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News Release from: Turret Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 September 2003
Industrial wastewater under the
microscope
Solutions for the processing of wastewater and effective effluent disposal technology are just one area to be addressed by exhibitors at IWEX.
The days when industry poured its heavily polluted effluent into the nearest watercourse and ignored the after effects are thankfully long gone, but the problems of pollution still remain Increasingly, manufacturers are finding that it pays to invest in in-house treatment, either to reduce demand on outside resources, to recycle supplies within the manufacturing process, or to reduce the pollution levels of discharge
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Industrial wastewater treatment has rapidly become one of the fastest growing challenges, which has demanded new technologies, which can handle heavily polluted flows or particularly difficult pollutants.
Many of the results of this development are now available as packaged units, which can be conveniently installed within in-house treatment facilities or added to existing treatment plants.
At the British Water's Industrial User's Forum at IWEX 2003 (11th-13th November, NEC), issues concerning industrial wastewater will be open for discussion, so that lessons can be learnt from those experiencing and overcoming similar problems.
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The paper industry is notorious for using large quantities of water.
In the early stages the "stock" is 99% water and it is only after this has been drained off and compressed out of the pulp that the end result begins to resemble what we think of as paper.
Not only does the process require vast amounts of water: the liquid removed in the manufacturing process can be a liability, especially now that so much recycled material is used.
Ink, glues and the chemicals and acids used to convert old paper to pulp, to bleach it and to render its final finish remain in what is drawn off.
Although the initial water supply may come from outside, when faced with increasing costs, the efficient management of the water cycle within a manufacturing process can make significant contributions to profitability.
Reducing demand by recycling process water makes extremely good sense from both an economic and environmental viewpoint and may also help in negotiations with water authorities in areas where water is in short supply, especially if expansion plans are being considered.
With the Paper Industry Technical Association supporting IWEX in 2003 and encouraging their members to come along to the event, the paper industry is just one sector of industrial users finding solutions at the free exhibition and seminars.
Solutions for the processing of wastewater and effective effluent disposal technology are just one area to be addressed by exhibitors at IWEX - the International Water and Effluent Exhibition, to be staged at the NEC, Birmingham from 11th to 13th November 2003.
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