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Auditing the Water Cycle in Industry

The ultimate goal of effluent minimisation is the optimisation and maximum return on the company's environmental investment. Strategies to reduce pollution at source are encouraged in order to simplify or avoid end-of-pipe treatment.

The basic working methodology for a landfill minimisation strategy consists of the following steps:

Analysis of the water cycle in industry
Characterisation and classification of the effluents generated
Flow metering
Bibliographic research
Proposed corrective measures
Evaluation of actions taken
Definition of the treatment, recovery and reuse system
Implementation of the proposed treatment systems, pilots
Operation and validation of the proposed system
Technical, economic and environmental validation of the purification system

The screening of purification technologies and treatments will enable the most promising treatment(s) to be selected, which will then have to be validated through pilots.

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Value of the service to the customer

Knowledge of the characteristics (composition, flow rates, variability, etc.) of the liquid flows generated in each of the stages of a production process, adoption of measures to minimise them at source, as well as the treatment, recycling, recovery of relevant compounds from them and reuse of reclaimed water is of great interest for any type of industry, both from an economic point of view (savings in water consumption, energy savings, reduction in the consumption of reagents, savings in discharge fees, etc.) and an environmental point of view (rational use of resources (raw materials, water, energy, minimisation of effluents and waste, conversion of waste into by-products of interest, etc.).

Advantages of contracting the service with GAIKER

We are not manufacturers or installers of reagents or equipment. Objectivity and impartiality. Possibility of carrying out a full audit of the evaluation of the water cycle for each specific industrial process, from the characterisation of the effluents generated, study of the measures to be adopted to minimise discharges, study of the possible treatments to be adopted, validation of the selected treatment and environmental assessment (Life Cycle Analysis, determination of the Carbon Footprint, determination of the Water Footprint) of the production process after the modifications have been made and comparison with the initial situation. We have extensive experience in these areas (R+D+I+T) and we have the state-of-the-art resources and equipment. We have pilot-scale equipment to carry out treatment tests. We optimise and validate the most appropriate treatment in each case. We do not just test one type of process, but we have a wide range of possible treatments and combinations of treatments in order to find the optimal solution for each specific case. We offer Real Solutions to Environmental Problems faced by Companies.

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Miguel Romano

Biotechnology Market Manager