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Industrial Wastewater Treatment Can Be Tricky Business Almost all processing facilities must handle industrial wastewater treatment. Many facilities treat this wastewater to be able to reuse it within the plant and/or to reduce the amount of material that must be disposed of at the local wastewater treatment plant. In most cases, some industrial wastewater finds its way to the local municipal plant. Most municipalities have regulations in place that limit the types and amounts of various substances that wastewater can contain. Even the most diligent of processors may inadvertently send wastewater down the drain that exceed these limits. If you find that even after your waste stream goes through the facility’s industrial wastewater treatment system, discharge levels are approaching the maximum allowed levels or repeatedly exceeding them, Caloris is here to help. We have a variety of solutions you can put into place to prevent such problematic discharges from occurring in the future. From evaporation to membrane filtration to zero-liquid discharge options, we will work with you to determine the best equipment for your situation. Often the first step is testing your wastewater stream to determine its components. This information, your facility’s wastewater treatment goals and local regulations will then determine which system will work best for you. Caloris offers pilot testing services in Maryland or our equipment can be shipped to your location for on-site testing. You may wish to take this opportunity to further your sustainability goals and install a system that will allow for reuse of the clean water that results from our treatment systems. We will work with you to maximize this opportunity to improve your industrial wastewater treatment system. Prevention is the Best Medicine Even if you haven’t received a wastewater violation, it’s worth taking a look at your current systems on a regular basis to ensure they are working properly and within local requirements. Contact Caloris today to arrange a system assessment. Call us at 410-822-6900 or send email to problem.solved@caloris.com.

New Caloris White Paper Available! “MVR Evaporator Upgrades: High-Speed Compressor & Turbofan Replacements for Improved Reliability and Performance” MVR evaporator upgrades can help facility managers reduce maintenance costs, improve evaporator performance and reduce safety risks associated with antiquated equipment. Caloris Engineering has a new white paper available, “MVR Evaporator Upgrades: High-Speed Compressor & Turbofan Replacements for Improved Reliability and Performance,” which explains the risks of older equipment and the solutions available thanks to advances in evaporation technology. Develop a Plan to Upgrade your MVR Evaporator Now, Before a Catastrophic Failure Strikes Evaporators incorporating Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) for concentrating liquids continue to be critically important for a wide range of industries, from food processing, to sweeteners, pulp and paper, and many more. Importantly, all of these MVR Evaporators installed in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s utilize specialized rotating machines (compressors and turbofans), many of which are likely operating beyond their useful life. These compressors and turbofans comprise the heart of the MVR design, and after 25 years of daily operation, may be approaching a significant hardware failure that will disable your process for a lengthy time. Such failures have been known to cause serious injury to personnel. Before your facility fits this description, consider the risks and make plans now to develop an MVR Evaporator upgrade plan. The good news is that better options now exist for replacing aging or obsolete MVR Units, including capacity increases. Caloris can offer these options to your facility. In most cases, the time needed to implement the solution is months, not weeks, so planning ahead before failure strikes is the only wise path. Download the White Paper or Contact Us Today! To learn more about the available options for MVR evaporator upgrades, request to download our white paper here. If you need immediate assistance, call Caloris at 410-822-6900 or send email to problem.solved@caloris.com to speak with one of our process engineers about a potential MVR evaporator retrofit at your facility.

Industrial waste water filtration systems are a specialty of Caloris. Maybe you are seeking to reduce the volume of wastewater you are sending to your local municipality, saving you money and helping the environment. Perhaps you want to reuse process water within your plant, conserving a valuable resource. Or you could be interested in recouping valuable product from your waste stream like cleaning chemicals or similar. Our waste water filtration systems may be the answer. Caloris provides the following water filtration systems: Reverse osmosis (RO) RO polisher Microfiltration Nanofiltration Ultrafiltration   Recently, customers have used Caloris industrial waste water filtration systems to: process boiler feed water produce potable water dewater a clarified thin stillage solution reclaim water from an RO permeate stream recover caustic CIP solution recover vapor condensate from an evaporator system (read the case study) and reduce the volume of rinse water heading to a waste water lagoon (read the case study).   Additionally, on the product side, these same membrane units have been used to concentrate products like skim milk, whey, milk proteins and cold-brew tea. Caloris membrane filtration units arrive at your facility pre-assembled and ready to plug in to your process system. Upon arrival of the unit, Caloris staff will oversee installation and configuration. Our engineers will work with your production team to commission the unit and train employees. Unsure of what type of filtration you may require? Send Caloris a sample of your waste water for testing. We can accept samples of any size. Caloris also has a pilot RO unit available for rent for temporary filtration needs or for testing on-site. Contact us to learn more about our industrial waste water filtration systems, to arrange a test and to talk with one of our application engineers. Call us at 410-822-6900 or send email to problem.solved@caloris.com.