5 Advantages of Recycling Wastewater

Here are just 5 advantages that recycling and reuse of process water and wastewater can bring to your company and to our communities:

1. Reducing environmental impact

Filter presses dewater and separate liquids and solids in a broad range of industries, many of which are actively developing and implementing strategies for water conservation and water and wastewater reuse. Using advanced, large-scale filter press technology, leading mining and mineral processing companies are innovatively dealing with mine tailings and dry-stacking them, rather than using tailings ponds. Tailings ponds have the potential for various environmental risks such as leaks of contaminants into surface and ground waters used for drinking, wildlife exposure, and consequences to aquatic communities.

2. Reducing demands and stress on freshwater supply

Agriculture is a major user of water. Using recycled, treated wastewater can relieve the stress on freshwater supplies used for agricultural purposes such as for irrigating crops, commercial and residential landscaping, irrigating public and private golf courses, and nurseries and horticulture. Treated and recycled wastewater provides a cost-efficient supply that decreases the demands – and stress – on freshwater sources such as groundwater, rivers, and reservoirs. This is particularly important in areas that have been affected by water scarcity and drought.

3. Eliminating the need to transport water

Rather than a disposal liability, recycling and reusing industrial wastewater onsite is considered a smart business practice, one that helps companies become more profitable and efficient. The transport of wastewater to offsite facilities is very expensive. When industrial facilities recycle wastewater on-site for reuse in a wide variety of industrial processes, they are saving substantially on transportation, disposal, and energy costs. Recycling and reusing wastewater is an economical path to meeting your industry’s large-scale water demands because, let’s face it, many, many industries are extremely water-intensive.

4. Improving sustainability

Sustainability is a term that is heavily used but not necessarily well-understood. In simple terms, it is focused on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainability has an economic, environmental, and social component. So what do filter presses have to do with sustainability? A lot. Dewatering of sludge – the separation of the liquid and solid components that make up the sludge waste – is an inherently sustainable, environmentally-friendly technology.  It allows both for water reuse and for the cost-effective disposal of the dry cake containing a high degree of solids – which cannot be reused – and which may be hazardous to the environment & future generations, if not handled responsibly.

5. Avoiding expensive non-compliance fees

Doing good for the environment by minimizing pollution is a major benefit of using filtration technologies that help with wastewater reuse and recycle. In addition, implementing wastewater reuse strategies makes it easier for you to avoid costly fees associated with non-compliance with stringent wastewater discharge regulations. Being an environmentally-conscious company goes hand-in-hand with profitability.
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