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Mexico Goes Green: The Fastest Growing City in Mexico Adopts Applied CleanTech's Sewage Mining TechnologyBOSTON --(Business Wire)-- QuerĂ©taro is Mexico's most productive state, with the fastest growing metropolitan area, expected to triple its population within the next few years. Having built a new and efficient Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), OQM, a local private water utility, went the extra mile for the environment and pioneered the Mexican National Climate Change Strategy by becoming the first to implement a Sewage Recycling System (SRS™) in the Americas. Installation System SRS(TM) in Mexico (Photo: Business Wire) Vert-Energy Solutions - A Mexican provider of wastewater treatment technologies, is the exclusive distributor of Applied CleanTech's SRS™ in Mexico.In search for improvement to the insufficient water treatment infrastructure, and in accordance with new governmental strategies and regulatory frameworks aiming to reach 100% wastewater treatment in Mexico within 15 years, Vert Energy found Applied CleanTech's promising innovation of Sewage Mining and brought it to OQM. "National implementation of this technology could make a dramatic impact in allowing Mexico to achieve the nation's climate change long term goals," says Fernando Delgado of Vert Energy. "OQM will cut their wastewater treatment operating costs by 30% and lower their sludge production by more than 40%." "We are delighted to start operating for the first time in the Americas," said Dr. Refael Aharon, Applied CleanTech CEO and Founder. "Not only will it push QuerĂ©taro to the front of technology, but it would also show how effective wastewater management can be linked to recovery of valuable materials and change the perception of sewage as a resource."
About Applied CleanTech Since 2007, the company's proprietary SRS™ has provided an integrated solution that reduces sludge formation at municipal and industrial WWTPs around the world. The SRS™ also reduces wastewater treatment operating costs and increases WWTP capacity. Plants using the SRS™ have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions, making them eligible for carbon credits. The unique and novel SRS™ process was recently patented in the U.S., along with other issued patents worldwide. Applied CleanTech will participate in the IFAT trade show in Munich on May 5-9 2014. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20140505005054/en/ |