What Is Industrial Water Treatment
Industrial water treatment involves removing or reducing the amount of chemicals, biological contamination, and undesirable water components found in industrial water. A water treatment system is used so that the water will become sufficiently clean for safe discharge into the environment.
Many different industries use water throughout the production process. For example, raw water is used in many cases in cooling towers, or for heating, cleaning, and rinsing. The waste stream that results from these processes must be handled appropriately to allow for re-use or to safely discharge to the environment. Many times BOD is used to help determine how much treatment water needs. BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) is a measure of the amount of oxygen required to remove waste from water in the process of decomposition by using bacteria. Clean water needs a certain amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide to be present before it can be disposed of.
In addition, the use of lime throughout industrial water treatment processes is crucial. Lime is used as a chemical treatment in an industrial water treatment system because of its ability to neutralize acidic waste and heavy metals, which improves water quality.
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Challenges To Industrial Water Treatment That Carmeuse Overcomes
Meeting EPA and DEP Standards
Water produced from industrial processes rarely meets the requirements for release back into local waters without some level of industrial water treatment. These industrial wastewaters may be acidic and contain high dissolved metals content, organic contaminants, biological and chemical oxygen demand, dissolved mineral salts, and dissolved or suspended solids, among many other impurities. These impairments can create issues with meeting EPA and DEP regulations.
Carmeuse consistently provides lime-based products that have improved water quality for decades to reach DEP and EPA water standards. Products like high calcium quicklime, high calcium hydrated lime, and CALSAFE Lime Slurry, are routinely used in industrial water treatment.
pH Adjustment
Lime is used as a primary treatment in industrial water treatment systems because it can increase the pH level and neutralize the acidic properties of contaminated industrial wastewater.
Heavy Metal Removal
Lime is also used as a flocculation aid to remove contaminants and heavy metals from industrial wastewater. These processes are used to ensure that the water can be repurposed for further use and also so that heavy metals do not contaminate natural water sources.
Equipment and corresponding processes may also need updated or replaced over time due to the evolution of the technology of industrial water treatment systems, or normal wear and tear.
Solutions to Meet Your Needs
Industrial Water Treatment Solutions That Meet Your Need
Quicklime and related calcium-based products have been used for decades for industrial water treatment of water that contains a wide range of impurities. These lime-based industrial water treatment products meet EPA and DEP standards.
High Calcium Quicklime
- Increases pH to neutralize acidity
- Removes a variety of dissolved metals to stay in compliance
- Assists in the removal of dissolved and suspended solids to stay in compliance
- Removes hardness from boiler feed water aiding in reuse
- Recommended for customers with slakers onsite
- For high volume applications, most economical option
- Various grades available to meet to your specific needs
- Increases pH to neutralize acidity
- Removes a variety of dissolved metals to stay in compliance
- Assists in the removal of dissolved and suspended solids to stay in compliance
- Removes hardness from boiler feed water aiding in reuse
- Provides a calcium source without having to deal with heat of reaction from slaking
- Can be mixed onsite with water to make lime slurry
- CALSAFE® Lime Slurry
Increases pH To Neutralize Acidity
- Removes a variety of dissolved metals to stay in compliance
- Assists in the removal of dissolved and suspended solids to stay in compliance
- Removes hardness from boiler feed water aiding in reuse
- Provides a calcium source in a ready-to-use liquid
- Lime slurry delivered to your location without the worries of slaking, mixing, or dusting
Handling and Storage
Through Storage & Transfer Technologies (STT), a member of Carmeuse Group, we offer effective solutions to store and pneumatically transfer your bulk materials.
Lime Slakers
Through Storage & Transfer Technologies (STT), a member of Carmeuse Group, we offer a full range of lime slakers designed to your specific conditions and requirements.
Our Network
Our network of plants allows us to get you the product where and when you need it.
Proper treatment of residual wastewater can utilize technologies like reverse osmosis, membrane filtration, or ultraviolet radiation.
Industrial wastewater can come from several sources, such as power plants, gas drilling facilities, food processing plants, steel production facilities, chemical manufacturing facilities, metal working facilities, nuclear plants, petroleum refiners, and textile mills, as well as many others.
Industrial wastewater treatment is necessary in order to produce clean water and reduce the amount of wastewater contaminants that are released into the surrounding environment. Treating industrial wastewater protects humans and the surrounding ecosystems by eliminating pollution.
According to the EPA’s website, The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program has established limits on discharge and conditions for industrial and commercial sources. There are also limitations on the types of facilities and the activity that is allowed to generate wastewater.
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