BQE Water Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Vancouver|Vancouver, BC · grants and contributions register · Vancouver Centre

BQE Water Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 6 agreements; $2.8M value; 3 departments; 2 programs.

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6agreements
$2.8Mvalue
3departments
2programs

Largest agreements

PC0005812$1.7Mvalue2023start2027end

Scale capacity to commission waste water treatment plants

15155$412Kvalue2018start2020end

Commercialize selenium removal technology in the resource sector

Alternative arsenic waste management in metals mining and smelting industries$310Kvalue2020start2023end

This project aims to reduce the volume As-laden waste from metal smelting operations by recovering it as metallic As, for safe disposal and/or conversion to useful products.

Recovery of Cyanide using the SART Process and Electro-oxidation for the Chinese Gold Industry$173Kvalue2018start2019end

BQE Water has commercially implemented the SART (sulphidization-acidification-recycle-thickening) Process to recover cyanide-soluble copper from gold cyanide leaching solutions and regenerate cyanide for reuse. A recently developed SART process enhancement allows further cyanide recovery from thiocyanate-rich SART effluent.This project will demonstrate the application of the enhanced SART Process in the Chinese market at a customer site.

BC Fast Pilot - Innovative thiosalts removal technology to mitigate toxicity in battery metals mines$150Kvalue2023start2024end

In this BC Fast Pilot project, a proprietary water treatment technology will be validated at pilot scale to remove thiosalts from waste waters generated during mining and metallurgical processing of nickel/cobalt and copper ores.

ICAP - Co-development of New Disruptive Technology for Arsenic Stabilization$49.7Kvalue2023start2024end

International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project - in this project, the firm will focus on identifying international partners for co-development of its disruptive arsenic stabilization technology.

Departments

Pacific Economic Development Canada1agreements$1.7Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Pacific Economic Development Canada

National Research Council Canada4agreements$683Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$412Kvalue0programs

Years

20233agreements$1.9Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20201agreements$310Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20182agreements$586Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.