by admin | February 1st, 2010
When looking at industrial wastewater treatment, it’s safe to say that it can be divided into three categories; boiler water treatment, cooling water treatment, and wastewater treatment. According to Wikipedia, "water treatment is used to optimize most water-based industrial processes, such as: heating, cooling, processing, cleaning, and rinsing, so that operating costs and risks are reduced."
"Poor water treatment lets water interact with the surfaces of pipes and vessels which contain it. Steam boilers can scale up or corrode, and these deposits will mean more fuel is needed to heat the same amount of water. Cooling towers can also scale up and corrode, but left untreated, the warm, dirty water they can contain will encourage bacteria to grow, and Legionnaires’ Disease can be the fatal consequence."
"Furthermore, water treatment is used to improve the quality of water contacting the manufactured product e.g. semiconductors, and/or can be part of the product e.g. beverages, pharmaceuticals, etc. In these instances, poor water treatment can cause defective products. Domestic water can become unsafe to drink if proper hygiene measures are neglected." [1]
It is my belief that with the proper industrial water treatment, scaling, corrosion, and deposits can be highly reduced, if not totally eliminated. However, there are some industrial water treatment processes that may not produce the suggested results. As a matter of fact, some processes may increase the operating costs rather than decrease operating costs. If the industrial water treatment system/process you’re using is not reducing your operating costs, it may be time to look at another process.
The average industrial plant wastes millions of dollars in operating costs for water, wastewater discharge, and water treatment chemicals. There’s only one company that provides a synergistic solution using select equipment and ‘green’ chemistry to positively impact a plant’s operating costs, and that’s Enviro Solutions, Inc. Their custom Enviro II solutions can save from 50% to 90% of your water related costs by reducing a portion of these costs. This could translate into saving your enterprise many thousands of dollars per year.
To learn more about the Enviro II industrial water treatment process, click on the previous link.
Resources:
[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_water_treatment
