Nijhuis Saur Industries NEWS JANUARY 2021

EDITION 20 | JANUARY 2021
Nijhuis Saur Industries
NEWS
A contribution from Nijhuis Industries | Saur Industrie | Econvert | Unidro | Riventa | Imageau
Solid and Adaptive Solutions

to reduce, reuse and recover water, energy and resources
for a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future
Water & Energy
#NijhuisSaurIndustries #ReduceReuseRecover #ItsAllAboutThePeople

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Nijhuis Saur Industries NEWS

#ItsAllAboutThePeople
Dear valued clients and business partners,
In June we announced a new platform combining Nijhuis Industries with Saur industrial businesses,
namely Saur Industrie, Econvert and Unidro to become a leading player in Industrial Water with a complete
range of technologies and capacity to serve customers worldwide. We deliver solid and adaptive solutions
for a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future.
By renewing our technological edge for the coming years, we want to reassure our clients, business partners and
colleagues around the world of our continuing commitment to develop sustainable water, energy and resource
recovery through innovation and water-on-demand.
What innovations will become important in the next 10 years?
The fragile global economy and current political instability, combined with the unpredictable weather
patterns in many parts of the world, continue to result in either an excess, a dearth or overly polluted
water. In addition to a need for solid and adaptive solutions there will be a growing need for water on
demand.
We expect to see a significant rise in specialized technologies that will be applied in different ways across industries,
and across applications. Access to clean water and air, healthy food, renewable energy and zero waste are essential
to secure an improved quality of life for 9 billion people across the globe.
The ability to adapt to these dynamic market circumstances and requirements of individual regions around the world
and protect water as the most essential element of live is a balancing act. Our continuous efforts to contribute to the
circular economy are being recognised by many of our clients and business partners, resulting in a growing demand
for our innovative offerings to reduce, reuse and recover water, energy, nutrients and resources. In addition
to that, more people now go to work to contribute to something meaningful, a sustainable purpose which
deserves our continuous support.
We reviewed the past decade and presented our outlook on how we can help our clients and business partners to
meet or exceed the ever-demanding water challenges, and highlighted a number of game-changing innovations which
will become increasingly important over the next 10 years.
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Looking ahead
Solid synergies are expected from the combination of complementary technologies, client portfolios and geographical
presence, while the integration process will preserve our entrepreneurial spirit and agility in our new Industrial
Water platform. With the support and extensive experience of Saur, the combined Industrial Water platform of Nijhuis,
Saur Industrie, Econvert, Unidro, Riventa and Imageau will provide significant long-term operation & maintenance
(O&M) service, additional rental capabilities as well as financing solutions for our global industrial customers.
Together with our unique consultative approach, our cutting-edge proprietary technologies and smart process
monitoring and control, we are proudly expanding our offerings and capabilities, all with the intention of strengthening
our ‘customer for life’ approach.
We are very excited about this recent announcement and the overwhelmingly positive response we have received
from around the world.
We will keep you updated with our next steps, adding a new and exciting chapter to our extensive company heritage
and looking forward to working even closer together with you and your teams to help solve your water challenges
and #StandForWater.
Contact Menno M. Holterman for information about
Nijhuis Saur Industries: menno.holterman@nijhuisindustries.com
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Text Contributors | Nijhuis Saur Industries team
Text Editors | Steven Nieuwboer | Sarah Kerr | Martijn Kruisweg | Menno M. Holterman
Photography | Nijhuis Saur Industries team
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Please send a mail to news@nijhuisindustries.com
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Who we are
Drawing on powerful synergies with all Saur Group core businesses and companies, Nijhuis Saur Industries
helps industries, utilities and cities to reduce, reuse and recover to advance water and climate change
adaption. We commit ourselves to deliver solid and adaptive solutions for a sustainable, resilient and inclusive
future. We develop sustainable water use, energy and resource recovery solutions through innovation and
water-on-demand. With headquarters in the Netherlands, we are active in all geographical regions around
the world, serving over 4,000 references from its Sales & Service Centers, Engineering and Manufacturing
facilities.
Nijhuis Industries
Nijhuis Industries delivers solid and adaptive solutions for sustainable water use, energy and
resource recovery. Founded in 1904, we help industries, utilities and cities to reduce, reuse and
recover to advance water and climate change adaption and help build a more resilient, sustainable
and inclusive future. Nijhuis multidisciplinary teams develop, design and implement smart and
game changing solutions based on Nijhuis proprietary and innovative technologies. We help our
clients to meet their increasingly demanding sustainability requirements, lower their environmental
footprint, combine productivity and energy efficiency and reduce life cycle cost at the same time.
Contact Martijn Kruisweg for more information:
martijn.kruisweg@nijhuisindustries.com
Saur Industrie
From industrial water production to effluent treatment, Saur Industrie helps industrial companies
to take their environmental and financial performance to new levels by optimising their water cycle
and the uses they make of water. Saur Industrie has the expertise and technical skills required
to provide expert management of the full industrial water cycle., Saur Industrie helps companies
to manage their resources with the aim of shrinking their environmental footprint and optimising
their water and energy resources. In this way, Saur Industrie customers are able to comply fully
with increasingly strict environmental regulations, at the same time as taking the efficiency and
productivity of their installations to new levels.
Contact Christophe Boucaumont for more information:
christophe.boucaumont@saur.com
Unidro
Established in 1971, Unidro is a global player in water, wastewater and utilities related process
technology for the industrial markets. Our reputation on the international market is confirmed by the
repeated orders from top clients who appreciate the main values of our company: Dependability,
flexibility, full commitment to client satisfaction. With an unrivaled flexibility in matching your
requirements, project specifications, design standards and local regulations, every plant identified
by Unidro represents the best solution to meet EPC contractors and End Users needs.
Contact Francesco Ghisalberti for more information:
francesco.ghisalberti@unidro.com

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Water is incremental to
meet the SDGs
Econvert
Econvert Water & Energy is an ideal partner for companies active in food, paper, beer,
beverage, chemicals, flavours and fragrances. We can help you to save money in a
green way. Econvert's reactors are designed for the anaerobic treatment of industrial
waste water. Because of the unique settling systems the reactors are able to handle
a large variation and different concentrations of wastewater. Because of our lean and
mean designing, anaerobic technology is now available to large numbers of industries.
Water & Energy Therefore, wastewater becomes a valuable source of energy, in a world where energy
becomes more and more scarce.
Contact Pascal Telaar for more information:
p.telaar@econvert.nl
Riventa
Riventa is a pump energy expert. We have a long track record delivering highly innovative
technology. Looking ahead, we’re committed to working with the best project delivery
partners in each part of the world and focused on achieving great results for our
customers. We plan to continue serving industry while achieving significant growth over
the coming years. Our team of pump energy experts includes highly skilled hydraulic
engineers, software developers, engineering consultants, business managers, contract
specialists and project managers.
Contact Steve Barret for more information:
s.barrett@riventa.com
Imageau
Imageau is a young and innovative company seeking to bring out to the world the
cutting-edge technology developed in the Montpellier Geosciences Lab in France. It is
also the project of an enthusiastic team meeting around a major idea: the protection of
groundwater resources by means of an accurate cutting-edge monitoring technology.
Contact Olivier Depraz for more information:
olivier.depraz@imageau.eu

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Industrial Water and Technology
Our vision:
'To deliver Water-on-Demand’
The fragile global economy and political instability in some parts of the world, combined with the unpredictable
weather in many parts of the world, continue to result in too much, too less or too high polluted water. This
still requires solid and adaptive solutions for a sustainable and resilient future, and in addition will increase
the need for water solutions on demand.
We expect to see a strong rise of specific technologies that will be applied differently across industries, and across
applications. Access to clean water and air, healthy food, renewable energy and zero waste are essential to secure 9
billion people to an improved quality of life.
The ability to continuously adapt to these dynamic market circumstances and requirements of individual regions around
the world, is a balancing act. Our continuous efforts to contribute to the circular economy are being recognized by many of
our clients, resulting in a growing demand for our innovative offerings to reduce, reuse and recover water, energy, nutrients
and resources. In addition to that, there is a growing group of people who go to work to contribute to do something
meaningful, a sustainable purpose. We foresee the water sector can enter new markets with existing technologies to help
clients with their water challenges. However, innovation should always be part of the water industry business. Because
what is good today, is probably not sufficient tomorrow.
That ultimately bring us into a new decade wherein we foresee the increase of the need for
delivering ‘Water-on-Demand’ solutions and ‘the reduction of the environmental footprint’,
for a sustainable and resilient future.
‘Water-on-Demand’
Freshwater sources in several regions around the world are running out or will run out to secure the people an improved
quality of life due to the impact of climate change and other environmental issues. However, in a future world wherein the
water sector delivers ‘Water-on-Demand’ solutions, in combination with new technologies and new business models, the
balance between demand and supply are in harmony.
No longer we can afford to ‘bring’ drinking water quality to every single client around the world, which is in some cases
not even necessary. By balancing water demand, we provide water which is based on the actual usage to for example
feed cattle, grow food, flush toilets or water the lawn. Or providing the necessary water quality for industrial applications,
such as cooling water and process water and reuse water from industrial processes to reduce the water footprint. It is a
different quality instead of producing water for human consumption. Deliver ‘water-on-demand’ solutions fit into a
decentralised approach.

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What is required to deliver ‘water-on-demand’ and what are the potential solutions?
Water Reuse: a mandatory solution to close the water cycle.

But how to deal with the brine?
After the decade of the ‘proof of principle’, we see clients now
actively asking for integrated water reuse solutions, including
finance and operations & maintenance, which is a seismic shift.
Instead of discharging water flowing into river (which ends up
in the sea) a regional water cycle will keep the water in the area
wherein it was originally used and keep the local water buffer at
the desired ‘on-demand’ level. More research should be focused
on membrane technologies to produce high-quality water
to have a better understanding of the fouling mechanisms on
membranes which is costing industries a lot of money. To zoom-in
on zero liquid discharge, brine should get much more attention in
the world than it currently gets. It's important to reuse water, but
how to deal with the salts? There are not a lot of solutions available
today to do that properly and we expect more technologies will
become available in the future.
Data technology and the 'internet of things’

We believe that intelligent plants in the future can make impact
by monitoring the water demand and supply via robust sensor
technology combined with software and the knowledge, all
integrated in one platform. The internet of things and sensor
technology is going to help us tremendously and we are already
going to the next stage in developing software which will help
us to predict the behaviour of the plant, if the characteristics of
the water are changing. Our in-house Nijhuis i-MONITORING
solutions are being integrated into a smart Nijhuis supporting
i-DATA platform wherein clients around the globe in operating,
maintaining and optimizing their assets against the lowest possible
total cost of ownership and being in control at the same time.
This data is also a critical resource to verify the design criteria of
technologies and provide critical input to water professionals.

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Embrace new business models

Not only is innovation in technology important, but also innovation
in new business models for design, build, maintain, operate and
finance in order to offer industries ‘water-as-a-service’ instead of all
kind of different technologies and components. A business model
wherein the water is offered based on the needs, makes clients
more flexible. For example, Nijhuis Industries and Saur already
operate and maintain more than 4000 plants and we believe that
there will be further growth in asset ownership and operations.
This will require developing new skill sets and additional capital.
Deploy technologies from start- and scale-up companies

We understand that taking the step to start- and scale-up a
new company with a promising water technology in for example
anaerobic treatment, membrane or brine solutions is not easy.
Clients can choose nowadays a big variety of many different
technologies and to find your way in a dynamic landscape is
difficult. Doing it in a way that the innovation itself can sustain is one
of the biggest challenges. That is why Nijhuis Industries is working
with several start-up and scale-up companies, such as Semilla
Sanitation, to offer them the benefits of our in-house capabilities,
added value services, knowledge and the international network so
that realizing the dreams of start-up/scale-up companies become
more feasible.
‘The reduction of the environmental footprint’

Today’s companies and organisations have become more aware that they aren’t just working for the profit,
they’re investing in the future and an ultimate sustainable purpose. Climate change and other environmental
issues take undivided attention and impact 9 billion people in 2050. Companies are committed to reduce their
environmental footprint and set examples for others in their industries.

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Solutions to Reduce our Environmental Footprint
Reduce chemicals and further focus on chemical-free solutions

After the decade wherein intelligent dosing (i-DOSE) became a hit to reduce chemicals and wherein ozone
has been tested and implemented as a chemical-free solution to remove micropollutants, the water sectors
continue their investigation and implementation of chemical-free solutions and green alternatives for chemicals.
With for example electrocoagulation no salts are dissolved into water which are normally added with chemical
coagulants. Especially for water reuse applications it is better to prevent adding salts in the water. Or, effective
polishing treatment with sand and carbon filters which reduces biofouling on membrane installations. In
addition, by offering bio-organic catalyst, water treatment plants have a green alternative for regular chemicals.
Last but not least, electric osmosis in combination with a natural dryer is an interesting opportunity to further
dewater sludges to 50-80 % of dry matter. We are seeing more and more requirements from incinerators that
require an ideal composition of sludge. If you can tailor your dry solids to that, it makes incineration easier, and
it requires less energy and in the end no chemicals.
A stronger focus on modular designs and plug-n-play

solutions that can move with production shift
By addressing more on modular designs, we help a growing number
of clients to extend production infrastructure lifetime to avoid high
investment cost of new water treatment plants. Offering clients the
possibility to relocate and easily extend their water facilities, they
become more flexible when their business starts to grow or scale-
down their operation or either transfer the plant to another future
location. When modern plants become more and more modular
and constructed in skids, box frames or in shipping containers, we
also avoid CO2 and nitrogen emissions of conventionally building
and constructing completely new plants. The challenge is to keep
existing and modern plants up-to-date with solid and innovative
solutions and not neglecting them until they are completely outdated.

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A complete solution combining all utilities together

When combining and offering a complete utility solution to our
clients, they can become off-grid and fulfil many environmental
requirements to reduce the water and energy consumption,
reduce polluted air emission and recover valuable resources for
inhouse or regional usage. For example, large scale-solar PV
installation in combination with smart water and wastewater are
one of the first steps. This is especially interesting for decentralised
locations with a lack of access to discharge water to the sewer
or river and avoid ground water pollution. Or for example the
recovery of oil, fat and grease from the slaughtering process
as biofuel to make slaughterhouses and meet processing plants
energy self-sufficient. With solutions to recover besides fat, also
ammonia, energy, heat and chemicals the business case becomes
even much more interesting. Also, silo’s which very often are not
working together, really have to integrate water, energy and waste
into affordable solutions minimizing the environmental footprint, by
maximizing productivity and efficiency and lowering the total cost
of ownership at the same time.
Summary
If we look back on what has been achieved from 2010 to 2020 and what lies ahead of us in 2030, we thoroughly
believe that our unique and tailored ‘water-on-demand’ vision combined with a strong focus on ‘reducing
the environmental footprint’ will play a highly important role to reduce the impact of water scarcity, droughts
and climate change and required to provide 9 billion people in 2050 access to clean water, sanitation and
food security. It will definitely not be easy to achieve, but we believe that a strong bond of frontrunners,
organisations, companies, governments, farmers, industry leaders, water professionals, financial
and legal experts and civilians will make this happen. With our track-record of successfully introducing
game changing technologies and solid solutions to our loyal and growing clientele around the planet we are
very excited to take a lead role in this journey and add a new and even more exciting chapter to our extensive
company history!
Contact Wilbert Menkveld for information about our technology vision and roadmap:
wilbert.menkveld@nijhuisindustries.com

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Innovation In the Spotlight - MediOxi
Fighting antimicrobial resistance

combining Ozone and UV treatment
To anticipate on the upcoming changes in local environmental and water regulations (for example the EU
Water Framework Guideline), more and more researches have been conducted on our waterquality and the
organic and organic substance, that are present in our surface- and drinking water.
Due to the recalcitrant nature of some of these substances, the concentration is increasing in our wastewater. For
example, the increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria, micropollutants, medical residues and viruses in the wastewater.
In some cases, when these substances are not removed completely, this can harm aquatic life and in some cases are
already affecting human and animal health.
About antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance develops when bacteria is exposed to antibiotics. Because there are a limited amount of antibiotics
and few new antibiotics can be developed, this will result in a severe lack of antibiotic in the near future. As a consequence,
the antibiotics become ineffective and human and veterinary infections may not be treatable anymore. In addition,
medical interventions including surgery, chemotherapy and stem cell therapy may become impossible. Antibiotics in
the environment increase the risk of promoting antibiotic resistance.
Why the fight against antimicrobial resistance is important?

The fight against antimicrobial resistance is rapidly emerging. There is an increasing global need for new, workable,
affordable technologies for the sustainable reduction of emissions from antibiotic production. Nijhuis Industries and Van
Remmen are members of AMR Insights which have taken the initiative to establish a Dutch Public-Private Consortium
with the aim to support technological solutions and innovation capacity to reduce emissions from antibiotic waste
streams.
The Consortium targets hospitals, wastewater treatment plants and manufacturing plants
within and outside the European Union including countries such as China, India and other
LMIC’s. The objective of the Consortium is to reduce the antibiotic emissions with the
overarching aim of adding to the global curbing of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
How to remove harmful bacteria, viruses and micropollutants before they enter the
sewage treatment plant?
Treatment at the source, instead of at the sewage treatment plant, is a very interesting approach to disinfect and remove
bacteria, viruses and micropollutants and to help in reducing the effect of antibiotic resistance on the environment.
Multiple technologies, comprising filtration, ad-/absorption processes, biological processes and (chemical) oxidation
processes, have been successfully used to do so.

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By combining these technologies in a smart way, not only can micropollutants be removed but can also
contribute in the removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their genetic materials, difficult biodegradable
bacteria and viruses before they enter the sewage treatment plants.
How to make social and environmental impact?

Since treatment of the large volumes at a large-scale centralised installation are logically costly (they utilize for example
energy and chemicals), Nijhuis Industries has therefore focused on the development of a solution for decentralised
treatment: the MediOxi. Whether you have a hospital or industrial facility, you can make social, environmental and local
impact by implementing a permanent or temporary, mobile, Nijhuis solution to disinfect your wastewater before it enters
the sewage pipeline. Specific hospitals medicines or other harmful or infective organic micropollutants that are not or
hardly removed from households, can be disposed separately at the source.
Step 1 - A Nijhuis Audit & Feasibility study removal. It uses different filtration and separation
We first investigate the local situation and (can) analyse techniques and a combination of oxidative technologies
your water to determine the matrix of pollutants. The (Ozone and UV) to convert substances into biological
Nijhuis team has extensive experience to analyse all types degradable molecules. Using a specific dosing for the
of wastewater, feasibility and consultancy work. Audits specific removal requirements and smart combination of
are needed to identify opportunities for sustainable water techniques, it is possible to reach significant reduction
use, in compliance with the local environmental legislation of bacteria, viruses, remove medical residues or
After the audit, a decentralised (MediOxi) solution can be convert them so they can be further degraded inside a
chosen to effectively disinfect and remove viruses and conventional wastewater treatment plant. The solution can
bacteria. be completely containerized and placed at sources like
hospitals, elderly homes, or pharmaceutical companies.
Step 2 - Implement the Nijhuis MediOxi Solution
(in cooperation with Van Remmen UV Technology) To meet an even higher water quality, Direct Nano Filtration
The MediOxi solution is a treatment-at-the-source technology can be added as a technology building block
solution for bacteria, viruses and micropollutant to have the possibility to reuse water.
Client benefits / Impact

Effectively disinfects and removes micropollutants from your wastewater and has the
potential to remove antibiotic resistant bacteria and difficult biodegradable bacteria and viruses
before it is discharged from the sewer system.
By applying MediOxi at the source, specific medicines that are only discharged at
hospitals and not at households, are removed.
Make the difference: social, environmental and local impact by helping local water authorities to
keep our water clean from bacteria, viruses and micropollutants and have the possibility to reuse water
Feasibility of oxidation solutions at different locations: hospitals, elderly homes or care centres.
Prefab modular and containerised set-up of a Nijhuis installation, reducing on-site installation work and
emissions of NOx and CO2 on site.
Contact Eddie Broeders for information about our MediOxi solution: eddie.broeders@nijhuisindustries.com

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Innovation In the Spotlight - CarboPlus® Mobile Solution
Reduce the impact of micropollutants with the

plug-and-play CarboPlus® Mobile from Saur Industrie
Industrial activities are unfortunately a source of (in)visible pollution to the environment. When
micropollutants are released into the environment, it can have unfortunate effects on flora and fauna
and ultimately on humans. However, efficient filtration technologies for these micropollutants do exist to
reduce the impact. These include technologies like the MediOxi for hospitals (at the source) and MicroOxi
for sewage treatment plants developed by Nijhuis Industries, but also the CarboPlus® mobile plug and play
solution developed by Saur Industrie especially for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
European regulations now list some 110,000 substances classified as micropollutants. The word ‘micro’ is related to
the small size and they are present in our environment in very low concentrations. The word ‘pollutants’ is related to the
suspected effects on the environment and human health. It is therefore the responsibility of manufacturers and sewage
treatment plants to reduce the impact of these micropollutants in our environment by primarily relying on innovative
technologies.
From drinking water technology to the removal of micropollutants

In the 1990s, Saur developed a technology intended to eliminate pesticides from drinking water, the CarboPlus® solution.
This technology harnesses the power of activated carbon on a micrograin fluidized bed. These micrograins have a
diameter of between 300 and 600 μm for greater accessibility to adsorption sites and reinforces the effectiveness of the
treatment to ensure constant performance and maximise the use of coal surface thanks to the fluidized bed.
In the 2010s, Saur Industrie improved the technology to be able to remove micropollutants contained in industrial
wastewater. Building a Carboplus® needs time and CAPEX so the CarboPlus® technology is now offered as a rental
solution with CarboPlus® Mobile, which enforces flexibility and simplicity of implementation and operation.
How does the CarboPlus® Mobile work?

The CarboPlus® Mobile unit is a real ‘plug and play’ solution. It consists of two elements: a 20-foot container that contains
piping and a reactor which contains the activated carbon in a fluidized bed. Everything is transportable by truck. Once
deposited on site, the piping connects the reactor to the effluent of the industrial processing plant. A hydraulic system
is then connected to feed the effluent to the activated carbon reactor. The entire flow is discharged into the environment
after removal of micropollutants. Once the carbon is saturated, the reactor can be replaced on site with the possibility
of optimizing the rotation of the units. The polluted reactor is returned to a reactivation facility before returning to the
production cycle.
CarboPlus ®
Simple delivery and collection of the system A compact Plug & Play solution
Contact Luc Méjean for information about our CarboPlus® mobile solution: luc.mejean@saur.com

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Light
Industries
Food, Beverage and Dairy
New packaged water treatment plant for

soybean processing facility will provide high-quality
effluent to river
A new water treatment for the Sodruzhestvo Group will treat soybean processing wastewater into high-
quality effluent. The water will be discharged into the river, meeting the stringent Russian discharge limits
which are known as one of the highest requirements in the world. To meet the high requirements and
reduce the environmental footprint of the plant, Nijhuis Industries developed a treatment plant design
which consists of a filter system, biological treatment, DAF, sand filter and disinfection unit. The equipment
will be installed in 4x 40 feet modular box frames which will form the water treatment facility building,
including sandwich panels and a roof.
Benefits of the Nijhuis modular treatment plant

The main advantage of the pre-fabricated set-up at the Nijhuis Industries manufacturing facility is to reduce on-site
installation and commissioning time and simplifying permitting procedures and reduce manhour presence. Connections
between the modular box frames require only a few days. With the supply of the metal tanks, on-site foundation works
are being reduced since the WWTP will be located on the Baltic sea shore soil, which makes digging in the ground
more difficult. The plant is expected to be in operation at the end of 2020.
Implementation of the i-QUALITY system for real-time wastewater analysing

A Nijhuis i-QUALITY system will be installed, to analyze the pollution for two wastewater streams from the factory.
Depending on the real-time analysis and pollution in the water, the flow will be directed to different tanks. This avoids
the construction of large balance tanks and eventually reduces the plants footprint and CAPEX investment.
About Sodrugestvo and soybean processing

Sodrugestvo is a fast-growing and international agro- Client benefits / Impact
industrial Group based in Luxembourg, which has a Modular treatment facility to reduce installation and
strong presence in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, commissioning time.
Mediterranean East and Latin America. The oilseeds
Due to smart process design and real-time analysis
processing complex has been built with the latest of the influent, the construction of large balance
technologies and is one of the most modern in Europe tanks is not required and reduces the plant
footprint and CAPEX investment.
both in respect of its production facilities and in the scope
and scale of its tasks. The pelletized soybean hull having Meeting the stringent Russian discharge limits and
undergone special treatment is used as a feed component environmental compliance.
for farm animals, for the production of compound feed
Contributing to clean water to the Kaliningrad
products and as a raw material for producing fibre. region in Russia.
Contact Aleksandr Khodakov for more information about the project: aleksandr.khodakov@nijhuisindustries.com
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Riventa FREEFLOW pump technology for a

global food brand shows promising
cost-savings
An innovative pump testing approach for a global food brand resulted in a business case wherein several
promising cost-savings can be achieved for their food production plant. Their cooling system is split into
two pumping sub-systems: factory pumps 1-5 for sending chilled water from heat-exchangers to the
factory; and evaporator pumps that send chilled water from the factory to refrigeration heat exchangers.
The used method for the innovative pump testing was the thermodynamic measurement technique (ISO
5198), using the Riventa FREEFLOW technology. Savings of £19,200 per year can be achieved through
pump refurbishment.
The challenge
Factory pumps 1-5 undergo heavy wear and tear - with an average load of 45%, which is equivalent to 2.2 pumps
running at any one time. Seasonal variations were evident as hotter summer conditions require greater cooling per tons
of production. The pumps are also obsolete, with parts no longer available from the original manufacturer.
The solution The result

Riventa set up the FREEFLOW test equipment on each The business case calculated that pump refurbishment
pump. The pumps were horizontal end suction pumps, of the cooling system would bring potential savings
driven by a motor with an inverter drive to allow the of £19,200 per year, with possibilities to refurbish 2, 3
control of flow rate. We measured suction and discharge or 5 pumps. This includes a basic refurbishment with
pressures either side of the pump, differential temperature, internal coating plus replacement of wear-rings and
and motor input power. These measurements enabled us comprehensive refurbishment with a new tailored impeller.
to calculate differential head across the pump, hydraulic In order for costs to be justifiable, Riventa advised a
efficiency and volumetric flow. minimum aggregate pump efficiency of 80% would need
to be sought (for five pumps and a 5-year payback).
Client benefits / Impact

Promising cost-savings with Riventa FREEFLOW
pump technology.
Pump refurbishment advisory report with the best

possible economical business case.
Pump performance improvement and maximization

of the efficiency to reduce maintenance and energy.
Contact Steve Barret for more information about the project: s.barrett@riventa.com

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Rehabilitation of a major French dairy food

industrial wastewater treatment plant
The wastewater treatment has been upgraded to improve plant performance and to adapt to the
new hydraulic load in the wastewater due to production changes.
The solution
The team of Saur Industry proposed a turnkey EPC solution, with performance commitments. To meet the client’s
requirements and to comply with the discharge limits, they transformed existing tanks in balance tanks, and installed
a new biological treatment process with a new settler. The sludge treatment processes are being improved as well.
The new WWTP will treat 10 tons COD a day and 5000 m3 of wastewater a day.
The result
Thanks to the technical optimisations and teamwork, the upgraded plant will meet the high level and guaranteed
requirements of BOD 13 mg/l, COD 45 mg/l, TSS 18 mg/l, Nt 9 mg/l and Phosphorus 0,9 mg/l. Thanks to the use of
proven equipment and Saur’s extensive knowledge and experience in Operation & Maintenance the performance of
the wastewater treatment plant today is solid and efficient.
Contact Capucine Corre for more information about the project: capucine.corre@saur.com
Biogas valorisation upgraded by 50% for

soft drink plant
The soft drink production plant improved its water distribution network and wastewater management
due to smart plant improvement strategy of Saur Industrie. To tackle the main challenges to get efficient
management of the equipment, to reduce pollution and to improve biogas recovery, a real-time monitoring
system has been put into place.
Just arrived on site, the first action made by Saur Industrie team was to understand how the production plant and the
different workshops function during one complete week. Depending on the schedules of production and Cleaning in
Place phases, they could anticipate the management of the WWTP. Around 30 training sessions with operators and
production line managers were organized as well to anticipate on impacts of fluctuations in the production.
The result
Thanks to this better communication and understanding between production and the wastewater management, there
are today less unexpected pollution events. The work of Saur Industrie resulted in a better reactivity on water quality
and quantity and better discharge values compared to standards. Easier identification of pollutions is now feasible,
allowing to adapt the treatment. The biogas valorisation was also upgraded by 50%.
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Meat and Poultry
Water reuse to help Cedrob S.A. cope with

increasing production demand
Water reuse targets for poultry slaughterhouses and processors
One of Europe’s largest and leading poultry processors Cedrob S.A.has achieved it production extension
goals by investing in a water reuse solution. Since production extension has reached its Its limitations due
to limited fresh water resources, reuse of wastewater became an interesting solution for Cedrob S.A. to
continue their growth.
Cedrob S.A. is the largest Polish producer of poultry meat, chicks and animal feed. It is a fully integrated poultry
business based on Polish stock. Since its founding in 1991, Cedrob S.A. has observed dynamic growth, becoming
the largest and leading Polish producer of poultry meat. They are driven by the motto: “Who does not develop their
business, loses it”. Following this principle, the company focuses on innovation, in both the fields of technology
and production. The slaughterhouses’ total daily output reaches 1 million broilers, 60,000 stewing hens and 15,000
geese.
Care for the environment

The Cedrob Group cooperates with over a dozen companies working on environmental protection and the
implementation of the most modern technologies in the field. These companies include entities responsible for the
development of technologies for wastewater treatment plants, laboratory research, inspection of harmful emissions
and the processing and recovery of raw materials, including packaging.
Water reuse and biogas plant in Ujazdówek

One of the most valuable solutions is the water reuse and biogas plant installed by Nijhuis Industries in Ujazdówek.
This plant is processing its production waste to clean biogas.This not only provides energy benefits; the processing
takes place at the site where the waste is produced. This avoids the need to transport the waste to disposal sites,
which is expensive and harmful to the environment. At the same time, an easier to manage fertilizer is obtained. Since
2019, another sustainable goal has been achieved due to dramatically reducing the water footprint and reuse water
for production applications.
The increasing risk of insufficient groundwater in the near future has prompted Cedrob to invest in this innovative
water reuse system. The groundwater is used as process water and cleaning water across all factory production
lines. With the company business continuing to expand, additional production lines will be installed. The additional
production capacity will also require process and cleaning water, increasing the demand placed upon dwindling well
water supplies and raise cost. This was one of the main drivers for this client to choose the most economical and
best business case to reuse wastewater, developed by Nijhuis Industries.

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Recycling to safely reuse and up to 60% water footprint reduction

Leading this technological progress, the facility in Ciechanów in Poland is set to become a flagship facility for water
reuse. In 2019 Nijhuis Industries engineers installed a state-of-the-art water-recycling technology that will allow Cedrob
to reduce up to 60% of the water footprint.
The reuse installation is a real breakthrough within the meat industry, and will meet game-changing sustainability goals.
8000 m3 wastewater per day will in the future not be discharged into the river, but reused as a valuable resource for
inhouse purposes in the production facility. Nowadays 4000 m3/d is reused with a future extension to 8000 m3/d.
Water reuse efforts in the meat, food and beverage stringent European drinking water regulations. While
industry around the world water reuse in the meat, food and beverage industry is
Meat processing facilities consume significant amounts becoming increasingly more common (industry players
of water to process meat into edible product for human like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Heineken, Nestle, Carlsberg
consumption. The requirement to operate under stringent are on board), there is still a stigma associated with the
food safety regulations coupled with the potentially practice. A lot of people are questioning about the idea
catastrophic impact of a food poisoning incident dictates of water reuse anywhere near food.
that much of this water is consumed for cleaning and
sanitation purposes. However, the reuse of water from But the truth is, with the right treatment methods, the
the wastewater treatment plant is becoming a ‘license to water is actually cleaner than it was when they were
operate’ since a growing number of companies want to receiving it directly from the tap.
expand their production facilities.
Despite the large number of challenges, frontrunners like
This continuous battle for more water in the future Cedrob are playing a vital role to change perception and
is leaving no other option to reuse the treated help turning reuse becoming a standard practice to
effluent in the most efficient way, meeting the very secure a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future.
Contact Rafał Sowa for more information about the project: rafal.sowa@nijhuisindustries.com

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Pharma, Cosmetic and Healthcare
L’Oréal and Nijhuis Industries successfully

commence operation of the water reuse plant
After a successful water reuse pilot trial in July 2017, L’Oréal commissioned Nijhuis as its partner to
build one of the most modern and state-of-the-art water reuse plants at its Warsaw factory. Since 2020,
the plant is in operation and reusing water within their factory. After the plant has been engineered in a
modern 3d design, an impressive and state-of-the-art facility has been put into operation.
L’Oreal has a history of success when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions, having made a 50% reduction between
2005 and 2015. Now, at one of its largest factories in the world, the global cosmetics company wants to exceed
in reducing the environmental footprint of its production plant. As well as reducing waste quantities, L’Oréal has
committed to a 60% reduction in water consumption, per finished product, by 2020 (using a 2005 baseline). Achieving
this ambitious goal is only possible by optimization of water consumption and by recycling water on site.
A sustainable, resilient and future-ready treatment facility

Nijhuis designed a complete water treatment solution which covers the civil works and technology, consisting of
filtration, flocculation, flotation, MBR treatment, reverse osmosis and dewatering system. Due to the selection of
the proposed design, 70.000 m3 per year is recycled. The reused water will be used by the production plant to
clean manufacturing tools and cooling processes. To meet the customer demands, the teams of L’Oréal and Nijhuis
developed, in close consultation, not only an installation which will be future-proofed, but also designed a state-of-
the-art operators’ building which fits into the environment of the production facility of L’Oréal. The project is a perfect
example of providing a solid high-quality installation being adaptive for upcoming future challenges, for a sustainable,
resilient and inclusive future.
Limiting the plant’s environmental impact Client benefits / Impact

Optimizing water efficiency in existing processes is the Wastewater reuse to clean manufacturing tools and
basis for any improvement, but by going further and cooling processes
reimagining the water cycles entirely, a much bigger
High-tech water reuse solution, based on the
positive impact can achieved. To extract very high- experienced Nijhuis application knowledge
quality water that can be used again and again in a
closed loop, the environmental footprint of the plant is Successful pilot trial to prove the high-tech concept
dramatically reduced. Improved sustainability, green image and reduced

water footprint
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Fish industry
Environmental requirements in the fish

processing industry: Challenge or Opportunity?
Learn about our fish processing wastewater solutions
Environmental requirements in the fish processing industry are needed to protect nature. But does this
provide limitations to companies to grow due to stringent discharge limits? Or is bad operation and
maintenance the reason why existing wastewater treatment plants are consuming a large amount of
chemicals and energy to meet discharge limits? Then it is time to change and stop wasting money and
start saving. In the following article, learn how to turn these requirements into opportunities! Nijhuis
Industries provides solid and adaptive water and wastewater solutions specifically designed for the fish
processing industry.
What’s happening in the fish and aquaculture market and the effect on the
environmental footprint? How to feed 9 billion people in 2050?
The fish industry has been around for millennia but only started to contribute significantly to the global food supply and
rural livelihoods about 30 years ago. It will be inevitable that the impact of the growing world population will have
an effect on the fish industry. A growing group of people are reducing their meat consumption for health purposes and
environmental footprint reduction. To fulfill the growing demand, proteins are necessary to feed for example salmon.
There are several ways to achieve this, not only via the conventional way but also via innovative ways with for example
insects instead of fish will has less impact on the environmental footprint. From the bigger picture, consumption
scenarios project protein consumption by 2050 to range between 264 million and 361 million tons, a 31% minimum
increase. This is a chance for the industry, as wastewater from the fish industry contains highly valuable
source of protein. Recovery of protein is effective for the business and contributes to a more sustainable future.
What might be seen as a cost on the first hand, has the potential to be turned into a Resource Recovery centre of
valuable proteins including an attractive business case.
To do so, the industry is making the change in fulfilling the world’s growing demand for protein. On one hand the
industry is providing protein to the world, on the other hand they also need proteins to grow their fish. In some specific
areas of the fish industry environmental adaptationis key, since there are concerns of antibiotics used in shrimp farms.
An overdue of antibiotics can ensure that people will become less resistant to bacteria and antibiotics in general and
is a potential treat to human health and the environmental. Sustainable water use and water treatment plays a major
role in how the industry can reduce their environmental footprint.

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Typical water facts in the fish processing industry
Industrial wastewater from fish processing / sea food operations can be very high in Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(BOD), Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG), and nitrogen content. BOD is derived mainly from the butchering process and general
cleaning and nitrogen originates predominantly from blood in the wastewater stream. For example, salmon, shrimp,
anchovy, sardine and mackerel processing plants can typically generate between 500 to 1500 m3 of wastewater
per day, although this varies per processing facility. When potential water savings and pollution cannot be achieved
in the processing facility, a large amount of wastewater needs to be treated, in the first instance, to fulfil the effluent
discharge limits.
Fact #1 Fact #2 Fact #3

High BOD, FOG and Wastewater flow of Large amount of
nitrogen content 500-1500 m3 per day potentially valuable
proteins
The potential water challenges and opportunities due to legislation and

environmental requirements
Water is a valuable and scarce commodity which can offer both challenges and opportunities for the fish processing
industry. Of course, it is in the interest of human and nature well-being to avoid polluting the rivers and seas. For this
purpose, legislation is needed but this can also give a headache to fish processing companies to keep their core
business going. They can even be forced to close the business due to not meeting the discharge limits.
That will ultimately mean that stricter legislation limits can impact the growth of the fish processing business. The
industry needs to act now and take the responsibility to protect nature, reduce the environmental footprint and keep
rivers and sea’s clean from polluted water. For example, in Latin America, the new D.S. 90 and D.S. 609 directives
involve changes in the market and the EU Industrial Emissions Directive impacts European as well. Industries are
required to sample their sewage water and send it to a hired laboratory every month.
Nijhuis Industries understands the impact of legislation on especially the water management of the processing
facility. This encourages us as a water expert to provide sustainable, excellent designed solutions to the fish processing
industry to turn these challenges into opportunities.
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This is how fish processing companies can respond to environmental

requirements and save money at the same time:
In case a complete greenfield wastewater treatment plant By investing in sustainable solutions, fish processing
is required, the best-available-technologies (BAT) can be companies will meet environmental requirements and save
applied. However, in case a wastewater treatment plant a lot of unnecessary costs and Nijhuis Industries takes care
is already implemented this should save cost in theory of discharge limits. Helping fish processing companies
to meet the discharge limits. In reality, water-related to meet the local wastewater discharge legislation is our
problems in existing and outdated treatment plants will challenge. A partnership with Nijhuis Industries makes
make sure no savings are being achieved and effluent complying with environmental requirements for now
discharge limits are becoming more difficult to be met as and in the future even easier. An updated facility can
legislation becomes stricter. Outdated wastewater plants for example lower energy and chemicals costs, which
require intensive operation and maintenance and can ensures fish processing companies can maximise their
even worsen the legislation challenges. growth to the fullest.
The Nijhuis Industries solutions and expertise
Based on global coverage, Nijhuis Industries has been able to support multiple fish processing clients with our in-
house industry knowledge and expertise. We are proud to say that we have for example supported several salmon
processing facilities in Norway, Peru, Chile and Ecuador. We support the fish processing industry with a complete
in-house portfolio of wastewater treatment solutions, resource recovery and sludge management of all different
quantities in wastewater. In most cases, the solutions we provide contain:
• Pre-treatment: Screens and Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) to eliminate surcharge costs and comply with
environmental legislation
• Intelligent dosing to reduce chemical costs
• Dewatering of sludge to reduce sludge discharge costs
• Biological treatment for effluent compliance improvement
• Polishing and Water Reuse to reduce water intake and reduce the water footprint
With these solutions and sustainable partnership, the fish processing industry meets environmental requirements
and discharge limits.
Next steps
Step 1: Contact Nijhuis Industries to visit together with your experts your fish processing plant.
Step 2: A report and recommendations based on the Best Available Technology (BAT).
Step 3: Design and built the appropriate treatment plant by considering total cost of ownership (TCO).
Step 4: Operational services for the lifecycle of the plant including Operation & Maintenance.
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Schedule a (virtual) reference visit
Nijhuis Industries offers the possibility to visit an existing fish processing wastewater treatment plant. In case you have
for example no experience yet in wastewater, a (virtual) tour will help you to learn more about one of the most precious
resources on our planet and take your company to the next level to reduce the environmental footprint!
Nijhuis Industries Fish project water treatment project examples
Entre Vientos, Salmon processing, Chile Asdomar, Tuna processing, Italy

2400 m3/d 1300 m3/d
Solution: Filter, Flocculation, Flotation, Sludge Solution: Filter, Flocculation, Flotation, Sludge
Management Management
Australis, Salmon processing, Chile Nordlaks, fish production, Norway

600-1800 m3/d 2x 150 m3/hr
Solution: Filter, Flocculation, Flotation, Sludge Solution: Flotation
Management
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Paper and Pulp
WWTP extension with methanisation

technology of the French Sical paper mill
reduces environmental footprint
Saur Industries and Econvert jointly identified an extension of the Sical Paper Mill wastewater treatment
plant. Since January 2020, the plant is in operation to reduce the client’s environmental footprint, meet
discharge limits and provide clean water to the local river in Northern France.
The challenge
Since the paper mill facility increased production, the wastewater treatment needed to adapt to the new situation
to stay in compliance with the discharge limits. Since the wastewater contains a high amount of COD, anaerobic
treatment processes are ideal to apply due to low energy and chemical consumption and taking existing site
limitations in mind.
The solution and result

Saur Industries and Econvert team developed a compact WWTP design, which includes anaerobic-aerobic treatment.
The Econvert-EGSB® reactor removes the majority of COD. Due to the application of the anaerobic treatment
technology, the client even has the possibility in the future to valorise the 1600 m3 per day of biogas to meet the plant’s
steam needs. The existing activated sludge treatment was increased as well. To meet the latest O&M standards, a
new technical room has been built which includes a laboratory for analysis, monitoring and automation management.
About the client

The Sical Paper Mill plant produces paper, cardboard Client benefits / Impact
and polystyrene. The facility location is part of the Groupe
Rossmann, which is the main independent packaging Joint effort of Saur Industries and Econvert
manufacturer in Europe and Africa with a production considering the existing constraints and complying
with customer needs.
capacity of 500 000 tons. As a pioneer in Europe,
with strong experience of materials and expertise of The most adapted anaerobic-aerobic solution to
customer’s needs, their know-how is recognized. Their the industrial site.
range of machines allows them to offer all various kinds
of printed packaging. The best valorization, treatment and O&M solutions.
Meeting the discharge limits and reducing the

environmental footprint.
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Industries
Energy, Oil, Gas, Fertiliser and (Petro)chemical)
Consultancy study in partnership with Asian

oil storage client
Early 2020, a renowned Asian oil company awarded Nijhuis Industries Asia Pacific two contracts. After
the successful delivery of a complete pre-treatment DAF plant several years ago, the client requested an
additional study and site lab trial to further enhance the treatment of crude oil wastewater.
The first contract is an i-CONSULT study for the process

improvement to renew the existing water treatment Client benefits / Impact
facility. The second contract is for an i-CONSULT
Unparalleled Nijhuis technology knowledge to
laboratory trial at the client’s site to prove a technology
remove oil and gas by-products from water before
extension of the existing water treatment facility. discharge
This includes a containerized lab wherein 1 IBC of Fast-track realisation of a 20-foot containerized
wastewater is processed via a bench scale MBBR unit, laboratory
followed by a simulated DAF unit, plus chlorine dioxide
Local process and laboratory expertise to fast track
dosing which are all performed in a temporary 20-
the trials
foot container. The lab-scale is part of a larger project
for the full-scale tertiary treatment. The reason for this
important environmental and water project is due to the
recent challenges the client had to remove oil and gas
by-products from crude oil wastewater to meet the local
government discharge requirements.
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Minimise fresh water use for SAGD with smart

water technologies
Ground Effects and Nijhuis Industries successfully treated SAGD produced water based on a smart
technology application. Silica, TSS, COD, TOC, H2S, metals and bacteria are removed from the water and
the clean water is exceeding reuse criteria for steam generation. Due to the smart technology, the client
approximately saved on 50% of the CAPEX and 50% of the OPEX in comparison to conventional SAGD
water treatment technologies (warm and hot lime softening).
The success of this project meets several industry challenges. Water treatment and steam generation create a high
demand for clean water. Reuse of produced water is critical to the life cycle and further production in SAGD facilities.
Each year millions of cubic meters of contaminated wastewater are produced daily. Due to an increased water demand
for production, limited quality water availability and continued stringent regulatory requirements, water availability and
usage can become a limiting factor. The new water treatment facility successfully treats the produced water to reuse
standards, reducing pressure on fresh water supplies. It replaces expensive chemical processes including warm lime
softener (WLS) and hot lime softener (HLS). Operational success of the SAGD includes 50% reduction in CAPEX and
OPEX of $0.40 - $ 0.80/m3.
The Solution
Treating approximately 100 m3/h of produced water in Client benefits / Impact
technology train consisting of Ground Effects unique
electrocoagulation (EC) followed by Nijhuis innovative Viable solution, continuous treatment of produced water
Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) and multimedia filtration.. Easily handles hydrocarbon upsets, pH fluctuations and
This treatment stream treats and removes the range high H2S levels.
of pollution allowing the produced water to be reused
for steam generation greatly improving the site OPEX Following treatment, the cleaned water can now be
costs and incoming water demand. The system is reused for production needs.
scalable and can be expanded in a modular nature Reduced costs of chemical additives, operations and
allowing for quick expansion and simpler engineering/ maintenance.
production for other project sites.
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Advanced water technology with minimal

liquid discharge to transform the Uzbekistan
fertilizer market
A new Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD) project of Unidro has been put into operation in Q3 2020 for the
Navoiyazot Joint Stock Company (JSC). This is part of the series of major development projects to boost
the production of mineral fertilisers in Uzbekistan, as they transform fertiliser production in a country
with ambitious growth plans. The process relies on a core set of proven technologies, but are adopted in
a disruptive way to do what’s good for both business and the environment, for a sustainable and resilient
future.
One of these projects is the construction of a nitric acid production facility, with an expected capacity of 1,500 metric
tons per day to be used for fertiliser production. The new MLD plant helps to conserve fresh water and adhere to strict
effluent discharge regulations.
The Solution - Cooling and Demin Water MLD - Helping Navoiyazot JSC to meet their
Production environmental requirements
The facility required a water processing system to treat Instead of discharging the full reverse osmosis reject
raw surface water to a purity level sufficient for use in stream, by using MLD techniques and customizing
the plant’s boilers and cooling towers, and to serve technology for specific treatment stages, a solution
other operation functions. Unidro supplied a two-pass has been delivered to meet the clients’ purity and
reverse osmosis system followed by electrodeionization environmental requirements. The challenge was to go
modules for the demin water production section. through subsequent steps of concentration, by means
Around 1000 RO membrane elements were installed of additional reverse osmosis trains followed by an
in the unit. evaporator system. For this purpose, multi-step pre-
treatments were designed in order to prevent scale
issues, and last-generation of RO membrane elements
Client benefits / Impact were selected, with special tolerance to high salt
contents.
Cost-saving MLD strategy: reduces liquid waste flow
and need for feed water.
RO elements are designed to handle challenging

waters.
The MLD plant helps to conserve fresh water and

adhere to strict effluent discharge regulations.
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Condensate water treatment plant

helps Copenhagen to become the
world’s first CO2-neutral capital
Since the end of 2019, a Unidro Condensate Water Treatment Plant and Make up Water Production Plant is
in operation for a Biomass Power Plant in Copenhagen. Copenhagen’s ambition is becoming the world’s first
CO2-neutral capital by the year 2025, and the project was born to achieve this sustainable ambition. Since
the awarding of the contract in 2017, Unidro has delivered the technical design, including site construction
works, commissioning and start-up.
The Challenge
The purpose of the Condensate Water Treatment Plant is to purify the flue gas condensate from the condensers and/
or humidifier. The treated condensate is partially discharged, and partially used as feedstock for the Make-up Water
Production Plant in order to generate demineralized water. Within a complicated overall system architecture, consisting
of several purification steps, one of the main challenges is the removal of toxic heavy metal, including few parts per billion
of mercury, cadmium, lead, molybdenum, nickel, vanadium, zinc and others. Traces of these metals are often present in
the flue gas condensate, and the acceptable values for discharge of the treated condensate are extremely low.
The Solution Copenhagen Aims To Be World's First Carbon

Unidro, supported by the expertise of Nitto Denko Neutral Capital By 2025
(world leader membrane supplier), has designed a multi- According to an article on the website from the World
step treatment which allows for concentration reduction Economic Forum is stated that “Copenhagen in its
down to ppt values for all of the above elements, in order entirety, including Nordhavn, aims to become the world's
to meet the stringent discharge parameters. The system first CO2-neutral capital by 2025. Over the course of
includes ultrafiltration, stripping, two-pass reverse 10 years, Copenhagen has committed to completely
osmosis desalination, final metal removal on selective removing the city's 2 million tons of carbon footprint,
ion exchange resins, membrane degasser, electro even as the city continues to grow, with 100,000 new
deionization. inhabitants and 20,000 jobs.
The biggest contribution to reducing CO2 in the
Client benefits / Impact municipality is traditional district heating, which now
accounts for virtually the entire municipality's heat
Sustainable contribution to fulfill the ambitious supply. But this water-based infrastructure is not just
carbon neutral target of Copenhagen. about district heating, but also about district cooling.
Removal of toxic compounds. Since 2010, a growing part of major companies' cooling
needs has been covered by remote cooling, where
Meeting the stringent discharge parameters. seawater is circulated around the companies. This could
potentially rid the city’s atmosphere of 80,000 tons of
CO2.”
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Commissioning and startup of advanced

wastewater treatment plant during covid
ORLEN Południe S.A wastewater treatment plant in Trzebinia
This article was originally published in the Polish Magazine ‘Chemia Przemysłowa’
The construction of a wastewater treatment plant in ORLEN Południe S.A in Trzebinia, which lasted for
one and a half years, was completed in July 2020. The plant will not only ensure technological safety, but
also turn some of the costs related to wastewater treatment into profit, in the form of heat produced from
biogas obtained from the wastewater.
As part of the investment in ORLEN Południe, Nijhuis Industries designed and built a treatment plant for industrial
wastewater, rainwater and a module for wastewater from the production of biodiesel and glycerine with biogas being
used for heating purposes.The main challenge was to ensure the continuity and security of the installation process.
The treatment plant has been designed to work in an automated manner. Technological lines were made in the system
2x100% of the nominal flow. The duplication of devices and individual tanks allows for an uninterrupted flow and
treatment of wastewater to the parameters of discharge to the River Ropa throughout the year. The entire process is
automated and managed according to established algorithms to ensure maximum process and environmental safety.
Wastewater, buffer tank, CPI separator

Wastewater from the plant site flows to four raw The water / oil separator (CPI), which separates free
wastewater pumping stations, from where it is pumped oil (oil film) from the waste water, is equipped with an
to the newly built buffer tank. In case of heavy rainfall, automatic discharge system of bottom sediment. It is
pumping stations are equipped with overflows that discharged into the sediment tank. The separated waste
discharge rainwater directly to rainwater retention tanks, is transported to the technological tanks of the floating
which constitute the rainwater retention system, and in layer. CPI units separate free oil from wastewater, while
case of exhaustion of the retention capacity of reservoirs, oil in the form of emulsions or dissolved in wastewater
rainwater is discharged through the storm overflow is removed in the next stage, which is physical chemical
directly to the receiver. pre-treatment.
The total tank capacity is about 10.000 m3. The flow

between successive tanks is carried out by gravity. In
dry periods, rainwater accumulated in retention tanks
is returned to the buffer tank, and then treated on the
treatment plant devices.
The buffer tank with a capacity of about 1000 m3 is

equipped with a system for collecting the fat layer and the
mixture of oils from water surface. The collected floating
fractions are transported to technological tanks equipped
with a mixer and a heating system, after decantation they
are pumped for further use or sent for recovery. From
the buffer tank, the wastewater goes to the water/oil
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Physical chemical pre-treatment

The stage of intensive physical chemical pre-treatment of wastewater involves the use of coagulation,
flocculation and dissolved air flotation processes.
The tubular flocculator, into which chemical reagents are dosed, consists of a system of mixing pipes, which enables
precise mixing of chemical reagents with wastewater, and thus optimal regulation of the dosing process. Chemical
reagents are injected into the flocculator through injection installations. The wastewater from the flocculator flows
into the flotation unit. Sludge flocks are lifted towards the surface and from there are continuously and automatically
removed by the scraper mechanism. Thanks to the installation of the sludge dewatering grate, its optimal density
will be obtained. The flotation device is equipped with a package of lamellas, which increases the separation area
and ensures the removal of even the smallest flocs from the wastewater. The sludge from the stage of intensive
physical pretreatment is directed to the dewatering installation, while the pretreated wastewater is directed to the
MBBR biological treatment installation.
Dissolved organic substances are removed in MBBR out of the MBBR reactor through a screen retaining the
reactors, what allows to achieve the parameters of bio-carriers in the reactor.
wastewater discharge into the environment. The MBBR
technology is based on the use of a biological membrane After this process, the wastewater goes under the
(biofilm) covering specially designed plastic elements additional clarification process in the dissolved air flotation
that increase the active surface (bio-carriers), which system. In this way, the sludge formed in the biological
are suspended due to continuous movement inside the wastewater treatment process is removed. This sludge
reactor." is directed to the AECOMIXTM plant and then to the
sludge dewatering plant, while the dewatering centrate is
Wastewater is directed to the MBBR biological returned to the buffer tank. Dehydrated sludge is fed to
reactor, in which the biofilm growing on the structure of a container and then collected by an authorized recipient
the carriers breaks down pollutants. Organic pollutants as waste.
removed by the biofilm are used as a substrate for the
growth of the biological membrane. Due to the special
design of the carriers, the biofilm has an inflow of oxygen
and organic substances necessary for the optimal
growth of microorganisms. Excessive biofilm separates
from bio-carriers naturally and is removed from the
reservoir together with the treated sewage. The aeration
system installed at the bottom of the tank provides the
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AECOMIXTM System
The AECOMIXTM system is designed for wastewater from the Ester and Glycerine Production installation. This system
combines anaerobic digestion with an external solid-liquid separation system (dissolved nitrogen flotation). After the
process, the liquid is pumped out of the fermentation tank to the flocculation and anaerobic flotation installation with
dissolved nitrogen. The effluent after flotation goes to the main line of the treatment plant, where it merges into a
single stream with the remaining sewage. The biogas generated during the anaerobic biotransformation process is
buffered in a double-membrane gas tank integrated with the AECOMIXTM reactor, and after drying it is burned in a
boiler with a capacity of approximately 0.7 MW. The treated wastewater is discharged into the River Ropa. Rainwater
from Rafineryjna Street (formerly Kruczkowskiego Street) is directed to the River Ropa through a newly installed
rainwater separator and settling tank.
With the new plant in operation, ORLEN Południe SA takes care of the water and wastewater management.
Tests were carried out to obtain water from the stream of treated wastewater with parameters allowing it to be fed to
the Water Treatment Plant at the Power plant division. The results of the tests and analysis carried out, confirm the
high quality of the treated water. As a result, a path opens to close the water cycle on the premises of the plant by
recovering water from treated wastewater.
AECOMIXTM-DNF
Dissolved Nitrogen Flotation,
an external solid-liquid separation
system for anaerobic treatment.
Contact Marcin Polit for more information about the project: marcin.polit@nijhuisindustries.com

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Municipal &
Residential Industries
Drinking / Potable water
Innovative dual-mode Keppel desalination plant

begins operations with High Rate Nijhuis
Industries DAF pre-treatment
Singapore’s fourth desalination plant, the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), has commenced
commercial operation. Unique is its large-scale, dual mode for the treatment of both freshwater from the
Marina Bay Reservoir, or seawater. For the pre-treatment of the seawater, contractor Nijhuis Industries
has provided eight high rate dissolved air flotation units for removal of solids. With a total plant recovery
rate of 98%, the Nijhuis DAF units provide a small environmental footprint utilizing Nijhuis plate pack
technology.
DBOO-contract
The desalination plant can produce 137,000 m3 of fresh drinking water per day. It has been built by Keppel Infrastructure
under a Design, Build, Own and Operate (DBOO) arrangement with the National Water Agency, the Public Utility Board
of Singapore (PUB). Keppel will operate the plant for 25 years under this contract arrangement. All plant facilities are
located underground, with a green parkland area above the facility at ground level.
Two water sources:

Depending on conditions such as high rainfall, the plant can choose to draw from either the Marina Bay or the sea
in the production of desalinated water. When the Marina Bay reservoir reaches high levels during the heavy rain
season the plant may elect to draw water from the Marina Bay, which then requires less energy and fewer steps in
the treatment process compared to desalination. The plant can draw water from the sea and the reservoir, collecting
both into a dual flow chamber, through pre-treatment using flocculation and dissolved air flotation, then ultrafiltration;
a two-pass reverse osmosis system; finally, post-treatment using ultraviolet disinfection. The pre-treatment consists
of eight Nijhuis Dissolved Air Flotation Units followed by Ultrafiltration.technology, the client even has the possibility in
the future to valorise the 1600 m3 per day of biogas to meet the plant’s steam needs. The existing activated sludge
treatment was increased as well. To meet the latest O&M standards, a new technical room has been built which
includes a laboratory for analysis, monitoring and automation management.

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Help building a more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive future

Menno M. Holterman, CEO of Nijhuis Industries and President of SAUR Industries, comments: “After the announcement
of the partnering with SAUR, the start of the operation of the Marina East Desalination plant is another unique moment
in the 116-year history of Nijhuis Industries. We are extremely proud that our team together with Keppel, PUB and
other technology providers have successfully realized an impressive climate-resilient desalination plant. With a strong
focus on footprint reduction, the lowest possible energy and chemical consumption and a total plant recovery rate
of 98%, the plant perfectly fits into our unique ‘reduce-reuse-recover’ philosophy. The testing and commissioning
during the Covid-19 pandemic brought about some inevitable challenges. A big compliment must be made to the
commitment of the Nijhuis Industries team as one of the contractors to overcome these challenges and deliver a
successful project with Keppel. This shows once again the fulfilment and dedication of water professionals, even
during these challenging times, to help to build a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive future”.
Small DAF unit footprint due to plate pack technology

The Nijhuis concrete High Rate i-DAF units have plate packs that make particles/flocks float to the surface with the
injection of air. The floating solids are automatically and continuously being removed by a scraper mechanism. The
plate packs designed by Nijhuis, increase the separation area, and ensures that even the smallest flocks are removed
from the intake water. In comparison to classic DAF units without plate packs for desalination plants, a DAF unit with
plate packs reduces footprint requirements by 30 to 60 percent. Especially for the purification of sea and surface
water above 800 m3/hr., pre-treatment solutions must be compact, robust, stable, and modular at the same time.
technology, the client even has the possibility in the future to valorise the 1600 m3 per day of biogas to meet the plant’s
steam needs. The existing activated sludge treatment was increased as well. To meet the latest O&M standards, a
new technical room has been built which includes a laboratory for analysis, monitoring and automation management.
Innovative aeration system

The i-DAF system is based on the innovative i-AERATION
system which forms fine air bubbles for the separation
of particles ensured by the patented non-clogging
depressurization nozzles. Micro air bubbles are dosed in
and before the inlet construction of the DAF unit. In the
i-AERATION system, a part of the treated water is brought
under a pressure of 5 bar, making air dissolve in water. By
reducing the pressure down to 1 bar, small air bubbles
of 20 to 60 micron are formed, which quickly stick to
the impurities in the water and cause a high degree of
clarification.
Contact Duane Schlicht for more information about the project: duane.schlicht@nijhuisindustries.com

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Municipal &
Residential Industries
Wastewater Treatment & Reuse
Compact Nijhuis DAF solved footprint challenges at

temporary sewage treatment plant ‘Sha Tau Kok’
To maintain sewage treatment services for Sha Tau Kok district in Hongkong during the expansion works,
a Temporary Sewage Treatment Plant (TSTP) is required with a small footprint of less than 750 square
metre in the existing plant area. The compact Nijhuis DAF (type IPF) fitted perfectly within the small
footprint restrictions.
Short construction period

To overcome the challenges on short construction period and small site footprint, the overall project team adopts
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) technology in the project. MBBR is an advanced wastewater treatment
technology using specialised plastic carriers to create a surface on which microorganisms treating the wastewater are
grown. It is renowned for its compactness and high treatment efficiency. Nijhuis Industries has provided a DAF system
which functions as activated sludge flotation. The complete plant consists of an inlet pumping station, Package Pre-
Treatment Plants, Equalization Tank, Mechanical Filter Mesh, Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) Tank, Flocculation
Tank and Dissolved Air Flotation Unit and In-pipe UV Disinfection System.
The project has started in March 2019 and is in operation since June 2020. Due to the short delivery of the Nijhuis
DAF and technologies from other partners, Sha Tau Kok achieved the urgent delivery schedule of the complete
temporary plant. The plant has a treatment capacity of 2,500 m3/day. The actual large-scale new to build Sewage
Treatment plant will become the largest MBBR plant in Hong Kong.
Contact Nik Chia for more
information about the project:
nik.chia@nijhuisindustries.com

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New and refurbished sand filters with SandCycle

monitoring can provide economic and resilient solutions to
Asset Management Performance (AMP7) Challenges
The UK Utility companies face huge challenges at their wastewater treatment plants, to reduce nutrient
emissions, maintain compliance, and increase capacity within the works to account for population growth
within the catchment. All of this in the context of a reduction in bills for consumers, and targeted efficiency
savings within the Utility organisations, will have an impact on their businesses. The Utility companies will
need to think outside the box to deliver these efficiencies.
Sand Filters can provide a robust and flexible tertiary treatment, as biological process units removing Ammonia, Total
Nitrogen, Phosphorus and residual BOD, or as a physical process to remove TSS. Resilience to future legislation
around the removal of micro-pollutants could be attained by adding an Ozonation stage. On facilities where Sand
filters are installed, and not working optimally, Utility clients can consider refurbishment of existing assets, rather than
adding new process units. The optimisation can be enhanced by retro-fitting a new patented monitoring technology
that has won a number of awards for innovation.
To meet these challenges, Nijhuis Industries provides high rate sand filter technology into the UK market known
as High Rate i-CSF in cooperation with technology partner Brightworks BV. Nijhuis are well placed to meet these
challenges, with in-house consultancy and project management divisions, coupled with extensive process capabilities
from their Process Design Group, and knowledge emanating from our various process technology partners. Nijhuis
can provide principle designer and contractor status on turnkey projects, or provide DBFMO modular process units
to EPC stakeholders working with Utility companies.
Project Secured with Wessex Water at Westbury Water Recycling Center

A recent project secured with Wessex Water at Westbury Water Recycling Centre (WRC) has demonstrated Nijhuis
capabilities to provide excellent quality installations within a tight time frame. The High Rate i-CSF Sand Filter units
were installed to provide tertiary treatment to an overloaded works that needed additional biological capacity. The
Environment Agencies (EA) National Environment Programme (NEP) included a requirement to meet a tighter Ammonia
consent of 2mg/L AmmN from April 2020. Following the success in delivering this project on time and within budget,
an order for new High Rate i-CSF units at Wareham WRC has been secured, which will start later in the year.
Contact Phil Bates for more information about the project: phil.bates@nijhuisindustries.com
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Commercial
Buildings
Cooling Tower and Water Hygiene Solutions
Reduced water use and CO2 emissions at major law firm

A new Nijhuis cooling water reuse unit has been put into operation to meet the environmental objectives
of a major law firm. The water consumption reduces by 50,000M3 and CO2 emissions by 14 tons per
annum over the 8-year lease. The unit collects cooling tower blowdown and reuses it through a multistage
process culminating in reserve osmosis. 66% of the water is recycled and will reduce chemicals on site
by combining corrosion inhibitor and bromide.
The Nijhuis team will provide experienced engineers to produce 6 monthly mechanical condition reports. In addition,
a corrosion monitor is installed in the cooling tower to measure corrosion and the toxic secondary biocide is replaced
with patented Bio-Organic Catalyst.
The result
The new unit and other cooling water process improvements resulted in significant cost savings and reduction
in chemical handling which meets health, safety and environmental objectives of the client.
Contact Mike Platt for more information about the project: mike.platt@nijhuisindustries.com
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that are employing novel ways of tackling existing water
problems.
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Embrace new business models

Deploy technologies from start- and scale-up companies

‘The reduction of the environmental footprint’

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Solutions to Reduce our Environmental Footprint

Reduce chemicals and further focus on chemical-free solutions

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A complete solution combining all utilities together

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Innovation In the Spotlight - MediOxi

Fighting antimicrobial resistance

About antibiotic resistance

Why the fight against antimicrobial resistance is important?

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How to make social and environmental impact?

Client benefits / Impact

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Innovation In the Spotlight - CarboPlus® Mobile Solution

Reduce the impact of micropollutants with the

From drinking water technology to the removal of micropollutants

How does the CarboPlus® Mobile work?

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New packaged water treatment plant for

Benefits of the Nijhuis modular treatment plant

Implementation of the i-QUALITY system for real-time wastewater analysing

About Sodrugestvo and soybean processing

Riventa FREEFLOW pump technology for a

The solution The result

Client benefits / Impact

Pump refurbishment advisory report with the best

Pump performance improvement and maximization

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Rehabilitation of a major French dairy food

Biogas valorisation upgraded by 50% for

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Water reuse to help Cedrob S.A. cope with

Care for the environment

Water reuse and biogas plant in Ujazdówek