Interview R.C.M. Jong - Arsenic challenge unites water teams in the Netherlands and Argentina

“High arsenic concentrations in several parts of Argentina led a major water utility to partner with Dutch agencies to pursue a low-energy method of arsenic treatment. Water treatment experts from the Netherlands and Argentina are uniting to help find a sustainable solution to remove arsenic from groundwater. Naturally-occurring arsenic, has been found in high concentrations in several parts of Argentina. To solve the issue, two pilot projects are underway between Argentina’s major water utility Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A. (AySA) and partners Royal HaskoningDHV, TRAIDE, and KWR Water Research Institute (KWR), with support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires.
As part of the two-and-a-half-year Low Energy Arsenic Free (LEAF) project, an initiative took place over three months at the Ezeiza water treatment plant. KWR developed the project set up, designed pilots, and defined the research. Work was carried out by the AySA research team in close cooperation with KWR. One pilot is based on co-precipitation followed by rapid sand filtration (C-RSF), and the other on co-precipitation followed by ultrafiltration (C-UF).”

(Citation: Interview R.C.M. Jong – Arsenic challenge unites water teams in the Netherlands and Argentina – www.waterworld.com (2022)6 December)