More and More Industries are Attracted by Water Companies Technological Expertise

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (USA) have found an increasing number of different industries looking to increase productivity and energy savings whilst creating a smaller environmental footprint. Since the start of 2012, Veolia Water’s technology subsidiary has signed a series of eight significant contracts with industry clients.

Veolia Water offer a portfolio of 350 technological processes that are tailored to the new challenge they face of having to recycle their effluent and recover the material contained in their production waste–potash, phosphorus, etc.–for its reuse or as a revenue stream.

As an example Veolia Water material recovery technology was recently selected in Spain by a fertiliser manufacturer called Iberpotash. This system is designed to recover salts and potash in the production waste. Iberpotash create around 750,000 metric tonnes/year of food processing and chemical salts and about 50,000 metric tonnes/year of white potash. Entirely designed in a closed loop with construction slated for completion in 2014 by Veolia Water, the facility will continuously recirculate the condensate and effluent back into the production circuit eliminating all final liquid residue and reducing the environmental footprint.

Another example, in Canada, where one of the largest producers of bituminous sands in north Alberta has been using the HPD evaporation technology since 2010 to treat the feed water for its production process that yields 40,000 barrels/day (6,350 cubic meters/day). In 2012, this producer contracted Veolia Water for a similar sized project in the same region. The system uses a Veolia Water proprietary process to treat the production water in situ while recovering 20,500 cubic meters/day of this treated water to feed the site’s boilers.

With more than 800 facilities in over 30 countries using HPD evaporation and crystallisation technology, Veolia Water has proven expertise that is sought after by a growing number of industrial clients.