AbTech Industries

Abtech Holdings, Inc., an environmental technologies company, provides solutions to address issues of water pollution to communities, industry, and governments. It develops Smart Sponge, a polymer technology that focuses the removal of hydrocarbons and oil derivatives from surface water; Smart Sponge Plus, an antimicrobial agent; and Smart Sponge HM media to treat heavy metals and evaporative technologies to treat produced water. The company offers Smart Sponge Popcorn for various filtration applications; Ultra-Urban Filter with Smart Sponge, a modular filtration unit for use in curb opening and top down storm drains and to treat stormwater runoff for new or retrofitted sites by absorbing oil and grease, and capturing trash and sediment; and water treatment vaults to treat individual catch basins. It also provides Smart Pak for use in new or existing vaults that experience oil and grease pollution accompanied by sediment, trash/debris, hydrocarbons, and coliform bacteria; and Absorbent Booms and Line Skimmers that employ the Smart Sponge absorptive technology, which rejects water while absorbing even sheen levels of hydrocarbons. In addition, the company offers Passive Skimmers to absorb and encapsulate hydrocarbons by floating directly on the water in catch basins, sumps, oil/water separators, and marine fueling stations; and Bilge Skimmer for permanently encapsulating the petroleum hydrocarbons that appear as oily sheen in the engine compartment during normal boat operation. Further, it provides industrial process water systems that utilizes a combination of components, including pretreatment, membranes, and ion exchange to purify well or surface makeup water streams for various plant requirements; and develops de-oiling solutions for the produced water market for the removal of free oil. The company serves the oil and gas industry, and spill prevention and control markets. Abtech Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Scottsdale,...