We exist to provide innovative water solutions.
Our aim is to rehabilitate the environment by depleting the current metallurgical waste stock-pile.
We do this through:
BN Aqua Solutions was created to alleviate water shortages facing the country by treating contaminated water from Municipalities, Boreholes, Perennial Streams and Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) to SANS 241 drinking stage.
The long-term business plan is to build small scale modular treatment plants (5 – 10 mega-litres per day) within the mining sites in order to treat this water and sell to the operating mines with the intention to further grow and be competitive in treating more volume of acid mine drainage.
The excess treated water from the mines can increase the water-stressed municipalities to benefit the surrounding communities in both rural/urban areas. This potable water can be used for agricultural purposes and this will increase the country’s food security and improve the livelihoods and hygiene of the communities.
• Provide innovative water solutions to municipalities and mines.
• Rehabilitate the environment by depleting the current metallurgical waste stock-pile.
• Operate acid mine drainage treatment plants and be competitive within the industry.
• Process saleable minerals such as gypsum which is a by-product.
• Waste management of the slag.
Applied for funds from Industrial Development Corporation.
Applied for funds from Technology Innovation Agency.
Applied for funds from National Empowerment.
BN Aqua has built and commissioned a prototype based at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to treat the acidic water from the gold and coal mines to potable stage which is suitable for human consumption.
The prototype can treat 20 000 litres per day of contaminated water to drinking water. This was also confirmed by the obtained laboratory water quality results, which positively exceeded the SANS 241 drinking water standards. The project is supported by the University of Johannesburg Technology Transfer Office, which holds the Intellectual Property for the invention and licensed it to the inventor.
The prototype uses a metallurgical waste product to treat this acidic water and this innovative solution is our unique selling point. This innovative process will lead towards pollution remediation of the waste material and recover saleable minerals such as gypsum, magnetite and synthesized lime while increasing South Africa’s
drinking water capacity
Offloading Acid mine drainage to prototype
