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BQE Water and David Kratochvil Win Both MetSoc Innovation & Sustainability Awards for Contributions to Environmental Protection in Mining
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n BQE Water and David Kratochvil Win Both MetSoc Innovation & Sustainability Awards for Contributions to Environmental Protection in Mining\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n BQE Water and David Kratochvil Win Both MetSoc Innovation & Sustainability Awards for Contributions to Environmental Protection in Mining\n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n June 20, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/\n \n - BQE Water Inc.\n \n (TSXV: BQE), a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters, is extremely honoured to be the recipient of two awards from the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) – the 2023 MetSoc Innovation Award to the company for its development of the groundbreaking Selen-IX™ technology for selenium removal from wastewater and the 2023 MetSoc Sustainability Award to President & CEO\n \n David Kratochvil\n \n for his significant contribution towards addressing critical water challenges in mining, including leadership in developing Selen-IX™.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The MetSoc Innovation Award recognizes an outstanding innovation in the mining industry that has been successfully applied in a commercial scale operation. Selen-IX™ was developed by BQE Water to provide mining with an effective industry specific solution to remove selenium from mine water. While essential for all life, selenium is released into water in large quantities by mining and other industrial activities and is toxic at high concentrations. Selen-IX™ selectively captures selenium from wastewater to produce treated water compliant with regulatory discharge limits. The only treatment by-product is a stable non-toxic solid that can be disposed of onsite or has off-take potential in steel making. Since its commercialization in 2020, Selen-IX™ has been successfully applied in three mining and one power generation application, with other projects in various stages of development.\n \n \n The MetSoc Sustainability Award promotes innovation and development in the field of env...