Article: Potable water hits road via portable purification system: Sionix process removes impurities with flotation technique.(RECYCLING)(Sionix Elixir System, a water purification plant)

THIS wastewater desalination plant fits in a 40-foot tractor-trailer.

"You just drop it down, connect it to electricity, run wastewater through a hose into the machine, and out the other end is drinking water," said Richard Papalian, chief executive of Sionix Corp.

The plant is called Sionix Elixir System, a water purifier based on technology primarily used in Europe. The company has honed it over a decade of research and development, during which time the company flied 10 patents for water purification.

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It works this way: Dirty water is pumped into a tank and oxygen is injected into the water from below. The ...

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