Municipal wastewater

Municipal wastewater

Both a fast-growing sewer network and an aging collection system can suffer similar maladies due to long detention times, periods of slow flow, and depletion of dissolved oxygen within sections of the network.  Under these conditions, dramatic effects of odor and gas-phase corrosion can result in a reduction in quality of life for nearby homeowners or businesses, and rapid and severe damage to the sewer system infrastructure.

With rapid urbanization and increasing environmental pressure on industrial wastewater emissions, there is an increasing pressure on wastewater utilities to find safer and more sustainable solutions to prevent odor and grease build up, to protect existing and new collections system infrastructure, and to improve the quality of the wastewater entering the treatment process.  There is no safer or more sustainable approach to solving these problems than through the use magnesium hydroxide.

While wastewater management and pollution prevention are a priority, waste-to-energy programs are increasingly needed to improve the energy efficiency of treatment facilities by maximizing the economics of biogas generation from anaerobic systems.  Again, magnesium hydroxide is the primary alkali of choice to optimize biogas production.

IER is a supplier of environmentally friendly water and wastewater treatment chemicals and equipment.

IER offers Magnesium Hydroxide-based products as safe, earth-friendly alternatives to the use of caustic soda for pH neutralization, along with proprietary polymer solids removal technologies.

Owned by Calix, an Australian company with global operations, IER brings 20 years of experience working with plant engineers and operators to offer the most cost-effective solutions for their specific needs.