Upgrade, Retrofit and Optimize: Decarbonizing Treatment Plants With Smart Water Tech

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Upgrade, Retrofit and Optimize: Decarbonizing Treatment Plants With Smart Water Tech

The climate crisis is accelerating, and pressure is mounting on industries to decarbonize. As one of the most energy and chemical-intensive industries on Earth, the water treatment sector has a pivotal role to play in the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The good news? The water treatment industry has committed to deliver on the sustainability goals of Water 2050 that calls for a significant reduction in GHG emissions to support the fight against climate change. The not so good news? The industry is grappling with a legacy of inefficient, outdated treatment plants that use A LOT of energy and chemicals which leads to direct and indirect emissions; the water treatment sector is currently the fourth largest industrial carbon emitter. While new treatment facilities will surely be built with a focus on reducing carbon footprint, the reality is that the industry is sitting with an existing stock of treatment plants that simply weren’t designed with climate in mind. But this doesn’t mean the industry has to tear down all of these plants and start again.

There is a better solution: upgrade, retrofit and optimize existing facilities with intelligent water monitoring and treatment solutions. Real-time water monitoring helps water managers optimize the entire system, resulting in less energy and chemical use, and therefore, less emissions. Early adopters of real-time water quality monitoring in the industrial and municipal sectors have provided irrefutable evidence of the immediate impact these technologies can have on reducing the GHG emissions of existing treatment plants. The impact of online water quality analyzers can be boosted further when paired with intelligent water treatment systems like Aqua Metrology Systems’ SafeGuard™ H2O. U

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