Infinite Water conducted a field trial at Xstrata Copper, a multinational industrial mining firm, in Townsville, Australia to treat industrial wastewater for safe discharge. The scope of the project involved the treatment of raw water from the wash down of mining equipment.

The raw water had a very high pH level making it difficult to remove heavy metals through conventional processes. Conventional water treatment processes raise pH to 11 or higher to precipitate and co-precipitate heavy metals. However, the pH of the raw water was already at 10.9. It also had high turbidity and contained high levels of heavy metals including lead, aluminium, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel and zinc.

Infinite Water successfully removed all heavy metals and achieved exceptional water clarification. The treated water was brought in full compliance with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines and was safely and cost effectively disposed into the ocean.