M.P. David Tilson Tours Xogen’s Innovative Wastewater Treatment Facility In Orangeville

Jack Tupling, Director of Orangeville Public Works and Angella Hughes, CEO of Xogen Technologies lead MP David Tilson on tour of new wastewater treatment facility.

Orangeville, ON – David Tilson, MP for Dufferin-Caledon recently visited the Town of Orangeville’s Water Pollution Control Plant to tour the innovative new wastewater treatment plant, a pilot project of Orangeville based company Xogen Technologies Inc. The new facility operated by Xogen in partnership with the Town of Orangeville, the University of Toronto, Orangeville Hydro and Linde Canada Ltd. is home to state of the art technology that currently treats 20 – 30 litres of raw wastewater per minute. 

Funding for this project came in part from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund and support clean technologies that offer solutions to problems of climate change, clean air, water and soil, all the while offering economic, environmental and health benefits to Canadians.

“I am pleased that Sustainable Development Technology Canada was able to offer their support for this project,” said MP David Tilson on the new facility, following his tour led by Xogen CEO Angella Hughes and Orangeville Public Works director Jack Tupling. “This partnership highlights the consistent innovation of businesses within Dufferin-Caledon, as well as the successes we see on a regular basis as a result of partnerships between the private and public sectors.”

Though the facility measures just over 1600 square feet, it sure does pack a punch, offering substantially reduced operating costs, compared to traditional wastewater treatment models. Beyond simply treating wastewater to regulated requirements, this new technology also removes pharmaceutical products present in wastewater to below detectable levels. Furthermore, a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases a created as a byproduct of the process; these gases can be converted into energy which can be pumped back into the grid, or used to power the plant itself.

The success of the Orangeville pilot project will act as a stepping stone, allowing Xogen and its partners to eventually market the technology to municipal, commercial and industrial wastewater treatment customers worldwide.