Guaranteeing the right water quality of the decentralized supply
Ekopak takes responsibility to maximize the deployment of their decentralized water resources by using the best possible techniques of water treatment to bring the quality of the water to the right level for each client’s processes and products. Our engineers visit clients regularly to carry out analyses and to guide them towards optimum water quality. Ekopak’s key technologies are reverse osmosis, ultra-filtration, and nano filtration, but we also offer corrosion control, disinfection, or legionella prevention.
Impact
- Process safety in production is crucial for the safety of the production workers.
- Product safety has an important impact on the general population.
1 million m³ purified process water annually for Vynova
Vynova is an international chemical group active in the production of PVC and chlor-alkali products. In its operations, they demand a constant quality and reliability of process water. Vynova does not use a decentralized water supply, but as in any of its client projects Ekopak strives to maximize water deployment by ensuring quality and continuity. For Vynova, a demineralization installation using membrane technology will supply the site in Tessenderlo with more than one million cubic meters of pure and sustainable process water per year (at 3x80m³/hour) starting from the third quarter of 2022. The project confirms and underlines the importance of sustainable process water for the entire chemical sector.
Save Water, Give Water.
Guaranteeing the water continuity of the decentralized supply
Businesses also need to be sure of water continuity for their safety: just think of the risks involved when process water or cooling water is no longer delivered. These risks are keeping companies from becoming fully self-sufficient. So, Ekopak guarantees the continuity of our decentralized water supply by bringing together sufficient wastewater streams internally, and by investigating the possibilities of linking the decentralized water supplies of different companies. By connecting companies in an alternative water network, peak moments in one company can be compensated by off-peak moments in the other.
Impact
As groundwater extraction for drinking water has an impact on the groundwater level and can cause a lot of ecological damage, the fewer companies that use the drinking water network for their activities, the less negative impact industry will have on the groundwater level.
20 billion litres of recycled water each year
Vynova is an international chemical group active in the production of PVC and chlor-alkali products. In its operations, they demand a constant quality and reliability of process water. Vynova does not use a decentralized water supply, but as in any of its client projects Ekopak strives to maximize water deployment by ensuring quality and continuity. For Vynova, a demineralization installation using membrane technology will supply the site in Tessenderlo with more than one million cubic meters of pure and sustainable process water per year (at 3x80m³/hour) starting from the third quarter of 2022. The project confirms and underlines the importance of sustainable process water for the entire chemical sector.
Waterkracht is in talks with the Port of Antwerp about building the water purification installation for this project on a plot in the NextGen district – the former Opel site in the Port of Antwerp. Ekopak will build and operate the factory. With membrane technology, it will treat wastewater to prepare it for industrial applications. The project will recover and filter the wastewater from the entire City of Antwerp and will recycle 20 billion litres of water each year – the equivalent of the water consumption of 400,000 families. If all goes according to plan, this plant will be fully operational in 2025.
