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PowerTech Water, manufacturer of ElectraMet™ brand water treatment technologies, closes $6 million in venture capital to expand operations in Lexington, KY.

PowerTech Water, manufacturer of ElectraMet™, closes $6 million in venture capital

PowerTech Water, manufacturer of ElectraMet™ brand water treatment technologies, closes $6 million in venture capital to expand operations in Lexington, KY.  Lexington, KY, June 1, 2021 –PowerTech Water announced the closing of its oversubscribed Series B financing round led by HG Ventures.  The funds will be used to meet the rising demand for sustainable industrial …

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PowerTech Water Announces Breakthrough ElectraMet™ Water Treatment Solution

PowerTech Water Announces Breakthrough ElectraMet™ Water Treatment Solution

ElectraMet removes sludge from industrial wastewater and eliminates the need for costly chemicals and sludge disposal Lexington, KY, February 3, 2020 – PowerTech Water, a Lexington-based developer of cleantech water treatment technologies, has introduced ElectraMet™, the most advanced solution for removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. “ElectraMet provides significant environmental and economic benefits for a variety …

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PowerTech Water Awarded $1MM from NIH for Lead Removal from Drinking Water

PowerTech Water Awarded $1MM from NIH for Lead Removal from Drinking Water

PowerTech Water is thrilled to announce it has been awarded an SBIR Phase II grant through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for targeted lead (Pb) removal from drinking water. At a time when Pb contamination is an ongoing concern across the US, we are pleased to be developing a technology that will …

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PowerTech Water Highlights CapCo™ Products for Removal of Heavy Metals at WEFTEC 2019

PowerTech Water Highlights CapCo™ Products for Removal of Heavy Metals at WEFTEC 2019

Patent-pending Carbon Electrode Technology Provides Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits including 90 Percent Reduction in OpEx CHICAGO, September 23, 2019 – At WEFTEC 2019 Booth #7739o, PowerTech Water, a developer of cleantech water treatment technologies, will exhibit its revolutionary CapCo™ Capacitive Coagulation modules and systems that remove heavy metals from water. This patent-pending carbon electrode …

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