EKS – ElectroKinetic Solutions

EKS: Putting the squeeze on water pollution

Across the Alberta oil sands, more than 250 square kilometres of tailings ponds hold a hazardous slurry of water, residual bitumen and fine clay particles — the byproduct created from the bitumen extraction process. Before those ponds can be reclaimed as forests or wetlands, the solids content must be boosted to at least 60 per cent. The question is how?
EKS Receives Funding from NRCan CGP

In August 2019, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources announced an investment of close to $2 million for ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. to field test a new dewatering technology that will speed up the process to reclaim new and legacy oil sands mine tailings sites.

Environmental Benefits

EKS-DT reduces the demand on fresh water sources by increasing the water available for reuse and decreases the disturbed land footprint from tailings handling,

Improve Long-Term Sustainability

EKS – Dewatering Technology process test results demonstrate clearly that the overall impact of EKS-DT will be to improve the long-term sustainability of Alberta's

Reduce Costs

EKS has prepared a detailed quantitative life cycle analysis for its technology and used these results to compare its economic and environmental performance with

EKS: Putting the squeeze on water pollution

EKS Receives Funding from NRCan CGP

EKS-DT Benefits

Environmental Benefits

Improve Long-Term Sustainability

Reduce Costs

EKS Technology Development