Pilot Testing

WCWC’s pilot testing service gives operators the opportunity to obtain site specific information on different treatment options for addressing water quality challenges. We have a wide array of equipment that can be customized in our facility or at your remote location.

Contact a member of our Research and Technology team today to discuss how we can help you. Please email inquiry@wcwc.ca.

Water Quality Challenges

Pilot testing can address different water quality challenges such as:

• organics and disinfection by-product formation
• taste and odour compounds
• metal contaminants
• cyanobacteria and algal toxins
• plant optimization
• and more

Pilot Treatment Units

Pilot treatment units are available and can be customized for each project. These units include, but are not limited to, the following:

• conventional treatment
• dissolved air flotation (DAF)
• ultrafiltration
• nanofiltration
• reverse osmosis (RO)
• ion exchange, both fixed bed and magnetic
• slow sand filtration
• ozone
• ultraviolet light (UV)
• advanced oxidation processes (AOP)

Pilot Testing Reports

Reports from recently completed pilot testing projects are available to view. Please visit our Drinking Water Resource Library.

Completed Project Summaries

Please access summaries of completed projects at the following links:

Conventional and Dissolved Air Flotation Jar Testing

Conventional Treatment Optimization for Big Grassy First Nation

Decentralized Pilot Testing for Wauzhushk Onigum Nation

On-Site Testing for Arsenic Reduction

Pilot Testing to Reduce Iron and Hydrogen Sulfide Gas

Pilot Testing with Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation

Pilot Testing with Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation

Pilot Testing with the Township of Tay to Reduce Taste and Odour

Reducing Iron in a Groundwater Well