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DESIGNH2O is a leading engineering company that specializes in bringing solutions to customers for all of their water and waste water treatment filtration problems. For more than 25 years Designh2o has been assisting customers in solving the most challenging water quality issues and providing water treatment solutions that utilize an array of filtration technology.

Our vast knowledge of water process engineering and water treatment technologies cover the whole spectrum of the water filtration process; from pre-treatment (Mechanical-Biological and Chemical) to membrane technology (MF-UF-RO-MBR & EDI) and water polishing (Ion Exchange, Electro-dialysis (EDI) and Disinfection with absolute filtration and UV).

At DESIGNH2O we strive to help our customers choose the best technology to solve their water problems, we help them reduce operating cost of existing equipment, increase operational efficiencies, meet environmental regulations and prepare their equipment for the water quality demands that their applications require.

DESIGNH2O also has a group of highly qualified professionals and service technicians that help you develop projects, provide technological upgrading for existing equipment and supply replacement parts and consumables for membrane equipment.

Our customers list includes commercial and industrial applications such as drinking water, food and beverage, hospitality, healthcare, mining and manufacturing. Let DESIGNH2O help you on your next project and get to know our higher standards and attention to details.

Services

The service you need, we have it

  • Let DESIGNH2O help you choose the best water/waste water treatment for your application.  Most water treatment projects begin with the planning and conceptual design to determine the best treatment process for a specific application, our team will evaluate each proposed treatment/design alternatives and develop a preliminary design and cost estimate based on the information supplied by each potential supplier and help you make the best possible decision before you buy.

    Planifications

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  • The engineering team at DESIGNH2O provides complete process and mechanical design services for membrane treatment systems, such as UF, RO, EDI and MBR equipment. Our designs include PIDs, membrane projections, logic of operation, etc. They also go further than the typical “black box’ which has become the standard in the industry.

At DESIGNH2O we put our 25+ years of experience designing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning membrane equipment to the service of our clients by suggesting the proper equipment that is serviceable, easy, most economical to operate, reliable and meet the customer’s needs..

    DESIGN SERVICES

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  • DESIGNH2O offers a number of membrane trainings.  The training covers a wide range of levels, including operator’s training, engineering training and management training that can be tailored to specific systems.
These are some of the training programs we offer:

	Membrane technology
	Process  systems design
	Mechanical design, sizing pumps, valves, piping systems, etc. 
	Pre-treatment process design
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    TRAINING

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  • DESIGNH2O offers a wide range of capabilities and services for clients already operating full scale membranes treatment equipment.  Using our experience in designing membrane water treatment plants and our extensive knowledge of membranes processes to troubleshoot, assess, monitor and optimize any membrane water/wastewater treatment equipment.  Our engineers are qualified and have the experience to provide support to equipment operators based on real applications around the world.

The following are some of the services offered by DESIGNH2O:

	Troubleshooting: A service offered to clients that have a problem with their equipment but can’t find what the cause of the problem is or how to resolve it.
	Performance audits: We offer periodic verification of systems performance, including chemical consumption, pump performance, membrane condition and overall system conditions.
	Process Optimization: We offer advice to clients on how to improve the operation of their equipment and reduce operating cost.

In addition to our standard services we also offer:

	Membrane cleaning assessment
	Chemical pre-treatment selection and dosing
	Parts replacement, membranes, pumps, instruments, plumbing and electrical parts, etc.

    MEMBRANE EQUIPMENT SUPPORT SERVICE

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  • The feed water, depending on its source, may contain various concentrations of suspended solids and dissolved matter. Suspended solids may consist of inorganic particles, colloids and biological debris such as microorganisms, algae and deposit that can settle on the membrane surface, obstructing the feed channels and creating a pressure drop across the membranes.  The objective of the feed water pretreatment process is to prevent the suspended particles from reaching the RO membranes.
Depending on the raw water quality, the pretreatment process may consist of all or some of the following treatment steps:
	Suspended particles removal
	Biological pre-treatment
	Chemical pre-treatment.

    Intruduction Treatment System

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  • Multimedia Filtration
Multimedia filters consist of three layers of media: anthracite, sand and garnet. The media are often chosen based on their distinct differences in densities.
The media layers are arranged in such a way that the layer with the finest level of filtration is further down, followed by the sand layer and finally the coarse layer which is the anthracite at the top of the media in the filter.  A multimedia filter can remove particles down to 10-20 microns.
Over time the buildup of suspended particles in the media will cause the differential pressure across the filter to increase, when the differential pressure gets to 10 psi above the normal operating pressure of the filter, (i.e.  when is clean), it is at that point the media will need to be backwashed.  The backwash process consists in reversing the flow through the filter to loosen the media and remove the dirt through the top of the tank.

    SUSPENDED PARTICLE REMOVAL

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  • For Organic matter, Pesticides, and Herbicides, the standard treatment, and in most cases the only treatment recommended, is activated carbon. Carbon filters remove chemicals by the process of absorption.  Carbon attracts certain chemicals at the molecular level much in the same way a magnet attracts and holds metal fillings. When the surfaces are full, the filter must be backwashed.
Timely media backwash is very important, because carbon has different absorption capacity for different contaminants. Most the time chlorine removal tests will determine when the carbon media should be renewed. This works only if chlorine removal is all what is expected from the filter. Most carbon filters will begin to 'leak' other chemicals long before they begin to allow chlorine to pass through it.

    BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENT

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  • Contrary to the way many people think, membranes are not the solution to every water problem, pre-treatment plays a significant role ensuring that the membranes do what they are there to do, a good pre-treatment design is as important as the membrane design and they complement each other. Selection of the proper chemical pre-treatment will maximize the efficiency and life of the membranes.
DESIGNH2O works with the leading chemical manufacturers in the world and uses the latest software to determine the best chemical pretreatment for membranes, our experience in process design will ensure that your membranes are protected and your chemical pre-treatment is optimized.

    CHEMICAL PRETREATMENT

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Products

You can find products related to the water treatment system.

  • DESIGNH2O has a wide range of products and spare parts to cover all the needs of water treatment equipment. We have agreements with manufacturers of membranes, pumps for brackish water, pumps for sea water, cartridge filters, all types of media, instruments and control, etc.
	Media replacement filters, softeners and ion exchange resin
	Filter cartridges and bags
	Pumps high and low pressure, for brackish water and seawater
	Membranes
	Instrumentation and control
	Chemicals for washing and treatment
Consult us for whatever your needs may be.

    Product and Spare Part.

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Technologies

Technology is key to the water treatment process and you can find it in DesignH2O Inc.

FILTRATION SPECTRUM

  • The most common configuration for Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes is the hollow fiber construction. The filtration spectrum below (Fig 1) shows the approximated level of filtration for UF membranes to be between 1000 to 50 Angstroms, at this level of filtration, UF membranes will remove all fine silt, turbidity, bacteria and viruses, as well as chlorine-resistant organisms such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
Due to the high fluxes and low pressures of operation (<60 psi), UF has become the preferred technology to produce potable water and process water, and it is used in the pre-treatment process of large Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plants.
Hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane technology also has proven to be an excellent large-scale treatment method for surface water treatment, polishing effluent of wastewater treatment plants, and groundwater projects with suspended solid levels of up to 100 to 200 mg/L.
Ultrafiltration membranes are also produced in flat sheet, tubular, spirals and of course hollow fiber, each configuration has specific uses and applications.

    ULTRAFILTRATION

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  • Nanofiltration (NF) membranes function similar to reverse osmosis membranes, but they target ions located between 100 and 10 Angstrom range in the filtration spectrum, such as sugars and dyes, however most of the monovalent ions such as sodium (Na) and chlorides (Cl) will only be removed between 70 and 85%.
NF membranes are widely used in the dairy industry for the concentration of lactose and cheese whey; also NF membranes are used in the dairy and beverage industry to reclaim spent caustic soda (NaOH) cleaning solution allowing it to be reused many times over. In the water industry NF membranes are used for hardness reduction (in place of softeners), pesticides and color (dye) removal from water streams.
NF membranes typical operating pressures are between 120 and 600 psi (8 - 41 bar).

    NANO-FILTRACIÓN

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  • Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a high-pressure process that retains 99+% of all dissolved particles in water, while letting substances with MW smaller than 50 Angstroms pass through.
One of its most common applications is seawater desalination, in which pure water is produced from a highly saline feed stream; also some of its other applications include the concentration of cheese whey and fruit juice, ice making, car wash reclamation, wastewater volume reduction, ultrapure water production with a second pass, etc.
RO typical operating pressures are between 100 and 850 psi (21 and 59 bar), but may reach 1200 psi (83 bar) for seawater applications.

    OSMOSIS REVERSA

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DesignH2O Inc. 28 Rue Des Merisiers Gatineau, Qc. Canada J8R 1X2Canada


+1(819)4311574

luis.inarejo@designh2o.ca