EPA Grants Project Waiver for Canadian-Made Water Treatment System to City of Salem, New Jersey

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a project waiver to the City of Salem, New Jersey, allowing it to purchase a Canadian-manufactured membrane filtration system, the ZeeWeed 500, for its new Surface Water Treatment Plant. The waiver is based on the successful pilot testing of the system, which demonstrated its effectiveness in removing contaminants, and is a prerequisite for obtaining a construction permit from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.