Compliance, delivered by nature’s oldest water filtration media.
HWT harnesses peat, nature’s oldest water filtration media, engineered into a simple, cost-effective treatment solution.
“For the past 12 years, I’ve been using APTsorb/APTivator in multiple treatment systems for clients. We’ve had great success in reducing copper and zinc concentrations to below benchmark levels from both downspout filtration and end of pipe filtration using your media and our clients love the extended maintenance interval compared to some other medias. Using your media has provided our clients with overall peace of mind in a highly regulated environment.”
— Chad Wiggins, PE
“APTsorb / APTivator has been an outstanding solution for our customer’s needs. The product support team is responsive, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in helping achieve the best results. We’ve seen consistent, reliable performance in reducing zinc and copper, and the cost-effectiveness of the products makes it an easy choice compared to alternative options. Overall, APTsorb / APTivator delivers strong performance, excellent support, and real value.”
— Jeff Jametsky, Owner
End-to-End Water Solutions
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APTsorb
APTsorb is our proprietary reed sedge peat, powered by the reed, making it distinct from other peat types due to its higher content of fibrous plant material, making it exceptionally effective for binding heavy metals and other contaminants.
APTIVATOR
The same engineered peat just in spherical form for precision flow and system efficiency - delivering consistent performance in applications that demand optimal contact, packing, and pressure control.
Our Story…
Peat plays a critical role in protecting lakes, rivers, and streams by naturally retaining heavy metals before they reach downstream ecosystems. It does this through innate ion-exchange properties that selectively bind metals in solution.
Recognizing this natural process, American Peat Technology (APT) set out to engineer an insoluble treatment media that could replicate the performance of naturally occurring reed sedge peat in controlled water treatment applications. The result of that research and development effort was APTsorb™ Water Treatment Media.
To bring this technology to market and better support customers facing complex regulatory challenges, Headwater Technologies (HWT) was formed as APT’s wholly owned subsidiary and remains the sole provider of this one-of-its-kind peat-based media. Since its inception in 2021, HWT has evolved in response to customer demand, growing into a full end-to-end water solutions provider offering design, construction, and operational support alongside a broader portfolio of high-quality treatment solutions.