WATER REDUCTION OF UP TO 80% FOR KEY INDUSTRIAL PROCESS

FOR A JUST-IN-TIME SUPPLIER TO the automotive industry, a wastewater recycling system from Membracon has created annual savings of more than £63,000 by reducing water usage from
108,000 litres to just 21,000 litres per day.

Without site space restrictions, which limited installation to a single-pass system, Membracon could have reduced wastewater discharge to just 5,400 litres per day, an annual cost-saving of over £75,000. However, in time, the newly created savings will enable the wastewater plant to be moved to a different part of the premises, allowing a secondary fltration system to be added. This will increase savings from 80% to 95%.

Matt Williams, Managing Director of Membracon, said: “Nobody wants downtime and a loss in production, especially in the pressurised automotive industry. Our customer had to run its pre-treatment process lines at full capacity, constantly topping up the rinse tanks, which required pure water production
to keep everything clean. In addition to tackling increasing costs, the company was also determined for us to help them reduce their environmental impact.”

Membracon had conducted a full-spectrum analysis of the just-in-time supplier’s wastewater. By understanding the precise levels of contaminants, the most cost-effective and easy-to-maintain
solution was then custom-designed to suit the customer’s specifc needs.

Ultimately, the wastewater recycling system that Membracon introduced has not only cleaned up the wastewater and reduced discharge but also enabled clean water to be reintroduced upstream.
This has signifcantly reduced the cost of fresh water being brought into the process.