TORONTO, March 25 /CNW/ - Dr. Gene Shelp, President and CEO of ENPAR Technologies Inc. (TSX:ENP),("ENPAR") is pleased to report that ENPAR has shipped the pilot scale ammonia treatment plant to a mine site in Northern Ontario for commissioning and 2-4 weeks of on-site testing.
As previously reported, ENPAR anticipates that the success of the pilot plant will lead to a commercial contract for the construction and installation of a full-scale treatment plant as part of the planned development at the mining site.
The AmmEL System is an electrochemical treatment process that has proven extremely effective at converting ammonia to environmentally friendly nitrogen gas at temperatures that are just above freezing, thus allowing the year round treatment and discharge of water that meets environmental guidelines. Unlike conventional biological nitrification systems, the AmmEL System does not produce nitrate as a by-product.
ENPAR is a "Technology Company" applying its patented and proprietary "Electrochemical Technologies" to the treatment of water used in the mining, metal processing, chemical, agricultural, municipal and waste management sectors. The Company's common shares trade on Tier ll of the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "ENP".
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