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Drinking Water Treatment

Puragen helps water utility companies and water providers deliver clean, safe, high-quality water to communities and customers.

Our activated carbon products and services are recognized within the industry to deliver effective removal of contaminants, including PFAS, pesticides and pharmaceuticals.

We provide a range of activated carbons, mobile filters and award-winning spent carbon reactivation to ensure that drinking water is safe, clean, and meets evolving regulatory standards.

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Contaminants we remove

We provide end-to-end filtration services that help drinking water providers purify drinking water by removing a range of contaminants and byproducts:

  • Chlorine and chloramine
    Remove contaminants that cause unpleasant tastes and odors, especially important in drinking water
  • Organic contaminants
    Efficient removal of a wide range of organic contaminants from water, including pesticides, herbicides, geosmin, pharmaceuticals and dissolved VOCs (volatile organic compounds)
  • Disinfection by-products (DBPs)
    Eliminate carcinogenic compounds like trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids caused by the reaction between chlorine and chloramine and naturally occurring organic matter

Activated Carbon products for Drinking Water

We provide a range of different carbon filtration media for drinking water applications.

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Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)

For applications where drinking water is passed through a bed of carbon.

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Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC)

For applications where drinking water is treated in a batch process, for example when dealing with seasonal spikes in pesticides. Powdered carbon cannot be reactivated.

Mobile filters for Drinking Water

Puragen’s range of mobile filters are optimised for a variety of drinking water applications. We can adapt our filters to integrate with any specific site installation requirements.

Relevant Industries

These industries commonly use Puragen’s Drinking Water applications. Take a look at our other products and services for these industries.

Remove contaminants for safe drinking water and wastewater discharge

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Improve water quality of commercial and residential water via the use of POU and POE filters

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Our Capabilities

To deliver the best possible filtration solutions for every customer, Puragen takes a long term partnership approach, we can manage and support each and every stage of the journey, and are committed to innovation to improve everything we do.

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Expertise & Analytics

Our award winning chemists, materials scientists and engineers use leading lab facilities and analytics to derive and support precise technical solutions for each customer requirement.

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Carbon Engineering

We supply a comprehensive range of carbons tailored to specific applications. We also enhance the performance of our carbon for specific processes via impregnation and precise particle sizing.

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Fixed Filter Services

We can manage as much of the carbon lifecycle as each customer requires, from supply, carbon exchange and reactivation to system maintenance and optimisation.

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Mobile Filtration

We operate a growing mobile filter fleet to deliver scalable, plug and play filters to customers, with maximum flexibility, minimal downtime, and no on-site waste handling.​

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Reactivation

We operate one of the most advanced closed-loop carbon reactivation networks in Europe to deliver efficient filtration, traceability and environmental benefits.

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Integrated Logistics

Our processing and logistics hubs deliver to and support each customer’s needs across our full range of products and services.​

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Whatever purification challenge you’re facing, we can help to solve it — through long-term partnership, comprehensive capabilities and continuous innovation.

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