I have just been hired by a pickle company who is having issues with wastewater salt brine going into the municipal treatment plant. I have been asked to uncover options for disposal, recycling, reuse of the brine, and am bringing myself up to speed. I found the Water Network and am starting here. Currently They dispose of 12,000 gallons per day of 8% brine (3-16%) and organics from the pickling process. We run 300 days per year and expect this volume to grow in the near future. We are within eyesight of a landfill, Our soil is sandy and flat, and acreage available for options like settling ponds evaporation ponds. Recydling has potential. Concentrating is being considered also. We have no concentration equipment at this facility yet. I'm not a wastewater specialist, so I'm fishing for options, opportunities, ideas to consider, and more importantly, what not to consider as we move forward. thanks, jonathan D Smith, PhD Oh Snap Pickle Company / ?GLK Foods 2230 Bohm Rd Little Chute, WI 54140 jsmith@glkfoods.com jsmith@ohsnappickle.com
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I have just been hired by a pickle company who is having issues with wastewater salt brine going into the municipal treatment plant. I have been asked to uncover options for disposal, recycling, reuse of the brine, and am bringing myself up to speed. I found the Water Network and am starting here.
Currently They dispose of 12,000 gallons per day of 8% brine (3-16%) and organics from the pickling process. We run 300 days per year and expect this volume to grow in the near future.
We are within eyesight of a landfill, Our soil is sandy and flat, and acreage available for options like settling ponds evaporation ponds. Recydling has potential. Concentrating is being considered also. We have no concentration equipment at this facility yet.
I'm not a wastewater specialist, so I'm fishing for options, opportunities, ideas to consider, and more importantly, what not to consider as we move forward.
thanks,
jonathan D Smith, PhD
Oh Snap Pickle Company / ?GLK Foods
2230 Bohm Rd
Little Chute, WI 54140