Published by hasan nikkhah in Case Studies
hi, how much water is used in different industries ?
For instance, how much does the oil industry use water and how much of their usage water turn into waste ie not reused?
I know that in homes about 70 of our water usage goes into the sewage system as waste water.
Much appreciated if you can share studies that detail this by Industry?
Category: Case Studies
You can type water footprint in your web searcher, you will see some specialized websites
I don't suggest any because I've not found one fully trustworthy
Regardless that wastewater, ALL KIND OF CONTAMINATED WATER EXCEPT RADIO ACTIVE, CAN BE INFINITELY RECYCLED AS POTABLE ONE, of course you have to use or know the right technology as ours.
Published by Arturo Constante, Wastewater Purification - Zero Emissions
It will depend on the respective actual industry designs and configurations
the Water Research Commission in South Africa has produced some really useful water and wastewater use publications per major industries where specific water use are presented
you should be able to access them, referenced NATSURV and WRC on a Google type search should find them, Herewith reference to one I can share
http://www.wrc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT-180-05.pdf
regards
gary
Published by Gary Brown, Water Practitioner at Dikubu Water
Depends on the size of the refinery, but can take their production of oil in K bbl/day (barrel =42 gallons) and multiply by 8 for a rough estimate. Almost all is treated and discharged for refineries. Costs too much to clean it up for reuse. The ROI isn’t there yet. You are never going to have a $ saving project, but rather has to be driven by Environmetal stewardship. Thanks, Sean
Published by Sean Roop, Industrial and Engineering Consultants, LLC - Senior Water and Process Consultant