Sustainable Environmental Solutions for a Greener, Bluer Future!
SAWI exists to deliver waterway protection programs, integrating technologies from partners such as SORR & Circular Seed.
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SWRO Desalination
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination systems rely on effective pre- and post-filtration to protect membranes and maintain plant performance. SA Water Innovation (SAWI) deploys advanced filtration solutions using SORR Gyroid™ media to capture particulates, biofouling organisms, hydrocarbons, and microplastics before they reach sensitive membranes, while also polishing discharge streams. Designed under SAWI’s PAGE™ and PEA™ process frameworks, these systems help improve operational efficiency, reduce fouling, and support more sustainable desalination operations. 🌊 READ MORE
Explore Our Vision
Aquaculture operations are highly sensitive to changes in water quality, including harmful algal blooms, nutrient loading, pathogens, and chemical contaminants. SA Water Innovation (SAWI) deploys passive filtration and water conditioning systems using SORR Gyroid™ media to help protect aquaculture environments and maintain healthy water conditions. Designed under SAWI’s PAGE™ and PEA™ process frameworks, these solutions support improved water quality, reduce contaminant exposure, and help safeguard fish, shellfish, and marine farming ecosystems. 🐟🌊 READ MORE
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Swayampurna represents SA Water Innovation’s commitment to ensuring that the victims of pollution become the beneficiaries of environmental remediation. By deploying practical water treatment and pollution-interception solutions alongside local manufacturing and circular-economy recovery, communities are empowered to participate directly in restoring their waterways. The model combines environmental remediation with skills development, local enterprise, and material recovery—creating sustainable livelihoods while delivering cleaner water and healthier ecosystems. 🌍💧 READ MORE
Innovative WAter solutions for a bluer & Greener Tomorrow
Marine and Freshwater HAB Filtration
SWRO Desalination Pre & Post Filtration
ZERO LANDFILL ZERO INCINERATION
SA Water Innovation’s Zero Landfill – Zero Incineration approach began through marina management and oil spill response, where captured hydrocarbons and contaminated materials needed a responsible end-of-life pathway. Through partnership with Circular Seed, SAWI ensures that spent filtration media and recovered waste streams are processed and transformed into new durable products, creating a circular solution that turns pollution recovery into valuable materials rather than waste. ♻️🌊
Making Victims of Pollution the Beneficiaries of Remediation
Stormwater Filtration
Urban Stormwater Filtration
Urban stormwater is one of the largest and most persistent pathways by which pollution enters rivers, estuaries, and coastal environments. During rainfall events, runoff from roads, car parks, industrial areas, and urban landscapes carries sediments, hydrocarbons, nutrients, microplastics, heavy metals, and emerging contaminants such as PFAS into waterways. Without interception, these pollutants accumulate in estuaries and marine ecosystems, contributing to degraded water quality, harmful algal blooms, and long-term environmental damage.
SA Water Innovation (SAWI) has developed practical interception systems designed to capture pollutants before they spread through receiving waters. Using SORR Gyroid™ advanced filtration media integrated into engineered boom and cartridge systems, SAWI solutions passively filter contaminants from flowing stormwater while maintaining natural hydraulic flow. These systems are designed under SAWI’s PAGE™ (Pollutant Adaptive Gradient Extraction) framework and PEA™ (Process Engineering Application) engineering architecture, allowing installations to be tailored for stormwater outlets, canals, urban wetlands, marinas, and estuarine inflows.
The effectiveness of these approaches has been demonstrated in real-world deployments. Stormwater interception trials in the Tuggerah Lakes system on the NSW Central Coast, undertaken with the support of Central Coast Council, successfully captured hydrocarbons, debris, and urban pollutants before they entered the estuary. Similar demonstrations in India have shown the adaptability of the technology for urban drains and canal systems, where pollution loads can be significantly higher due to population density and industrial activity.
By intercepting pollutants at the point of discharge, SAWI’s stormwater systems help prevent contamination from spreading through waterways and coastal environments. Captured materials can then be directed into SAWI’s circular end-of-life recovery pathways, ensuring that pollution removed from waterways is responsibly processed rather than sent to landfill or incineration.
Through this integrated approach, SAWI is helping cities and coastal communities move toward a future where urban runoff is managed, ecosystems are protected, and pollution recovery becomes part of a circular environmental economy. 🌊♻️ READ MORE
Saving the Oceans, One Step at a Time
Harmful Algal Bloom HAB
Harmful algal blooms are increasingly impacting coastal and estuarine waters, driven by nutrient loading and changing environmental conditions. SA Water Innovation (SAWI) has developed passive interception systems using SORR Gyroid™ filtration media designed to capture and remove algal biomass from affected waterways. Laboratory testing conducted with SARDI (South Australian Research and Development Institute) has demonstrated the material’s ability to effectively capture and retain bloom-forming algae under controlled conditions. Integrated within SAWI’s PAGE™ and PEA™ process frameworks, these systems can be deployed in canals, estuaries, and coastal inlets to intercept blooms and reduce environmental impacts while supporting ecosystem recovery. 🌊 READ MORE
Making ports cleaner and healthier
SHIPPNG BALLAST WATER FILTRATION
Shipping ballast water is a major pathway for the transfer of invasive species, harmful algae, and marine microorganisms between global ports. SA Water Innovation (SAWI) is developing passive filtration systems using SORR Gyroid™ media to intercept biological contaminants during ballast water intake and discharge. Laboratory testing and validation work conducted with the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) demonstrates the ability to capture algal cells and suspended biological material from flowing seawater. Designed within SAWI’s PAGE™ and PEA™ engineering frameworks, these systems aim to provide a low-energy, scalable approach to reducing the ecological risks associated with global shipping while supporting healthier marine ecosystems. 🌊🚢
SARDI is the South Australian Government’s principal marine and aquatic research institute and collaborates with industry and research partners on marine ecosystem science and applied solutions. READ MORE
FOREVER CHEMICALS
PFAS FILTRATION & PRE Filtratrion
PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are increasingly detected in stormwater, groundwater, and industrial discharge, requiring practical treatment solutions that can operate with minimal energy. SA Water Innovation (SAWI) has developed low-energy passive filtration systems using SORR Gyroid™ media to capture and concentrate PFAS compounds before they spread through waterways or treatment networks. Independent laboratory analysis by SOCOTEC confirmed the material’s strong adsorption capability for multiple PFAS compounds including PFOS and PFOA, while further research collaboration and testing with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) supports its role in PFAS detection, interception, and pre-treatment applications. Designed within SAWI’s PAGE™ process framework, these systems can be deployed as pre-filtration barriers in stormwater, industrial discharge, and remediation projects to reduce PFAS loads before downstream treatment. READ MORE