Richmond Dairies operates its production plant seven days a week, with wastewater volumes ranging anywhere from 20-180 m3/d (5,300-45,500 gpd). The company had been treating this wastewater through a dissolved air flotation (DAF) plant and discharging it to the sewer; however, the system was not meeting Richmond Dairies’ treatment needs.

Shearer’s Foods is committed to protecting the environment. It has made operational changes to do more with less—less water, less energy, less waste. Its production facilities are state-of-the-art, featuring modern equipment, processes, and systems. The company expected no less when it came to selecting a wastewater treatment solution.

Shanghai Xinlun Paper was upgrading its pulping and paper-making process. As this was taking place, new regulations came into effect that required the mill to invest in secondary wastewater treatment so it could meet stringent effluent limits of 100 mg/l chemical oxygen demand (COD), 30 mg/l biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and 200 mg/l total suspended solids (TSS).

A producer of frozen concentrated and chilled citrus juices was in need of building their own wastewater treatment plant due to the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) facility operating at close to capacity. The juice manufacturer chose to take responsibility for their wastewater treatment by having a plant built to meet their requirements. 

The rapidly expanding cheese company’s wastewater treatment issues were limiting its ability to grow. Valley Queen ADI Systems, a leader in anaerobic treatment of dairy processing wastewater, was selected by Valley Queen Cheese Factory to design and build a system to treat its wastewater.

Pinnacle Foods is a leading producer of quality branded food products, which can be found in 85 percent of American households.

An effective treatment method for chromium (VI) contaminated groundwater is to reduce the chromium (VI), precipitate the new chromium (III) form, and use a flash floc method to capture and filter out the chromium particulates. At a former chromium manufacturing plant site in Jersey City, New Jersey, Xylem and its subsidiaries have used this treatment method since mobilization in late 2011

A mid-Atlantic environmental firm contacted Carbonair to develop a groundwater remediation treatment system for a Brownfield development project. Three office complexes were being built in downtown Washington DC. Each building included underground parking, requiring excavation 65 feet below grade.

A Midwest university used Xylem wastewater ion exchange services to remove contaminants from a cooling loop, improving water quality, boosting system efficiency, and protecting sensitive nanotechnology research equipment.

At the embassy about one hundred staff members and officers are working daily. Among other improvements to the facility, the filtration and disinfection system for potable water was being upgraded. 

Xylem was approached by a Massachusetts auto auction facility for assistance in meeting discharge requirements for zinc to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). Effluent from the facility fluctuated from 6–10 ppm, significantly above the required 1 ppm limit. Additionally, this waste stream contained surfactants and oil which was difficult to treat with a typical ion exchange media.

Located on the shores of the Stettin Lagoon in Ueckermünde, Germany, Haffhus Hotel & Spa provides an eco-conscious destination for travelers to relax in and enjoy its idyllic surroundings. Haffhus is committed to being carbon neutral and completely energy self-sufficient via the generation of renewable energy onsite.

Oregon City Swimming Pool is located in the Portland Oregon metro area. The facility is unique as it has a 200,000 gallon indoor pool and a seasonal 50,000 gallon outdoor wading pool. The wading pool is supplied with water from the indoor swimming pool, necessitating a need for a higher residual in the summer months. 

The outdoor aquatic facility Fuldatal in Germany has been a popular destination for more than 40 years. In addition to a lap pool and wading pool, the facility has a diving and a baby pool as well as an enclosed area that features a lazy river. The facility is open daily from May through September and is the perfect aquatic venue for the whole family during the summer months. Although well-liked by its patrons the facility was not a profitable venture in recent years and some cost cutting measures needed to be put in place.

For decades, the BBB has relied on Xylem’s proven Wallace & Tiernan® technology for the treatment of its pool water. As a result of its trust in the brand, that has grown over time, Xylem was the first point of contact for the BBB when it came to selecting this new safety technology.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the greatest British engineers of the 19th century. His railways, bridges, tunnels and dockyards still stand as memorials, but his ship, the SS Great Britain, was his innovative masterpiece. When she was launched in 1843 her size, power and innovative technology, including the 1000HP steam engine driving a screw propeller, changed shipbuilding for ever.

The Bay & Basin Aquatic Centre serves the population of nearby towns, Huskisson and Vincentia which are located between Sydney and Canberra. It features a separate indoor 25 m lap pool and leisure pool with water slide and spas in a modern building nestled in a beautiful bushland setting typical for Australia. As is common in indoor pools of this kind, using sand filtration and liquid chlorine sterilization, the combined chlorine levels built up over time and became resilient to any attempt to remove them.

A Southern California petroleum refinery faced stormwater discharge permit violations for hydrocarbons and heavy metals with a five-day compliance deadline. Xylem rapidly deployed a multi-stage vessel-based system using organoclay, carbon, and ion exchange resins to achieve ppb-level discharge limits, eliminate violations, and restore regulatory compliance within the required timeframe.

Carbonair was hired by a pipeline operator to provide on-site treatment of water generated by a hydrotest on a section of pipeline. The mobile water treatment system had to be designed to treat suspended solids, oil and grease, and needed to handle a flow rate of 1000 gpm.

A California petcoke facility used wastewater ion exchange to remove nickel and vanadium from stormwater runoff, meeting discharge limits and enabling compliant, scalable treatment.

Carbonair was hired by a petroleum pipeline company to assist in the clean-up and repair of a ruptured petroleum pipeline in South Carolina. The project involved providing temporary treatment of contaminated groundwater generated as a result of dewatering associated with the repair of the ruptured line.

Shankus Water Park is one of India’s largest water parks, spread over 200 acres with a 25-year brand legacy. The water park features the highest standard water rides designed by global leader WhiteWater, Canada, with park operations planned by Forrec, Canada and many other leading global specialists. Shankus Water Park has a strong in-house operations team with vast national and international industry experience.

Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., of Milford, Massachusetts was using separate bed and mixed bed service deionizers to purify water for manufacturing glass containers used in the U.S. wine, beer, beverage, spirits and food industries.

Xylem was approached by CEMEX UK to supply a containerized ATG™ UV wastewater treatment plant to disinfect 125 m3/hr of effluent wastewater which would protect against the microbial induced corrosion of their pipe work and equipment.