Wastewater Treatment in the Beverage Industry: Energy Recovery, Cost Reduction
Energy Efficient Treatment Solutions for Wastewater from Bottling of Beverages
Fresh water consumption and wastewater treatment are critical cost factors for beverage manufacturers. Water treatment systems by DAS Environmental Expert GmbH enable efficient and cost-effective wastewater processing. In an industry marked by intense competition, reducing water consumption is essential — not only because water is the main ingredient in beverages such as soft drinks, mineral water, juices, beer, wine, and cider, but also due to the high demand for clean water in bottle washing and equipment cleaning. DAS Environmental Experts supports beverage producers in optimizing wastewater treatment and reducing overall water management costs.
Every production process is unique – just like our solutions. We develop tailor-made wastewater treatment systems that reduce organic pollution and recover energy through biogas production, ensuring sustainable and compliant operation.
Wastewater Technologies Made in Dresden Applied in the Worldwide Beverage Industry
Every production process is unique — and so are our solutions. Whether for soft drink bottling or seasonal operations such as wine production, we design customized wastewater treatment systems that meet your specific technical requirements. Our anaerobic treatment technologies not only reduce organic load (COD) but also enable energy recovery from wastewater. With the Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) technology, biogas can be generated from highly loaded wastewater streams, which can then be converted into electricity and heat. A subsequent aerobic treatment stage — for example, with Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) or Trickle Flow Reactor (TFR) systems — ensures compliance with required discharge limits.
Step 1:
One of the largest beverage producers of South America contracted us during their production expansion to plan and build their biological wastewater treatment plant. Our wastewater treatment solution consists of Trickle Flow Bioreactors operating efficiently ever since. With a maximum concentration of about 6,000 COD mg/l and a feed of 8m3/h the TFR technology by DAS Environmental Experts reached almost 90% of its degradation capacity within a short time frame. The customer already contracted us to remotely monitor its system before the project was concluded.
Step 2:
The Dresden environmental experts installed a wastewater system in 2017 when a heavy increase in production volume demanded an upgrade. Every day, more than ten different products with a total volume of 3,5 Mio. liters are bottled in the La Matanza site. An adoption of the wastewater treatment became necessary. The corporate leadership in La Matanza, requested that the company’s wastewater treatment was to exclusively use anaerobic methods. In addition, the system had to be automated, operated with a small amount of effort, and requiring the smallest space possible.
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