Industrial water reuse is entering a new phase – one where smarter treatment approaches help companies manage risk, reduce costs, and stay productive.

In the frozen food industry, Listeria is a particularly challenging bacteria as it does not go dormant at low temperatures. Bacterial counts also naturally increase throughout processing and packaging, which requires the operator to closely monitor bacterial levels and conduct complete shutdowns for CIP when necessary.

Headquartered in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ireland, Dairygold’s production facility converts approximately 960 million liters (254 million gallons) of milk annually into top quality dairy products.

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).

Miller Poultry cut foul lagoon odors and improved water quality using Moleaer's nanobubble technology, solving odor issues and boosting treatment efficiency.

Lamb-Weston required a wastewater treatment solution at its plant in Taber, Alberta, Canada. Its potato processing wastewaters are characterized by high concentrations of biodegradable chemical oxygen demand (COD); suspended solids (SS); and fat, oil, and grease (FOG). This type of wastewater has proven to be an ideal candidate for anaerobic digestion.

Golden Flake’s 50 acre (20 hectare) Birmingham, Alabama, USA, corporate headquarters is home to a 350,000 ft2 (32,516 m2) manufacturing facility that processes more than 20 million lb (9 million kg) of snack foods per year. The plant’s production mix can fluctuate, causing its wastewater to have varying strengths and consistencies, with flow rates ranging from 100,000-350,000 gpd (380-1,330 m3/d).

Ozone is a highly oxidizing gas that can remove farm water impurities such as organics, pesticides and nitrites, while reducing discoloration/tannins, thus enabling the fish to remain healthy throughout the farming process.

Xylem sales and engineering teams worked with the distillery to identify wastestreams that could be reused and design a treatment system that would meet the distillery’s flow and water quality requirements.

Water quality is important not only in terms of safety but also has significant impact on the taste, product integrity, cleaning, and sanitation in the beverage industry. The water that has been contaminated with varieties of pathogenic bacteria can pose a threat not only to human and animal health, but also effects the product down time like the water used in the boilers and cooling towers...