Saltworks aimed to create an alternative method for managing industrial wastewaters, which typically involves using greenhouse gas (GHG)-emitting trucking to off-site underground disposal wells and energy-intensive thermal treatment. Funded through ERA’s Food, Farming and Forestry challenge and announced in 2020, the proposed project planned to commercialize the first-of-its-kind, GHG-reducing industrial wastewater treatment solution in Alberta. However, the funding relationship was ultimately cancelled in 2025.
