The topic:   Optioneering, industrial wastewater treatment and reuse

The client:  UK-based consumer goods supplier

The brief

This job entailed identifying the most practical and low-cost option for managing a newly-generated industrial effluent at a site in the north west of England. The effluent was being treated using a DAF plant, the performance and running costs of which were appraised as part of the remit. The scope included an assessment and costing of short-term options for aerobic treatment of both the raw and DAF-treated effluent for sewer discharge vs. tankering based on information provided by the client and available data on biological treatment plant costs. The primary output was a cost analysis spreadsheet evaluating the cost benefit of the preferred option, and specifically the value provided by the dewatering of the waste sludge prior to disposal.

10 days