Industrial wastewater is extremely heterogeneous in quality and quantity of dissolved effluent. As a result, treatment processes and technologies vary greatly from plant to plant. MITA Water Technologies always suggests conducting tests using pilot units before selecting the best available solution.
Industrial wastewater consists of discharges from manufacturing activities. Like water from civilian use, it can be rich in suspended solids (of varying sizes) and other elements such as phosphorus, nitrogen, oils and fats.
An additional critical issue to be addressed may be oxygen deficiency, which can be measured in BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) and COD (chemical oxygen demand).
Industrial wastewater certainly does not differ from its “civil” analogue in terms of the technical parameters with which to measure quality and quantity of pollutants.
The substantial difference is in the “management” of the respective treatments: a civil wastewater treatment plant collects the water of an entire community and will have to be equipped, accordingly, with all the standard stages of primary, secondary and tertiary treatments. On the contrary, each industrial sector, and indeed each individual process line, has peculiar needs as to the removal of suspended solids, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so on: therefore, it becomes essential to carry out analysis of industrial wastewater through pilot units. Indeed, this is a key step in understanding the specific needs of the plant, and MITA Water Technologies always recommends it to industry clients.
MITA Water Technologies’ solutions are designed to meet the specific needs of each industry.
Here are some of MITA’s solutions for industrial wastewater treatment.
Cooling and wastewater treatment together: that's the card that proved successful in supporting a plastics equipment company in northern Italy, which was already working with MITA Cooling Technologies (now a commercial partner of MITA Water Technologies). The possibility of water reuse, through comprehensive management of this resource, is a card that industries can exploit to derive value from blue gold.
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An industry that specializes in cleaning tanker trucks needs to treat the oils in the raw effluent: the three oil separators supplied by MITA Water Technologies provide effective oil removal, ensuring treated water that meets quality requirements. Also highly rated MITA's on-site support.
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Integrated systems for different stages of water treatment: the key to a successful supply for a food company, through an environmentally sensitive engineering consulting firm in northern Italy.
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