Zinc plays an important role in the manufacture of products and materials across a number of industries, including mining and metals, automotive, construction, paints and pigments, cosmetics, paper, and others. While trace amounts of zinc are necessary to support human, plant, and animal life, excess levels of zinc can pose a risk both to the … » Read More
Cyanide can be found in industrial wastewater streams generated by the production of a broad range of goods and materials, including refined metals and alloys, leather, paints, pigments, wood preservatives, electronics, and chemicals, among others. Given that cyanide is both highly toxic and highly regulated, however, you may be wondering what to do if you … » Read More
Contrary to what most people think when they hear the word “cyanide,” the term doesn’t just point to a single substance, but instead represents a number of compounds that share in one key detail: they all include a cyano group somewhere in their chemical structure. This cyano group, which consists of a carbon-nitrogen anion, imparts … » Read More
As water flows naturally underground, it picks up some of the minerals it dissolves from the surrounding soil and rocks. These minerals typically include sulfates, which are present in almost every type of water found in nature, including groundwater, oceanwater, and rainwater, and even crude oil and brines. They are also present in many industrial … » Read More
Lead (Pb) is a heavy metal that is well-known for its high toxicity and the hazards it presents to human, plant, and animal life. Given the risks posed by lead entering waterways and drinking water supplies, discharge of lead-contaminated wastewater streams is heavily regulated across most regions of the world. In this article, we’ll take a … » Read More
Lead (Pb) is perhaps one of the most well-known and closely monitored contaminants found in drinking water, but it is also an area of concern for industrial facilities. These facilities typically pursue lead-removal technologies in order to comply with regulatory wastewater contaminant limitations, though many of the same technologies can be used to help meet … » Read More
Chromium (Cr) is a heavy metal that is used extensively within the mining and metals, leather tanning, paint and pigments, electronics, and chemical industries, among others, and it can exist in various forms and compounds—some of which are toxic to plant and animal life. As such, it is sometimes necessary for industrial facilities to invest … » Read More
Chromium (Cr) is a chemical element that is used in the production of a broad range of goods and materials, including refined metals and alloys, leathers, paints, pigments, wood preservatives, electronics, and chemicals. Because of its anticorrosive properties, it’s also the main additive in stainless steel. Wastewater resulting from these and other industrial activities can … » Read More
As an industrial facility draws in water for its processes, a host of undesirable contaminants that need to be removed will come in along with it. One of the most difficult-to-treat contaminants is also one of the most abundant: silica. Removing silica, which is the dioxide of silicon (SiO2), can be difficult; is found in … » Read More
Copper can show up in waste streams generated by nearly any industry, including the mining and metals, electronics, power, construction, and pulp and paper industries, among others. While copper is fairly innocuous at very low levels, high quantities such as that found in some industrial wastewater streams can pose a hazard to human health and … » Read More
Copper (Cu) is a heavy metal that is mined for and used in a variety of industrial processes, including metals plating and printing as well as the manufacturing of electronic components, circuit boards, paints, pigments, paper, pulp, and fertilizer. Like other heavy metals, copper is a valuable yet potentially hazardous material that when present in … » Read More
It’s important to know which industrial water treatment companies are ideal for removing silica since silica removal can be a challenge for a number of reasons—ranging from common applications, such as preventing scale in boilers, cooling towers, or other equipment, to more specialized applications, such as treating water for painting, coating, and car wash applications … » Read More
Silica removal and reduction technologies are an important component of many raw water treatment and process water treatment trains. No matter what technology is used, it can pay to look out for some common problems removing silica from industrial water and how to avoid them. In this article, we’ll look at how issues such as silica fouling, … » Read More
Among all the contaminants that can pose operational challenges to your industrial facility, silica, in its many forms, can be one of the most difficult to remove, especially if that silica is colloidal (meaning the silica particles are so small that they can be widely dispersed). Since silica is commonly found in industrial source water, … » Read More
Silica is among the most common substances encountered on Earth, so it is no surprise that it is almost always present in source water, process water, and wastewater streams. For industrial facilities, proper management of silica levels is important to ensuring optimal function and performance life for equipment. But how do you remove silica from … » Read More
