ADM Decatur

The Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Co. Inc. is one of the world’s largest processors of oilseeds, soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. ADM selected a ZeeWeed immersed membrane filtration system from GE to treat the secondary effluent from the conventional wastewater treatment facility.

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EPP Improves Performance, Saves Energy and Water

Roper Corporation produces cooking appliances and uses conversion coatings in the manufacture of many of its product parts.

GE found that a few small changes in the plant’s conversion coating process yielded big savings in energy and water consumption, improved product quality, and vividly illustrated the power of the products in GE's ecomagination portfolio.

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GE Saves Microelectronics Facility US$100,000 Annually Through Water Reuse

One of the largest U.S. semiconductor suppliers operates a facility for manufacturing integrated circuits in the Southwest. At this facility, research is also conducted into better ways of fabricating semiconductors, including methods that reduce chemical use.

Large amounts of ultrapure water were supplied for their state-of-the-art manufacturing process. Because the wastewater from the laboratory sometimes contained residual chemicals, the entire volume of spent water was routinely treated to meet discharge standards. The treatment was expensive, required large amounts of additional chemicals, produced significant quantities of sludge, and ultimately wasted water — a precious resource.

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Mobile Water System Used by Progress Energy to Meet Power Demands

Fresh water supplies are scarce in central Florida where Progress Energy built its combustion turbine peaking power plant.GE Water & Process Technologies supplied an integrated mobile system that enabled treatment and reuse of challenging wastewater, producing high purity water for power production.

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Southern Company - Plant Harris Combined Cycle Power Plant

Combined Cycle Power Plants are becoming a more significant contributor to the electrical power grid. These plants are designed to come on-line very quickly from conception through approvals and are often located at remote locations where water quality can often be poor.

When Southern Company planned the Autaugaville Combined Cycle Plant, the only source of water was the nearby Alabama River.

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Wastewater Reuse and Reduction Program Improves Efficiency at Chicken Processing Plant

When the Food Safety and Inspection Service implemented its Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) inspection program at this southeastern chicken processing facility, water use increased by approximately two gallons per bird, with a consequent increase in water and wastewater treatment costs.

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Yuhuan Power Plant

Recent industrial and urban growth in China has led to an explosive increase in energy demand. While this is good news for the country's power producers, a continual decline in freshwater supply has put undue pressure on the industry.One solution is to use desalinated seawater for industrial applications, thereby reducing the demand on groundwater and surface water. supplies.

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Cauley Creek Water Reclamation Facility

Fulton County’s existing wastewater treatment plant in the Johns Creek basin was nearing its design capacity, and could not handle any additional sewage flows from new developments in the area. To compound the problem, a lack of rainfall and drought-like conditions had many commercial developments concerned that limits would be placed on the amount of water that could be drawn from the Chattahoochee River for irrigation purposes.

A unique proposal was submitted to the Fulton County Board, which outlined the development of a privately owned water reuse facility.

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F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center

Like many other municipalities in Georgia, Gwinnett County’s F. Wayne Hill Water Resource Center was concerned about the impact of releasing the plant’s current wastewater effluent into the environment. Although the current wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was meeting existing discharge standards, the county decided to seek out new technology for its WWTP expansion that could also improve the quality of effluent produced.

The final effluent will be safely discharged to the Chattahoochee River, with the potential to be used for irrigation at local parks and golf courses. Upon approval by the State, the effluent will be released into Lake Lanier, a major source of drinking water for the greater Atlanta area.

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Fowler Water Reclamation Facility

Water has always been an abundant resource in Georgia, however in recent years, a lengthy spell of unusually dry weather combined with steadily increasing water demands forced Forsyth County to begin developing long-term water conservation and reuse strategies.

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Johns Creek Environmental Campus

In May 2004, a ZeeWeed* MBR (membrane bioreactor) was selected for the Johns Creek Environmental Campus (JCEC). This new facility will not only house a water reuse plant, but also feature an educational center to promote the environmental and economic benefits of water reuse in Georgia.

The high quality effluent produced by the ZeeWeed MBR will be reused for irrigation of parks, golf courses and other properties throughout the community, or safely discharged into the Chattahoochee River.

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Taunton River Desalination Plant

After a half century of potable water supply problems, Brockton, Mass., has found a solution: desalinate brackish water. The project team designed a desalination plant that took advantage of the tides and seasonal variations to help control costs.

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Fallingwater Conservancy Wastewater Treatment System

By the late 1990’s, there was growing concern that the sewage from Fallingwater’s aging septic system could be discharged into the local Bear Run Creek—the adjacent, environmentallyfriendly sensitive stream that tumbles over the waterfall beneath the home’s cantilevered floors.

In 1998, the consulting engineer CH2M Hill recommended that the aging septic system be replaced with an on-site sewage system. Although the technology had to satisfy architectural constraints, the main concern was producing effluent that could be reused throughout the building, and would not adversely affect the surrounding watershed.

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Solaire Apartments, Battery Park

Treating collected stormwater and wastewater on-site creates the ability to reuse treated water for flushing toilets, irrigation and cooling towers; greatly reducing the amount of fresh water that is taken from a municipal water supply and eliminating the need to pump wastewater to a municipal plant.

The 250 unit, Solaire Apartments in Battery Park continues the city’s trend to reusable, sustainable, and efficient residential development.

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