Grant: Engage Plus Grants for Colleges

In collaboration with Fleming College's Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies (CAWT), Ecomaterials would like to continue to research their innovative Duramax product through the NSERC Engage Plus program. Following our initial investigations our research revealed that Duramax has promising use in the potable water treatment sector. Building on to that knowledge, this project will further explore the capacity of Duramax as a water treatment solution. Specifically, the focus of this project will be to investigate and evaluate the potential of using locally sourced raw materials to produce Duramax for greensand filtration. It will also determine its ability for use in the field of acid mine drainage neutralization. The results of this research are vital to determining the technical viability of using Duramax in new markets, and whether or not it can be produced from locally sourced materials. This research project will provide Ecomaterials with the additional information needed to determine whether Duramax can be produced locally and if it is technically viable to establish a production plant for Duramax in Canada using local materials. This information has both economic benefits for Ecomaterials, as well as environmental benefits to Canada.