Water savings

Article (2)
  • Wastewater treatment for food manufacturers
    For many Australian and New Zealand food manufacturers there is increasing pressure from government agencies to reach higher standards of wastewater treatment for environmental discharge. In fact, throughout the western world, food manufacturers are facing similar challenges.
  • Best practice in water usage at brewery
    An environmentally sensitive brewery, that makes more beer out of less water while using less energy, has commenced production in the home of one of the world’s leading beer-drinking countries, Australia.
Feature (1)
  • Water efficiency is the first ingredient for Coca-Cola Amatil
    Coca-Cola Amatil Australia is recognised as one of the most water efficient companies in the Coca-Cola system and is the first manufacturing facility to be awarded a five-star rating by Sydney Water under its Every Drop Counts business program
Product (3)
  • Wastewater treatment
    CST Wastewater Solutions’ latest MBR (membrane biological reactor) wastewater treatment, the Titan MBR, is a robust and efficient low-maintenance system for industrial applications.
  • Water re-use guide for dairies
    A set of guidelines into water re-use at dairy manufacturing plants has been prepared by Dairy Innovation Australia Ltd (DIAL). The guidelines identify water sources and quality within dairy factories and matches these with possible uses.
  • Electrically converted water
    Tennant ec-H2O is a green cleaning technology that electrically converts plain tap water to perform like a powerful detergent without any added chemicals.
News (2)
  • Toolkit helps food manufacturers save water
    Researchers at RMIT have developed a toolkit that food processors can use to assess and reduce their water consumption.
  • CEOs Issue Global Call to Action on Water Crisis
    In an extraordinary call to action, a group of chief executive officers representing some of the world’s largest corporations have urged their business peers everywhere to take immediate action to address the emerging global water crisis.
Case Study (7)
  • Ovivo supplies advanced water treatment plant for Viterra’s malt facility
    Ovivo Australia has designed and constructed a cutting-edge advanced water treatment plant using membrane bioreactor (MBR) and reverse osmosis (RO) technology at Viterra’s Tamworth malt facility.
  • Nanofiltration increases water production capacity by 420% at beverage plant
    A joint venture between Frucor NZ and Slade’s Beverages in Victoria to increase the production of water supply by installing a nanofiltration system was supplied and installed by Ovivo in just 12 weeks. This has allowed for the production of a new range of V Energy drinks and other products using water directly from the potable supply.
  • Frucor screens its wastewater
    A compact vertical screen to remove the solid debris from the factory wastewater before its discharge into the sewer has been installed by energy drinks manufacturer Frucor.
  • Water recycling saves abattoir
    Drought, and the fundamental need to stay in business, has brought on a radical process re-engineering effort at Radford Meats in Warragul, Victoria.
  • Water re-use and green energy benchmarks at Bluetongue Brewery
    A partnership of Australian and global leaders in environmental engineering has been chosen to provide an extended wastewater treatment system for Pacific Beverages’ new Bluetongue brewery in New South Wales.
  • Burra Foods saves 250,000 L of water/day
    Dairy processor Burra Foods has almost halved water use over the past three months a reduction unlikely to be matched anywhere in Australia, according to the factory boss
  • Saving water
    iBulk has developed water-saving solutions for a broad cross-section of industry segments including agriculture, minerals and pharmaceutical to name a few, but the most impressive results have been achieved in both laundry and food preparation areas

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