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Results

What changed at the site.

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Drakenstein Municipality
CES 21/2025 · through June 2028
Tender awarded to AquaNova

Supply of chemical dosing and bioremediation material for the municipal programme.

Reported readings

Before and after, to scale.

Each pair shows the starting reading against the reported result from AquaNova's own case-study material.

H₂S in the headspaceAbu Dhabi sewer networkin under 3 minutes of dosing2,000 ppmbeforeNon-detectableafterSludge volumeAbu Dhabi sewer networkover the following six weeksBaselinebeforeAbout 30% lessafterTarget contaminants of emerging concernNorth West Province abattoirdischarge target reached within 7 daysStarting loadbefore98.5%+ removedafter
<3 min

Reported H₂S response in Abu Dhabi

98.5%+

Reported target CEC removal in North West Province

~30%

Reported six-week sludge reduction in Abu Dhabi

H₂S controlOdourMunicipal sewer network

A sewer network carrying extreme H₂S load

Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC)

Starting condition
2,000 ppm H₂S
Reported result
Non-detectable
< 3 minutes

Condition

Hydrogen sulphide readings in the sewer network reached up to 2,000 ppm. Alongside severe odour, the operating concern was worker exposure and the corrosive conditions created by persistent sulphide in sewer infrastructure.

Intervention

T3 Hydrox was dosed into the existing sewer flow at rising mains and pump-station points, using the existing process rather than adding a parallel treatment plant.

Outcome

The AquaNova case study records a change from 2,000 ppm H₂S to a non-detectable reading in under three minutes. It also reports approximately 30% sludge reduction over the following six weeks.

Starting H₂S2,000 ppm
Post-treatment H₂SNon-detectable
Response time< 3 min
Sludge reduction~30% / 6 weeks
CODPathogensIndustrial wastewater

Black ponds, persistent odour and difficult organic load

Private industrial facility (abattoir)

Starting condition
High COD + pathogens
Reported result
Target conditions restored
7 days

Condition

The facility's stabilisation ponds had turned black and were generating significant odour complaints. Testing identified high organic load, E. coli and elevated H₂S, while the existing chemical approach was not resolving the combined problem.

Intervention

T3 Hydrox handled the immediate oxidative phase and Hydrobiotics continued biological treatment of the residual organic load.

Outcome

The AquaNova case study reports 98.5%+ removal of the target contaminants of emerging concern, non-detectable pathogen counts and the site's discharge target being reached within seven days of full programme implementation.

Target CEC removal98.5%+
Reported pathogen countNon-detectable
Chlorine in programmeEliminated
Discharge targetWithin 7 days
HydrobioticsHydrocarbonsTechnology heritage

Hydrobiotics technology heritage in hydrocarbon remediation

Technology heritage — Deepwater Horizon response

Starting condition
Complex hydrocarbons
Reported result
Bioremediation

Condition

Open-water hydrocarbon releases create a very different treatment environment from a wastewater plant: salinity and difficult polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons place pressure on biological remediation methods.

Intervention

AquaNova's company materials trace Hydrobiotics technology to microbial cultures associated with hydrocarbon-remediation work during the Deepwater Horizon response.

Outcome

This is presented as technology heritage rather than a current AquaNova municipal deployment. It explains the biological platform's positioning for difficult organic compounds as well as conventional wastewater solids.

EnvironmentMarine / saltwater
Treatment modeBioremediation
TargetDifficult hydrocarbons
Site roleTechnology heritage

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