Producers of bakery ingredients (yeast, spices, bread, mixes, etc.) or confection (hard candies, chocolates, etc.) are challenged with rising production demands and effluent with increased levels of suspended solids (TSS) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). Our expertise and solutions can help meet discharge limits and maintain environmental compliance, regardless of production capacity.
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Candy Manufacturer Overcomes Wastewater Handling Issue
Filter press helps Russell-Stover plant reduce overload on the main system while exceeding regulatory standards
Clarksville, Virginia is a community home to many industries, such as candy manufacturer Russel-Stover. When the aerated lagoon – used to pre-treat wastewater – became overloaded, the town turned to Evoqua for solutions. While the effluent wastewater is hardly hazardous to your health, it is a very common problem for candy manufacturers as it contains a very high proportion of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS).
International Confectionery Expands Operations into United States
ADI® MBR system necessary ingredient to help facility meet wastewater discharge limits to remain in environmental compliance
Morinaga’s Hi-Chew fruit candies were being made in Taiwan and imported to the United States, but an explosion in popularity in recent years prompted the confectionery company to begin production in America. Morinaga planned to open a new 20-acre production facility in Orange County, North Carolina, USA that would be the first of its kind on U.S. soil. The new facility required a dependable wastewater treatment system that could treat confectionery wastewater....