Wastewater plants and beverage manufacturing facilities






SaltMaker MultiEffect Evaporator Crystallizer can treat the effluent from other wastewater treatment plants to produce solids: true zero liquid discharge (ZLD). The proprietary immersed MBR technology has proven to be an effective solution for a variety of beverage water treatment applications. Treating water is only the first step to ensuring wastewater is recycled and reused efficiently and effectively within a plant. Beverage production starts with a source of ultrapure water. Wastewater plants at food and beverage manufacturing facilities are constantly challenged by changes in influent conditions caused by load shocks; temperature changes; increases in production; changes in manufacturing operations; spills; washwater surges; operation malfunction; and limited equalization capacity. The water used in the food and beverage industry influences end-product quality as well as compliance with Health and Safety and Environmental regulatory standards. Our technologies guarantee additional water production to supply the boilers and cooling towers. The high peaks in the wastewater from food and beverage plants ensure that the treatment of the wastewater is very complex. As a heavily regulated industry, water usage in the food and beverage sector is naturally high. Water provision may involve connection to a municipal system; extraction from the local natural water supply, such as a ground well; or reclamation from process-facility wastewater via reuse treatment, lowering fresh-water requirements. We produce the exact quality and quantity of water that customers need to manufacture their products. These processes are cooling water, process water, boiler feed water and process wastewater. Fluence has more than 30 years of experience in delivering water, wastewater, and waste-to-energy projects to the food and beverage industry across the globe. Such demands go hand in hand with the most critical needs for legislative conformance, particularly within the wastewater treatment sector, which is fundamentally driven by intentions to meet minimum requirements. Once a beverage company has a large sample of purified water, a “blank slate”, if you will, to work with, they typically begin adding their own unique mixtures of minerals, metals, carbon dioxide (the “fizz” in soda), sugars, syrups, and food coloring to create the soft drinks that we know and love. While most of Spartan’s ozone generators can be adapted for food and beverage applications, several of the systems have been specifically designed with these applications in mind. With increasing droughts and other water-related anomalies, water reuse must be front and center for food & beverage plants bent on sustainability and a secure water supply. For example, in 2012, the EPA released a document outlining state and federal water reuse guidelines for all industries, including food and beverage processing. Seemingly modest water savings can add up to impressive cost reductions, as can efficient wastewater treatment and full regulatory compliance. Fluence offers a wide variety of wastewater treatment solutions to food and beverage customers, including anaerobic digestion (waste-to-energy), membrane bioreactors, moving bed bioreactors, aerobic and anaerobic systems, and nitrification-denitrification. The wastewater can be analyzed either on-site or in the lab. In addition to being a constituent of products, the water is a convenient, clean, relatively inexpensive resource, as well as an essential method for conducting cleanups and other production needs. Anaerobic treatment technologies offer a dual benefit for food and beverage facilities. The food and beverage industry has a fundamental interest in wastewater management due to water’s essential function in food and beverage processing, and due to the high-volumes of water used throughout production. In the U.S., publicly owned facilities are the business of local governments or municipalities, and treat domestic sewage, not industrial wastewater. Food and beverage water treatment systems, solutions, chemicals and technologies from Veolia enable a re-usable water supply, reduce production costs and conform to good environmental practices. Choosing the appropriate pretreatment system can drastically improve the function and capacity of downstream wastewater treatment systems and help to improve overall plant efficiency.





Our offering not only trims down your life-cycle costs but also upgrades food grade safety and quality standards. Harvested product may be processed on shipboard or stored by icing or freezing for transport to the processing plant. This simultaneously reduces water intake and wastewater discharge, saving substantial operational costs. We have created a craft food and beverage water system to meet your industry specific needs so that you are free to craft your products with the confidence you are working with the cleanest and highest quality water. If you’re a food or beverage manufacturer and are experiencing product quality problems, or are having issues with your equipment or your production process, your water could be the culprit. With greater scaling resistance and adaptability to varying feed water, Desalitech’s ReFlex Reverse Osmosis systems purify water at unparalleled levels of efficiency and ease. With installations throughout the world, Envirogen is a leader in water, filtration and wastewater treatment for the food and beverage industry, with a track record of providing effective, reliable solutions to a broad range of customer types. Food and agricultural wastes are ideal for biogas production due to the relatively high total organic carbon loadings compared to many other wastes. Here at Esmil we provide Food & Beverage Wastewater Treatment systems across a range of industrial sectors. Food production is a water-intensive industry. This wastewater contains high concentrations of solids, oils, phosphorus and nitrogen. Sign up for the latest news, trends and innovations in water, wastewater and reuse. Learn more about DuBois’ comprehensive C&S solutions for your Food or Beverage facility. Nyex treatment systems are optimised to ensure that effluent regulations are consistently met for colour and COD with a targeted, low-maintenance process which does not require chemical dosing or produce secondary waste. From conveying and washing to cooking and bottling, fruit and vegetable applications are highly dependent on water in their processes. Hydrostatic cookers, retorts, autoclaves and aseptic processing equipment are all prone to stressful conditions because of the high pressure and temperatures within the vessel. Anaerobic MBR was developed to treat highly concentrated (industrial) wastewater streams with a COD of >7,500 ppm and simultaneously produce biogas. Incorporated in the year 2014 at Kolkata, (West Bengal, India), we Three Star Aqua Technology” are a Sole Proprietorship Firm, engaged in manufacturing, wholesaling, trading and retailing optimum quality Filter Vessels, RO Plant, Water Softener Plant, Cartridge Filter, RO Membrane, Plastic Flow Meter, etc. That moment arrived two years ago for Oland Brewery, when its wastewater discharge threatened to overwhelm the Halifax municipal treatment plant and force the Nova Scotia city to release water with levels of biological oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS) into Halifax Harbor that would exceed national and provincial limits. The types of treatment technologies used for food processing wastewater are not unusual among wastewater treatment options and include the typical array of biological and physical chemical treatments. Discharges of food and agricultural wastes are a significant contributor to nutrient and carbonaceous and nitrogenous waste discharges. The market for water and wastewater treatment equipment in the food and beverage industry was valued at $195.7 million in 2000. Food processors can reuse water for landscaping, equipment washing, cooling towers and more. Parkson’s sludge handling and drying systems contain all of the necessary transfer and reducing equipment required in order to minimize solids disposal costs. By using proven technology from a range of partner manufacturers, we can offer a tailored Food & Beverage Wastewater Treatment system to suit your specific requirements. Compactness and ease of operation help make these systems an ideal process for treating and recycling wastewater in space-limited environments, providing effective control of biological activity and high-quality effluent while allowing for higher organic loading rates.





Water usage is one of the main cost factors within the food and beverage industry. We manage health risks through the use of our preventative water treatment solutions and programs. Food wastes are even used to supplement POTW waste to increase methane and energy production. Water, beverages, dairy products, chemicals or pharmaceuticals have to be analyzed every day. Water is critical for many processes in the food and beverage industry. As RO systems become more and more popular in the beverage industry, the pretreatment filter is carefully used to protect the RO membranes. The municipal tap water is purified (ideally with a reverse osmosis system, softener, or sterilizer), making a “blank slate” for the company to work with, and then rather than adding syrups and sugars, bottled water goes through a bit of a different process. Kurita Water Industries also offers a number of wastewater treatment systems, including biochemical treatment systems that treat organic wastewater as well as wastewater reclamation systems that use RO (reverse osmosis) membrane water treatment chemicals. DuBois Water Management can treat and service all the water treatment needs in the Food and Beverage industry, protecting not only your equipment, but also providing packaging free of rust or deposits which can negatively affect your product. As water costs rise due to water scarcity, it is more important than ever that companies look for sustainable solutions that address future long-term costs and supports corporate responsibility. Ultrafiltration is very effective in effluent polishing, and can make even high-strength wastewater fit for discharge or reuse. Processors can also adopt water reuse and recycling techniques to reduce their water footprint and combat freshwater scarcity. It also shows significant potential in helping many facilities meet their growing commitments to sustainable water development and reuse, as well as their need for exceptional water quality. If you’re in the food and beverage industry – you know that water plays a critical role in countless facets of your business. From extending the life of your most valuable equipment, to making customers happy with great tasting water, coffee & tea, Reynolds Culligan systems provide high-quality water to food & beverage companies for a wide variety of applications. As hygiene standards are paramount in the food and beverage industry, Arvia’s systems are fully enclosed and emit no odour, ensuring these standards can be maintained. We are the leading supplier of products and technologies to produce sweeteners of the highest purity and enable the most cost-effective manufacturing processes. A Midwest food manufacturer uses an ALAR Auto-Vac® filtration system to solve TSS and BOD wastewater problems. Our comprehensive product line, technical expertise, and global reach allow for optimized performance of even the most complex manufacturing processes. The industries’ high-demand effluent can result in surcharges, and if municipal systems are unable to process the effluent discharge, permits can be terminated forcing plants to shut down or find an alternative. Because a bottling facility has different needs than a brewery or snack foods manufacturer, SUEZ has built a water treatment portfolio to target specific challenges like production uptime, foam control, and cleaning regulation. Industrial producers have been forced to wait years for a truly cost-effective Food and Beverage wastewater treatment system that is easy to install, operate and delivers on its promise. If you’re looking for water or wastewater treatment for your facility, contact our experts to discuss your specific project details, and learn how our cost-effective solutions can help you meet your goals and make the most of your assets. The waste products are mainly biodegradable, so aerobic and anaerobic processes are standard. Reverse osmosis is expensive and generates a concentrate brine waste-stream that must be managed via proper disposal. Because we’re dealing primarily with earth-grown materials, generated wastewater has high loads of organic content tied up in it. To manage the high volumes of water and elevated levels of organics, a DAF system should provide lots of surface area and be paired with the right chemical program.





Companies looking to discharge wastewater through the national discharge system need water more heavily treated than if discharged to public treatment works. The food and beverage industry traditionally uses large volumes of water with a manifold of purposes. Process plant effluents can be treated and re-used, reducing water consumption and ensuring all discharges meet with local environment regulations. Even if water isn’t a critical ingredient in the production of your food or beverage, you likely rely on it for cleaning and sanitation, or use it to generate steam or power. Desalitech’s Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis systems excel where other RO systems fail and can provide maximum water recovery of up to 98% plus a resistance to fouling, scaling that drives your organization towards exceeding operational and sustainability goals. U.S. Water’s thermal processing expertise allows us to design a water treatment program unique to our customer’s particular process that protects equipment from corrosion and fouling concerns. Many food and beverage processing facilities, including champagne and beer production plants and vegetable, fish and meat processing plants, now use this system. Anaerobic technologies are a growing area of interest in agricultural and food processing wastewater treatment because of the opportunity to generate methane gas as a byproduct, which can be used to generate heat and electrical energy to offset facility operating costs, and it reduces the biological activity and the volume of waste and the carbon footprint. The pilot-scale treatment system is self-contained on a 48-ft truck trailer that can be transported to any food and beverage processor site to test the effectiveness of the technology on the site’s specific wastewater characteristics. Choosing the appropriate water treatment modules, such as Culligan membrane technologies, may help food and beverage producers reduce discharge. Consistency, quality, reliability and cost efficiency are top priorities for food and beverage process water. Apart from all relevant measuring and system technologies, we also offer appropriate software for all branches of industry that provide to run your operating processes at its full potential. A broad scope of food and beverage industrial user discharge limits would include pH, Fat-Oil-Grease (FOG), Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD). OriginClear’s seasoned team with 25 years company experience is expert in designing and manufacturing the highest quality and most effective commercial and industrial water treatment systems available with systems and products in use worldwide. Grünbeck technology therefore ensures that the food and beverage industry always has water that it perfectly suited to its needs. Water used in food production processes needs a safe and continuous supply. Recovery, cross flow and flux are all interconnected in traditional reverse osmosis, but completely independent in Desalitech systems. Our Expertise in Reverse Osmosis Systems Enables Craft Systems Which Perform at Levels Above the Norm. Holland Malt is renowned worldwide for the quality of its malt production which involves three main processes: (1) steeping, (2) germination, (3) kilning and roasting. For food production, perfect is just about good enough: not least when it comes to the use of water. This typically results in the fouling of membrane filters, which in turn means greater energy consumption alongside additional cost, labor and production downtime for its unfortunate users. Water coming from the waste water treatment plant contains organic pollutant, and total dissolved solids. Depending on the application, certain points in the water and wastewater treatment process require chemical feed systems. Ask how we can bring more innovation in quality and consistency to foods and beverages. There has been another way from multimedia filters and toward continuous microfiltration or ultrafiltration as a pretreatment to these reverse osmosis systems. Following biological treatment, membrane filtration then separates the purified water from the activated sludge and the treated water is drawn off using a low-pressure pump or by gravity.





Saltworks has successfully treated some of the most difficult wastewaters. For further information on any of our products, services or technologies, complete the enquiry form or contact us today on +27 (0) 10 040 7310 and a Veolia specialist will contact you. Regardless of whether those discussions bear fruit, food processors of all sizes can pick and choose from a wide range of solutions to a problem they wish would just go away. For over 30 years, our people have been using water treatment and innovative systems control, monitoring and improvement processes to help manufacturers, processors and retailers operate more efficiently, safely and with exacting compliance. You benefit from patented chemistry and some of the best-known and most trusted boiler water treatment technologies. We provide nitrogen removal from wastewater, using traditional nitrification and denitrification and an innovative autotrophic biological process, which does not require organic carbon. In reverse osmosis, salts and many dissolved organics are removed through a semi-permeable membrane. The treated effluent is suitable for direct reuse, or can be further treated with reverse osmosis, activated carbon filtration, or ultraviolet disinfection for the production of process and ultrapure water. Hard water can also have a negative effect on the food and beverage industry. Our innovative biomass solutions turn process waste into a resource. Bottlers use filters and other water treatment equipment to remove residual particles and standardize the water used to make soft drinks, so that soft drinks taste the same worldwide. DuBois’ thermal processing programs minimize losses due to blemishes, spotting, and rust on cooked packaging, minimizing costs while maximizing your brand value. DuBois was the first water treatment company to develop and market a line of products solely for thermal processing applications. Veolia Water Technologies has a keen sense of the needs and concerns of the agri-food world. Culligan systems produce high-quality water to leaders in the food and beverage industry. Water is at the center of this concern, as food production is the largest single consumer of water. Ozone and advanced oxidation processes (AOP) are powerful oxidation treatment technologies that generate hydroxyl radicals, the strongest oxidant used in water treatment. This combination of sodium hypochlorite and hydrogen peroxide creates a unique chemistry that has many proven operational benefits in water treatment and reuse. ALAR Engineering Corporation is a direct-manufacturer of industrial wastewater pretreatment and dewatering filter systems. Technology advancements in reverse osmosis are enabling its second generation application to challenging waters. Multiple treatment options are available for specific needs – a variety of conventional and advanced treatment processes can be configured for any facility and tailored to be fit-for-purpose depending on the application. Our general approach to wastewater purification will combine conventional physico-chemical treatment processes with advanced proven membrane technology. Although customers have commented that prices are generally high throughout the market, they are willing to incur higher costs if the quality of the product is able to match the price. Virtually any liquid can be used with this technology, so it is often found in beverage-processing plants. Our technologies provide industry-leading, long-lasting, and cost-effective solutions. H+E has project experience in the food and beverage industry over more than 35 years. There are many elements of production of fish products that generate solid and liquid wastes. Veolia’s technologies ensure that your ingredient water is produced reliably, cost effectively, and meets the highest quality standards that your operation demands. Plus, the Amagel process is capable of separating oils (brown grease) from the waste stream for adaptive reuse as biofuel. We provide solutions using both membrane and ion exchange technologies to help separate milk components and produce additional products such as cheeses, cultured milk, and whey proteins.