Biomin International, Inc., an Oak Park, MI-based oil and water separation/filtration company participated in the first meeting of the Macomb Manufacturers Survival Group at the invitation of Express Employment Professionals.

Biomin International Inc. said last week it had signed an agreement with several individuals and companies to form Technofluids North America LLC, a subsidiary to promote international water treatment solutions on a “One-Stop Shop” basis.

Organoclays are a cost-effective, easy-to-use method for removing oil from water in a variety of applications. G.R. Alther, October 2001, Water, Environment and Technology, pp. 31-34.

Oil removal from produced water with organoclay on a platform near China.

Organic clays prove effective in treating pipe line cleaning water.

Experiments test organoclay’s sorptive capacity for humic and fulvic acids and nitrates.

Proceedings from the Battelle Conference for Permeable Barriers in Monterey, CA.

G.R. Alther, The Geological Society of America

Can economic recycling of wastwater help reduce water shortages?

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Organoclay with activated carbon proves to be a successful option for removing creosote products from groundwater.

G.R. Alther, 2002, American Water Works Association Journal, pp. 115-121, AWWA, Denver, CO.

G.R. Alther, October, 2000, Wateronline.com.

G.R. Alther. This process reduces resin and membrane fouling.

G. Alther, 2005. The use of Polar Organoclays to remove Perchlorate and other Recalcitrants from Water. Pres. at NGWA meeting, May 26, Conference on MTBE and Perchlorate.

Organically modified clays, also called organoclays, have found acceptance as components of sediment and soil stabilization admixtures and as a components of permeable barriers.

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G.R. Alther, 2002, Waste Management Journal, 22, pp. 507-513, Elsevier Science Ltd., London, U.K.

A series of column tests where performed with four sorbent media to determine their effectiveness for the removal of heavy metals from water. George Alther (Biomin), Fred D. Tillman, Jr. (University of Virginia) and James A. Smith (University of Virginia)

Capability of organoclays as components of permeable sediment barriers.

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In-situ construction of a semi-permeable sand/clay/organoclay layer as a component of a ground-water system for an anaerobic biocell treating organochlorine pesticides in soil.

How Biomin column data can be used to design a treatment system for a wastewater stream.

Organoclays can be used to improve the efficiency of carbon, lowering treatment costs. G.R. Alther, 2000, Environmental Protection Magazine, pp. 37-41, February issue, Stevens Publishing, Dallas, TX.

The so-called pump and treat method has been used quite extensively for the remediation of contaminated ground water.

G.R. Alther, Winter 2000, The Analyst, pp. 17-21.

G.R. Alther. Presented at annual meeting of the American Filtration and Separations Society in Boston.

G.R. Alther, March, 1998, Chemical Engineering, pp. 82-88.