Manufacturing and industrial water solutions from Aquamat SA (Pty) Ltd provide industry-leading technologies and expert services to help your facility improve its water management, increase its water resilience and reduce its environmental impact. With the increasing variability and uncertainty of water availability, our solutions are designed to help your facility to adapt and become more resilient in the face of water scarcity. Our solutions can include traditional water treatment methods such as filtration and reverse osmosis, as well as cutting-edge technologies like membrane bioreactors, advanced oxidation processes and water reuse systems. Our team of experienced engineers and technicians will work with you to design, implement, and maintain a water management system that is efficient, cost-effective, and compliant with all relevant regulations, but also resilient to water scarcity, droughts or floods. Trust our company as a reliable supplier of your industrial water solutions. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help your facility improve its water management, increase its water resilience and reduce its environmental impact.

Water Treatment
Whether your requirements are water security, water augmentation or off the grid offerings, our bespoke solutions are designed to meet your specific requirements, ensuring that customers have access to the highest quality water whatever their need may be. From traditional filtration to state of the art plants, we build with our customer in mind.

WasteWater Treatment
The costs involved in the treatment of wastewater is ever improving, making it profitable and sustainable. Businesses can have a positive impact on the environment while saving costs and reducing dependence on traditional sources of water.

Sewage Treatment
Our sewage treatment plants are designed to reduce environmental impact, save energy, and recover nutrients and biogas. We use cutting-edge technologies such as membrane bioreactors, anaerobic digestion, and nutrient recovery to achieve high-quality effluent standards and meet regulatory compliance.
Water Treatment Overview
Water Treatment Technologies
Water treatment technologies are essential for delivering safe, clean water by removing contaminants, sediments, and pathogens. These methods are tailored to the water source—whether groundwater, or industrial inflows—and its intended use, such as drinking, irrigation, or manufacturing.
Filtration
Employs physical barriers like sand, gravel, or cartridge filters to trap suspended solids, sediments, and larger particles. Advanced systems may use multi-stage filtration to progressively refine water quality, ensuring clarity and reducing turbidity.
Disinfection
Targets harmful microorganisms—bacteria, viruses, and protozoa—using techniques like chlorination (adding chlorine compounds), UV radiation (disrupting microbial DNA with ultraviolet light), or ozonation (introducing ozone gas for oxidation). Each method balances effectiveness with safety for human consumption.
Chemical Treatments
Adjusts water properties by adding coagulants (e.g., alum) to clump fine particles for easier removal, or chemicals to control pH, hardness, or specific contaminants like heavy metals. This step often enhances downstream processes like filtration or disinfection.
Membrane Technologies
Utilizes semi-permeable membranes to separate impurities at a molecular level, offering precision in water purification:
- Reverse Osmosis (RO): Applies high pressure to force water through a membrane, removing dissolved salts, minerals, and organic compounds—ideal for producing ultra-pure water.
- Ultrafiltration (UF): Uses membranes with tiny pores to filter out bacteria, viruses, and fine particulates, often as a pre-treatment for RO or standalone purification.
- Nanofiltration (NF): Targets divalent and larger ions (e.g., calcium, magnesium) for water softening, bridging the gap between UF and RO in selectivity.
- Microfiltration (MF): Removes larger particles, sediments, and some microorganisms, serving as an effective initial filtration layer.
- Electrodeionization (EDI): Combines ion-exchange resins and an electrical current to continuously remove ions from water, producing high-purity water without chemicals—often used in pharmaceutical or semiconductor industries.
Adsorption
Uses porous materials like activated carbon to capture and remove dissolved organic compounds, chlorine, and taste/odor-causing substances. It’s highly effective for polishing water after other treatments, ensuring superior quality.
Ion Exchange
A versatile process that uses resins to swap ions in water with ions on the resin, allowing for the removal of unwanted ions. Different types of ion exchange resins are used for specific applications:
- Cation Exchange: Removes positively charged ions (cations) such as calcium (Ca²⁺), magnesium (Mg²⁺), and heavy metals. Commonly used for:
- Softening: Replacing hardness-causing ions (calcium and magnesium) with sodium or potassium to prevent scale formation in pipes and equipment.
- Removing specific cations like iron or lead from water.
- Anion Exchange: Removes negatively charged ions (anions) like nitrates (NO₃⁻), sulfates (SO₄²⁻), and chlorides (Cl⁻). Used for:
- Targeting specific contaminants such as arsenic or fluoride.
- Decarbonation or dealkalization to adjust water chemistry.
- Mixed Bed Ion Exchange: Combines cation and anion resins in a single unit to remove both types of ions simultaneously, producing highly purified water for specialized applications like laboratory or pharmaceutical use.
Desalination
Desalination converts seawater or brackish water into fresh water, addressing global water scarcity, especially in arid coastal regions. Modern systems often integrate with renewable energy sources to reduce costs and environmental impact, making it a sustainable solution.
Reverse Osmosis
The most widely used method, where seawater is pressurized through a semi-permeable membrane, leaving salts and impurities behind. It’s energy-intensive but highly efficient, producing potable water with minimal chemical use.
Distillation
Heats seawater to evaporate it, then condenses the vapor into fresh water, separating it from salts and minerals. Multi-stage flash distillation improves energy efficiency, making it viable for large-scale plants.
Electrodialysis
Employs an electric current to drive salt ions through selective membranes, concentrating them in separate streams while purifying the water. It’s particularly effective for brackish water with lower salinity.
Solar Desalination
Leverages solar energy to heat and evaporate seawater, followed by condensation, offering an eco-friendly, low-cost option for small-scale or remote applications.
Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment processes clean sewage, industrial runoff, or graywater for safe discharge or reuse. Efficiency is gauged by metrics like Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), which measures organic pollutant levels, ensuring compliance with environmental standards.
Primary Treatment
A physical stage using screens to remove large debris and sedimentation tanks to settle heavy solids. It reduces solids by up to 60%, preparing water for further treatment.
Secondary Treatment
Employs biological processes—activated sludge (microorganisms digest organic matter) or trickling filters (biofilms break down waste)—to remove dissolved organic content, reducing BOD significantly.
Tertiary Treatment
An advanced polishing step using sand filtration, chemical disinfection, or nutrient removal (e.g., phosphorus, nitrogen) to meet stringent reuse or discharge requirements, such as for irrigation or industrial cooling.
Sludge Treatment
Handles the residual solids from treatment via anaerobic digestion (producing biogas), dewatering (reducing volume), or incineration, turning waste into a manageable or reusable byproduct.
Industrial Water Treatment
Industries rely on tailored water treatment to protect equipment, optimize processes, and meet regulatory demands. Solutions vary by sector—power generation, manufacturing, or food production—addressing unique challenges like scaling or contamination.
Cooling Tower Water Treatment
Manages water in cooling systems to prevent scaling (mineral buildup), corrosion (metal degradation), and microbial growth (e.g., Legionella), using biocides, inhibitors, and regular monitoring.
Boiler Water Treatment
Treats feedwater to eliminate scale (from calcium/magnesium deposits) and corrosion, while controlling dissolved oxygen and pH to extend boiler life and maintain steam purity for turbines or heating.
Process Water Treatment
Customizes water quality for specific needs—e.g., deionized water for electronics, softened water for textiles, or sterile water for pharmaceuticals—ensuring product consistency and safety.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Processes effluents laden with chemicals, oils, or heavy metals using techniques like chemical precipitation, biological treatment, or membrane filtration to meet discharge limits or enable water recycling.
Emerging Trends and Innovations
The water treatment industry is advancing with technologies that boost efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and adapt to growing demand. These innovations promise smarter, greener water management.
AI in Water Treatment
Integrates artificial intelligence to optimize dosing, predict equipment failures, and monitor water quality in real time, cutting costs and improving reliability across treatment plants.
Nanotechnology
Harnesses nanomaterials—like carbon nanotubes or graphene—for ultra-fine filtration, enhanced adsorption of pollutants, or catalytic breakdown of complex contaminants, outperforming traditional methods.
Renewable Energy Integration
Pairs treatment systems with solar panels, wind turbines, or biogas from sludge to power operations, lowering energy bills and carbon emissions while supporting off-grid facilities.
Smart Water Management
Combines IoT sensors and data analytics to track water usage, detect leaks, and optimize distribution networks, ensuring sustainable supply and reducing waste in real time.
Aquamat Track Record
Aquamat’s track record spans over 50 years, yielding successful water management solutions such as Rain & Grey Water Solutions, Wastewater Treatment, Mobile Packaged Water Treatment Plants for Emergency & Disaster Management, wholesale supply of quality components and so much more.
- African footprint
- Managed service agreements
- Dedicated maintenance teams
- Customised project solutions
- Continued research and development
- World class products
- Durable, cost-effective and easy to maintain
- Built in Africa for African conditions
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