/EINPresswire.com/ -- QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Dec 1, 2016) - H₂O Innovation Inc. ("H₂O Innovation" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:HEO) (ALTERNEXT:MNEMO:ALHEO) (OTCQX:HEOFF) is proud to announce that it was awarded three (3) new contracts - two (2) wastewater projects using membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology and a drinking water project. These new contracts bring the Corporation's project sales backlog to $55 M, which is included in the $108 M consolidated backlog (combining Projects and Operation & Maintenance contracts).

The two first contracts won by the Corporation consist of wastewater treatment systems using the MBR technology. The first of them was awarded by the City of Decatur in Arkansas (USA) and currently has a sequential batch reactor (SBR) operating at a flow rate of approximately 1.2 MGD (4,542 m³/day). H₂O Innovation was selected among five (5) suppliers to retrofit the existing process with a membrane bioreactor. The addition of the MBR will increase the system capacity to 3.8 MGD (14,385 m³/day) with future expansion to 4.6 MGD (17,413 m³/day), and will incorporate biological nutrient removal. The Corporation's unique approach will allow the retrofit to occur without interruption to the treatment system. This will be the first MBR system in the State of Arkansas. "We are very excited to be a part of this innovative MBR retrofit in Arkansas! There are hundreds of SBR water treatment systems in North America that require expansion and this project will certainly pave the way to secure similar opportunities in the future", stated Dr. Fraser Kent, P.Eng, Manager - Wastewater Process Engineering of H₂O Innovation.

The second MBR project will treat up to 0.1 MGD (421 m³/day) of wastewater from the municipality of Rivière-Beaudette, in the province of Quebec (Canada). This will be the third MBR system installed by the Corporation in Quebec.

The third and last project is for a water treatment system using reverse osmosis (RO) and provides up to 2 MGD (7,571 m³/day) of drinking water for Cinco Municipal Utility District No. 1, in Fort Bend County, Texas (USA).

About H₂O Innovation

H₂O Innovation designs and provides state-of-the-art, custom-built and integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users. The Corporation's activities rely on three pillars which are i) water and wastewater projects; ii) specialty products and services, including a complete line of specialty chemicals, consumables, specialized products for the water treatment industry as well as control and monitoring systems; and iii) operation and maintenance services for water and wastewater treatment systems. For more information, visit www.h2oinnovation.com.

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