Press Release

Release Date: November 16, 2009

HUDSON BAY, SK -- The Town of Hudson Bay will be the first water system in Saskatchewan to employ the magnetic ion exchange (MIEX^®) Process to remove dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from their raw water source and reduce the formation of disinfection by-products in the distribution system. The Town announced, on September 30th, that they have purchased a 500-gpm MIEX^® System that will be installed as pretreatment to the Town's existing coagulation and filtration processes. The system is scheduled to be operational in early 2010.

As a successful 2008 pilot of the technology indicated, the MIEX^® System will enable the Town to meet Health Canada water quality standards for disinfection by-products; both current standards for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and proposed future standards for haloacetic acids (HAA).

"In addition to achieving compliance, pretreatment with the MIEX^® Process should also allow the Town to significantly reduce coagulant consumption at the water treatment plant," said Lawrence Lukey, P. Eng. of Bullée Consulting Ltd., Hudson Bay's engineer for the project. Lukey continues, "We are excited to have identified an effective solution for treatment of the high DOC water sources that are prevalent throughout so much of this region."

About Orica Watercare Inc.
Orica Watercare Inc. is the manufacturer of MIEX^® Systems and MIEX^® Ion Exchange Resins for the reduction of Disinfection By-Products, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Color, Nitrate and Arsenic from water & wastewater streams. Orica Watercare Inc., headquartered in Denver, CO is a subsidiary of the Orica group of companies. The Orica group is the largest supplier of water treatment and industrial chemicals in Australia and New Zealand and is the world's largest supplier of commercial explosives.

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