A GROUNDWATER STORY - NA-4-MICA IS A SYNTHETIC CLAY (PARENT MATERIAL IS KAOLINITE) WHICH IS A SUPERIOR CERAMIC WATER FILTER FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL OF RADIUM, STRONTIUM, AND OTHER DIVALENT METALS FROM DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER, AND WASTEWATER

Wells with high radium levels from aquifers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, and the Mid-Atlantic States negatively impact drinking water, groundwater, and wastewater, etc. “Na-4 mica” (via kaolinite clay) is a synthetic clay. The synthetic clay of Professor Komarneni and his research team at PSU is cheaper (by about half) and better at removal and storage of Radium (^224,226,228Ra) from drinking water, groundwater, and wastewater. Removal of Ra is via conventional ion exchange systems and/or Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs), & permeable clay liners. This ceramic water filter is superior for other divalent metals (⁹⁰Sr²⁺, Cu²⁺, Ba²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, and Zn²⁺) – from cradle to grave.