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Manufacturing

Water Treatment That Supports Production.

In a manufacturing plant, water is a utility until it stops working — then it is a production problem. The treatment programme is judged by availability first and by cost second.

01Typical Water Systems

What Is Usually on Site.

  • Cooling towers and chillers

    Serving process cooling, compressors and air conditioning, often on one shared circuit.

  • Steam boilers

    Process heat, cleaning and space heating, with variable condensate return.

  • Process water

    Rinsing, make-up and product-contact duties with their own quality specification.

  • Effluent treatment

    Combined discharge from process and utility streams, subject to consent limits.

02Industry Water Challenges

What Makes It Difficult.

  • Utilities availability

    Cooling or steam unavailability stops the line regardless of the reason. Treatment reliability is production reliability.

  • Variable load

    Shift patterns and product changes move the thermal and hydraulic load a treatment programme has to follow.

  • Deposits and fouling

    Heat exchangers, jackets and condensers lose duty gradually, and the loss is usually attributed to something else first.

  • Water and effluent cost

    Intake charges, treatment cost and discharge charges together make water a visible line on the operating budget.

03Operational Risks

What Is at Stake.

Unplanned downtime

Exchanger cleaning and boiler repair are shutdown activities.

Rising energy consumption

Fouled heat transfer shows up as higher energy long before it shows up as a fault.

Discharge compliance

Effluent quality is externally audited and externally consequential.

Discuss Your Facility.

Every site is different, even within a sector. Tell us what you operate and what it is doing.