Reduce Offsite Hauling
Concentrating leachate with membranes can reduce hauling volumes by 80% or more.
Reduce Evaporator Needs
Concentrating leachate prior to evaporation can reduce evaporator footprint and energy consumption.
Operate ROat High Recovery
Superfiltration is the tightest available pretreatment for reverse osmosis, leading to longer membrane life.
Reliable & Economical Treatment
Our membranes maintain consistent performance in leachate streams with notoriously inconsistent quality.
The Problem with Landfill Leachate
Landfill leachate can require complex treatment or expensive disposal practices to prevent groundwater or surface water contamination. However, as traditional leachate disposal methods like offsite hauling come under pressure, treatment options must focus on minimizing waste volumes and allowing for safe environmental discharge.
The ZwitterCo Superfiltration Solution
ZwitterCo superfiltration membranes extract and concentrate tough-to-treat compounds from leachate so that integrated desalination or thermal technologies operate most efficiently.
Unlike traditional membranes, our superfiltration membranes can achieve ultra-high concentration factors (>95%) and will fully recover flux upon each cleaning cycle. The result is long-lasting filtration and the most efficient treatment process for managing leachate at its source.
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ZwitterCo Superfiltration
A Paradigm Shift in Membranes
Superfiltration membranes are a new separation class between ultrafiltration and nanofiltration. ZwitterCo superfiltration membranes deliver unprecedented fouling resistance, low energy requirements, wide pH tolerance, and the ability to be cleaned with chlorine.
Superfiltration membranes are designed for fractionating dissolved components, like capturing protein while passing inorganic molecules. Our membranes are engineered tightly enough to remove fats, oils, grease (FOG), and high-strength organics, providing ideal pre-treatment for reverse osmosis in wastewater.
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The Benefits of ZwitterCo
Haul Less and Reduce Costs
Off-site hauling has been a part of the global leachate equation for decades, but it can be reduced or eliminated.
Filtration solutions that leverage ZwitterCo’s Superfiltration membranes are designed to:
- Treat leachate for environmental discharge or disposal wells
- Minimize the volume of waste hauled away / returned to the landfill
- Minimize the cost of hauling waste
More Reliable Than Biology
Biological systems are prone to upsets from inconsistent leachate quality, which can arise from seasonality effects, variable flow rates, and variable landfill compositions.
In contrast, our Superfiltration membranes maintain performance regardless of the variability of the incoming leachate, providing a permanent filtration barrier that delivers consistent treatment outcomes.
Support MLD or ZLD Processes
For some landfills, minimum or zero liquid discharge (MLD, ZLD) processes are the only option for leachate management. In these circumstances, maximizing the pre-concentration via filtration before dewatering is paramount to project economics.
Due to their unprecedented fouling resistance, ZwitterCo’s Superfiltration membranes can:
- Achieve >95% clean water recovery
- Extract hard-to-treat leachate compounds
- Improve the recovery of downstream polishing technologies
Improve Your Reverse Osmosis Recovery
Superfiltration delivers the tightest pretreatment to reverse osmosis (RO) available, which leads to longer reverse osmosis membrane life and higher clean water recovery–over 85% combined recovery in some leachate streams.
Combining these treatments also:
- Reduces the cost of RO cleaning
- Reduces the frequency of RO cleaning
- Increases uptime of the overall filtration solution
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Industrial Wastewater Reuse
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Challenging Surface Water Treatment
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High Value Protein & Co-Product Separation
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Remove Bulk Organics
Remove tough to fight organics, such as fats, oils, grease, and protein.
Fully Chlorine-Intolerant
Can endure aggressive cleaning without wear and tear
Runs at Low Pressure
Runs at low pressure by not removing salt, sugar, alcohol’s or other small molecules.
Replaces Biological Systems
Replace biological systems or coagulation/flocculation processes commonly used to treat organics.
ZWITTERIONIC MEMBRANES
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- Full restoration
- No wear and tear
- Reliable treatment quality
REGULAR MEMBRANES
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- Incremental loss
- Short lifespans from degradation
- Compromised performance
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Remove Bulk Organics
Remove tough to fight organics, such as fats, oils, grease, and protein.
Fully Chlorine-Intolerant
Can endure aggressive cleaning without wear and tear
Runs at Low Pressure
Runs at low pressure by not removing salt, sugar, alcohol’s or other small molecules.
Replaces Biological Systems
Replace biological systems or coagulation/flocculation processes commonly used to treat organics.
ZWITTERIONIC MEMBRANES
Description of our cleaning difference from regular membranes.
No wear and tear
Reliable treatment quality
REGULAR MEMBRANES
Description of our cleaning difference from regular membranes.
Short lifespans from degradation
Compromised performance