ENPAR's AmmEL system performs up to expectations during the first phase of the evaluation by the City of Edmonton's Waste Management Centre of Excellence

TORONTO, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - ENPAR Technologies Inc. ("ENPAR" or "the
Company") is pleased to announce that the first phase of testing of its AmmEl-
HC System at the City of Edmonton's Wastewater Research and Training Centre
located at the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant has been extremely
successful. The AmmEL-HC System is a state-of-the-art, electrochemical
wastewater treatment technology which converts toxic ammonia directly to
environmentally friendly nitrogen gas. Effective management of waste streams
containing high levels of ammonia will enable municipalities to achieve year-
round compliance with government mandated environmental standards and
regulations.
The first stage of the testing was conducted by Mr. Sam Su, a M.Sc.
student working under the direction of Dr. Ian Buchanan, Associate Professor,
Environmental Engineering Group, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Alberta. Based on the positive findings of Mr. Su,
ENPAR conducted an optimization program designed to reduce the overall
operating cost for centrate/filtrate waste waters ranging in temperature from
8 to 24 degrees C. The optimization process was successful in reducing the
operating cost by 33% from a mean of $7.17 to $4.79 per cubic meter of water
treated. The water contains extremely high ammonia levels ranging from 1 to
1.2 kilogram of ammonia per cubic meter. These levels are approximately 40
times the normal concentration of ammonia in municipal waste water where the
estimated operating costs for a biological system averages $1.00 per cubic
meter. The AmmEL-HC system removes 40 times the normal amount of ammonia for
only 5 times the normal operating cost.
As predicted, the AmmEL system performed extremely well clearly
demonstrating the system's effectiveness at treating high ammonia waste
streams. ENPAR believes that the implementation of a full scale system would
effectively address the ammonia problem that the City of Edmonton experiences
during the colder months of the year.
The next phase of testing will involve treating centrate from the
anaerobic digester. Modeling indicates that the operating cost will drop
further to $4.25 per cubic meter as the temperature of the effluent averages
35 degrees C and increased temperature is known to enhance the removal of
ammonia from the waste stream during the first stage of the treatment process.
ENPAR anticipates that successful testing will result in commercial
installations within the near future.

ENPAR is a "Technology Company" applying its patented and proprietary
"Electrochemical Technologies" to the treatment of waste water and drinking
water contaminated by metals or nutrients i.e., nitrate/ammonia associated
with the mining, metal processing, chemical, agricultural, municipal and waste
management sectors. The common shares trade on Tier II of the TSX Venture
Exchange under the symbol "ENP".

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