Peat: Nature’s Oldest Water Filtration System

Peat primarily exists to protect our lakes, rivers, and streams from heavy metal runoff. It accomplishes this through its innate ion-exchange properties that selectively bonds to heavy metals in solution. Knowing this, APT set out in its early days to invent an insoluble media that would mimic the properties of naturally occurring reed sedge peat. From those R&D efforts, the APTsorb™ Water Treatment Media was born. Headwater Technologies (HWT), APT’s wholly owned subsidiary, is the sole provider of this one-of-its-kind peat-based media. Since its inception in 2021, HWT has responded to customer demand by growing into a full end-to-end water solutions provider, offering design, construction, and operations services in addition to its broad product portfolio, which in addition to APTsorb, includes a variety of the highest quality resins, carbons, and other treatment medias responsibly sourced throughout the world. Visit Headwater Technologies’ website to view the full scope of the HWT products and services.