10 - FULGHAM Technology For Water Re-Use SLIDES
10 - FULGHAM Technology For Water Re-Use SLIDES
10 - FULGHAM Technology For Water Re-Use SLIDES
to useful
Meeting water challenges
through wastewater reuse
Jeff Fulgham
Chief Marketing Officer
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Community water
challenges
Distribution
system
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Community water
challenges • New contaminants
in water supply
• Water scarcity
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system
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Community water
challenges
• Insufficient capacity
• Limited barriers to
disease
• One “grade” of water
Distribution
system
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Community water
challenges • Aging infrastructure…
lack of investment
• High energy
consumption & costs
Distribution
system
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Community water
• Potable water for
challenges industrial use
• Direct discharge
Industrial
consumers
Distribution
system
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Community water
challenges
• Changing water
quality limits
• Insufficient capacity
• Lack of investment
Distribution
system
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Growth of mega cities by 2015
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Water reuse … “nature’s process”
River
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Demand > supply
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Leaky lifelines
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Global climate change?
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Growth in water scarce regions
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So what can we do?
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Solution?
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Wastewater reuse … converting
wastewater into a fresh water asset
Wastewater
Traditional reuse
wastewater system
Urban … irrigation, fire protection
USES
Industrial … boiler, cooling, process
Agricultural reuse
Environmental & recreational
Groundwater recharge
BENEFITS
Reduced energy
Sustainable supply
Tailored treatment for use
Improved water quality
Reduced demand on fresh water
Removing contaminants from water
Relative particle size Staphylococcus
Bacteria
Microfiltration
Human Hair
Ultrafiltration (80 μm)
Reverse
Osmosis
Conventional
Filtration
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What is a Membrane?
Rejected
Matter
Support
Material
Membrane
Wastewater reuse
examples
Creating new water sources in
Kuwait
Challenge: Insufficient quality water for irrigation and human consumption
Solution: Purify wastewater for irrigation, use fresh water for drinking
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Harvesting wastewater from sewers
Challenge: Ongoing drought challenged availability of water for golf
course
Solution: Sewer mining water reuse plant provides irrigation water
Pennant Hills Golf Club
• Australia’s first commercial
sewer mining water reuse plant
• Conserves 100,000 m3/yr of
Australia’s fresh water
• Advanced Membrane
Bioreactor technology
“We are proud to be the first to embrace this innovative approach. It is
bringing us a drought-proof supply of water that minimizes impact on
Australia’s fresh water reserves.”
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Creating “NEWater” in Singapore
Challenge: Inadequate supplies of renewable fresh water
Solution: Treat and reuse wastewater effluent for local industry
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Overcoming community concerns
Challenge: Overcome concerns of local community regarding reuse
Solution: Sustainable supplies of water to meet growing needs
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Insufficient water to expand output
Challenge: Water scarcity prevented plant expansion
Solution: Water reuse solution met demand and enabled expansion
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Distributed wastewater solutions
Challenge: Blend wastewater treatment plant into community
Solution: Complete wastewater solution in a “home”
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Reduce total water footprint
Challenge: Reduce water consumption for new plant construction
Solution: Wastewater reuse for cooling water systems
Nestle, Anderson, IN
• Factory and distribution center
for Nestle’s Beverage division,
including Nesquick and
Coffee-Mate products
• 4,160 m3/d Membrane
Bioreactor treats wastewater
• Will provide reuse water to
cooling tower system
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Enablers for widespread water
reuse
Economic
Environmental
Evolutionary
Emotional
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We never know the worth of
water till the well is dry.
~Thomas Fuller 29 /
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