Treatability Study

Treatability study and its impact on the performance of water and wastewater treatment plants

What is a water and effluent treatability study?

Some companies may not know, but a Treatability Study, conducted by technicians in wastewater treatment, can offer an optimization of your treatment process, bringing economic results, because it extracts from your process the maximum operational efficiency possible. Below is shown, in existing processes, the possibilities for gains in your operating expenses:

Reduction in the consumption of chemical products;
Reduction in the generation of solid waste;
Sustainable gains in the process;
Improvement in the performance indicator of the Treatment Station;
The final quality of the treated effluent is guaranteed.

The impact of the study on operations

A treatment plant, which is in operation, can operate properly using more chemical inputs than necessary, because the surplus applied in the treatment process will not necessarily have a negative impact on the final quality, but it will bring an unnecessary expense. With the Treatability Study, the objective is to apply the optimal point required for the chemical destabilization of particles in order to produce floc formation. In general, studies are conducted testing various coagulants, such as organic and synthetic polymers, metal salts, and pre-hydrolyzed aluminum- and iron-based metal. The logic behind a Treatability Study is quite simple:

Identifies the problem;

Verifies viable technologies;

Evaluates existing operational and structural conditions;

Apply the techniques studied in the laboratory at the treatment plant;

And, using criteria, the performance of the treatment station is measured.

The entire Treatability Study can be conducted in up to 3 months, because some more complex or organic compounds require special attention.

EP’s experience making a difference

EP, which has been operating in the process market for over 45 years, shares with its customers the challenges faced by all through government regulations at the federal level such as CONAMA or local state agencies such as CETESB-SP, INEA-RJ, IAP-PR, etc., which regulate the quality required for the discharge of effluents into receiving water bodies or sewage systems.