Sionix Corp. announced that it has completed the second and final demonstration phase of testing its proprietary water treatment technology in the Williston Basin of North Dakota. The processing facility, located in Dickinson, North Dakota, has treated production and flow back water from drilling and fracking operations in the Bakken Shale.

The first round of testing, completed in January 2013, was done with the participation of Clear Water Services, an independent, experienced and innovative water treating company. Laboratory analysis was performed by two independent third party testing laboratories in North Dakota and California. Test results showed an average reduction in turbidity of 98%.

A total of 41 samples of production and flow back water showed influent turbidities as high as 10,875 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU's) and treated effluent turbidities as low as 3.1 NTU. Total suspended solids were reduced by 80% and test results showed reductions in barium, calcium, iron, magnesium, aluminum and strontium.