INDUSTRIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Using earth-friendly energy and conserving water supports the fight against climate change and preserves our freshwater reserves.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
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FEDI System Is Key To Long-Term Success Of Plant’s Oil Refining Process
Petrogas LLP, one of the world’s largest oil rehabilitation companies, required demineralized water for a new boiler component to its Turkmenistan refinery.
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Predicting The Worldwide Impact Of Water Scarcity On The Energy Sector
As water is stretched and regulations around it tightened, the energy industry feels the burden. This can result in everything from reduced operations and higher costs for consumers to,in extreme cases, blackouts and gas and electricity shortages.
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Advanced Aeration In Hydraulic Fractured Water Impoundments
With so much attention paid to the fate of frack water — how it’s handled and cleaned — it’s time to consider the effectiveness of prevailing treatment methods.
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The Top 3 Treatment Stories Of 2017 And What They Mean For 2018
Last year was full of twists and turns for the drinking water and wastewater treatment industries. What can 2017’s biggest stories tell us about what’s to come this year?
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The Future Of Fracking: Evaluating Emerging Technologies
How can the U.S. and other countries profit from hydraulic fracturing AND protect water resources? New technologies hold the key to environmentally responsible shale-gas production.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
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The DELUMPER®: A Sweet Success At ADM
ADM Cocoa Plant in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania needed help with their cocoa bean production. The plant processes two and a half million pounds of cocoa beans each day, turning them into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and chocolate liquor. The company needed a machine to process sugar with over-sized lumps that could occur in transport or storage. Unless these agglomerated clumps were reduced to a granular form, the process could not work dependably. The machine also had to handle the large quantity of sugar processed daily and be sanitary.
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Nestlé Pumps Innovation Well For California Water Savings
In parched California, Nestlé USA is undertaking numerous measures to conserve water in its food and beverage operations across that state. Four years into a significant drought in the nation’s most populous state, California government officials recently began initiating mandatory controls on water usage for businesses, farms, and residents. Nestlé is hoping to stay ahead of these developments and allay pressure from environmental groups that criticize increasing use of bottled water, one of the company’s major product lines.
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ETS-UV Project Profile Industrial Citrus Producer
Our client is a processor of lemon, orange and grapefruit concentrates and single strength juices. Large portions of the State of California’s citrus crops are processed through the customer at three separate locations.
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Del Monte Foods Saves Millions With BlueInGreen's SDOX Solution
Plant managers at Del Monte Foods in Siloam Springs, Ark. utilized a 14 million gallon facultative lagoon to provide treatment before applying the effluent on 500 acres of land nearby. However, the facultative lagoon was unable to meet the municipal pretreatment permit requirements, resulting in surcharges of $450,000 per month. Read the full case study to learn more.
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Tap Vs. Bottled Taste Test: Consumers Weigh In
DC Water’s taste test shines the spotlight on municipal water quality, public perception, and consumer relations.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY
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Predicting The Worldwide Impact Of Water Scarcity On The Energy Sector
As water is stretched and regulations around it tightened, the energy industry feels the burden. This can result in everything from reduced operations and higher costs for consumers to,in extreme cases, blackouts and gas and electricity shortages.
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Wood-Fired Biomass Power Generation Facility Uses
Q-SEP® UF Membranes For PretreatmentThe Gainesville Renewable Energy Center is a nominal 100 MW wood-fired biomass power generation facility located in Gainesville, FL. The plant provides about 30% of Gainesville Regional Utilities’ power, reducing the area’s dependence on energy from fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. The client contacted QUA to install their Q-SEP® UF membranes as pretreatment for the plant’s water treatment system.
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In-Line Ultrasonic Meters Provide Continuous Measurement For Sample Stations
Boilers, cooling towers, and reverse osmosis (RO) systems are some of the most common systems that require monitoring and chemical treatment. Chemical treatment of boiler systems reduces scale, corrosion, and other mineral deposits. This enables the system to run more efficiently, keep heat transfer rates high and fuel costs down. To determine the proper amount of chemical to be injected into the water stream, samples of key parameters need to be taken. Instrumentation to measure ORP, pH, conductivity, temperature, pressure and flow are deployed to take these measurements.
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Tightening NPDES Guidelines: Industrial Plants Beware
Multiple methods of dealing with waste stream discharges are examined in light of the recent clampdown on industrial processes. By Brad Buecker, process specialist, Kiewit Power Engineers
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U.S. Power Profile Shift Sparks Water Opportunity
The power sector looks to zero liquid discharge and taps municipal reclaimed water as a water reuse strategy.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY
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The DELUMPER®: A Sweet Success At ADM
ADM Cocoa Plant in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania needed help with their cocoa bean production. The plant processes two and a half million pounds of cocoa beans each day, turning them into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and chocolate liquor. The company needed a machine to process sugar with over-sized lumps that could occur in transport or storage. Unless these agglomerated clumps were reduced to a granular form, the process could not work dependably. The machine also had to handle the large quantity of sugar processed daily and be sanitary.
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Measuring The Impact Of Phosphorus Recovery — From The Midwest To The Gulf Of Mexico
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) has taken the lead in transitioning its wastewater treatment plants to water resource recovery facilities, resulting in environmental, economic, and social benefits that stretch well beyond the Windy City.
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Mag Meter Assists In Heating Process For Metal Plating Operation
Metal plating provides numerous benefits to products made from metal and other materials and is used in many industries such as aerospace, automotive, hardware, and decorative household materials. It makes products and parts more resistant to corrosion, enhances paint adhesion, increases strength, reduces friction, and improves appearance. The flow of hot water to heating panels in plating bath needs to be controlled to maintain proper chemical, solvent and acid temperature, and an accurate meter is needed to provide feedback to control pump speed.
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Are Micropollutants A Threat To Biosolids?
Micropollutants like PPCPs are known to pass through waterways and contaminate the environment. Some wonder what threat they pose as they find their way into biosolids and, eventually, into our soil.
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Emergency Containment Solutions And Disaster Support For A Liquid Storage Facility
Discover how a successful partnership between an environmental company and a liquid storage facility helped mitigate a disaster from escalating and gave them the rapid response they needed.
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Industrial Automation Will Create A Future-Proof Industry
The arrow is pointing up for the water and wastewater industry, thanks to funding and technology advances, but certain work remains to ensure the promise is fulfilled.
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When Inches Count: Flow Metering In Constrained Spaces
From offshore oil platforms that come with a hefty cost for every square foot to college campuses that rely on steam plants in cramped basements, flow metering is critical to many operations where space comes at a premium. The problem is that most flow metering technologies conflict with space limitations because of their substantial straight pipe run requirements. The good news is there is an alternative.
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The Importance Of An Industrial Water Treatment Program
Water is considered the “life blood” of any facility for the simple reason that it transfers heat from one location to another. A complete water treatment program has one goal in mind, to manage the efficiency of that heat transfer.
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FEDI System Is Key To Long-Term Success Of Plant’s Oil Refining Process
Petrogas LLP, one of the world’s largest oil rehabilitation companies, required demineralized water for a new boiler component to its Turkmenistan refinery.
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Predicting The Worldwide Impact Of Water Scarcity On The Energy Sector
As water is stretched and regulations around it tightened, the energy industry feels the burden. This can result in everything from reduced operations and higher costs for consumers to,in extreme cases, blackouts and gas and electricity shortages.