Industrial Waste Water Re-Use Project

Twin Rivers Technology Quincy, Massachusetts

Twin Rivers Technology is one of the largest oleo/fatty acid manufacturing facilities in the United States. Over the years as their production has grown so has their industrial wastewater flow and associated discharge costs. Twin Rivers Technology engaged Arcadia to help evaluate ways to conserve, reduce and reuse its industrial wastewater. As part of our efforts we have:

• Developed baseline data set of industrial process water and wastewater flows for use in evaluating wastewater conservation, reduction and reuse options.

• Performed cost benefit and return on investment analysis for wastewater reuse scenarios and treatment technologies.

• Performed a Pilot Study for a Membrane Bio-Reactor(MBR) with Reverse Osmosis(RO) wastewater treatment system. The results of the Pilot Study found that an MBR-RO treatment system could treat the facility’s industrial wastewater to a level suitable for reuse in virtually all of the facilities industrial production processes.