Waste & Water Treatment Solutions
Water is a valued resource with considerable process & economic implications on an operational system. Water impurities results from contaminants, process fluids or the product itself. The selected water processing technology is designed to remove or recover elements from the liquid phase. The water processing concept can be developed with a focus on specific criteria such as: suspended recovery, water recycling or diluted constituents’ removal.
The Equa processing systems and components are available for each specific water processing application. The economic solution can be adapted to the operational consideration in view of the separation task, focus of water quality and automation.
Vegetable processing operations have a high requirement of fresh water for the wash, cutting or selection processes. The effluent water treatment is characterized by:
- High organic solids contents – the solids can be processed for valued by-products or used in a biogas system
- Sand & silt contents from wash cycles – Recovered solid can return to fields
- A high percentage of process water can be recycled – effective using process equipment such as settlement, dewatering and filtration
Farms processing facilities are a large source of wastewater containing biosolids which are characterized by the following features:
- High content of organic suspended and diluted solids
- Concentration can fluctuate between 0.5 – 12% dry solids
- High nitrate and phosphorus levels
- Impurities can be found (e.g. Antibiotics, hormones or parasites)
The solution considers the turbidity, the suspended solids (TSS) and requirements on the process results. Whether removing fine particles from irrigation water, re-cycling water in a vegetable wash water, cleansing effluent prior to city discharge or adjusting the water characteristics prior to the feed into a process, the Equa water treatment process units can accommodate most requirements. Technology in use are:
- Filtration – Caustic recovery from industrial cleaning processes
- Press – Fibrous recovery from manure
- Centrifuge – High performance solids recovery and dewatering
- Separator – High purity separation for low solids contents
- Lamella clarifiers – Gravity capture of large particle solids
