The International Joint Commission (IJC), a cross-border body responsible for investigating and improving the health of the Great Lakes, wants to introduce ozone hydrogen peroxide treatment Windsor Ontario’s Little River Pollution Control Plant to clean waste water of pharmaceuticals, personal care products and pesticides. Those chemicals are commonly found in waterways close to urban centers and areas with heavy agricultural land use.
Ozone and hydrogen peroxide, when combined create a powerful oxidant called the hydroxyl radical. The overall process is called advanced oxidation. This process has been shown in numerous studies in both the US and Canada to remove a wide range of pollutants including pharmaceuticals, personal care products and pesticides.
The IJC’s Great Lakes Regional office is awaiting approvals to begin testing of advanced oxidation.