Electroplating &
Metal Finishing
Bespoke treatment solutions to solve your wastewater challenges
Electroplating and metal finishing processes produce wastewater that requires specialised treatment and careful management.
We can plan, design and install bespoke treatment methods to solve specific challenges, improving efficiency and ensuring compliance:
Challenges
The challenge:
Electroplating and metal finishing processes generate waste water containing heavy metals, oils, acids, and solvents.
Aqua Advice solution:
We will identify the correct treatment methods for pollutants, ensuring you comply with strict environmental standards and avoid costly fines.
The challenge:
Suspended solids & oils are often present in finishing wastewater, which can clog pipes and equipment if not properly removed, resulting in costly damage and downtime.
Aqua Advice solution:
We can design pre-treatment screening processes to remove large items:
- Screens catch solid objects.
- Sedimentation tanks let heavy materials sink to the bottom.
- Oils float to the surface in special tanks, to be skimmed off.
The challenge:
Solvents, surfactants, and degreasers used in cleaning or treating penetrant can complicate treatment and hinder overall efficiency.
Aqua Advice solution:
We will plan and design your treatment plant to ensure optimal performance.
Our Industries
Case study: Rimex
Sulphate treatment upgrades to help a client meet their compliance to consent limits.
Protect your business against non-compliance
Heavy metal pollutants found in wastewater produced by electroplating and metal finishing industries, such as nickel, cadmium, zinc, and chromium, pose a significant risk to human health and the environment if improperly treated.
What’s more: to reduce the impact of metals in our water systems, the Environment Agency has lowered the consent to discharge levels for heavy metals. They can also now impose larger fines and have greater powers to enforce them.
As a result, businesses that commit an environmental offence now risk a potentially huge fine, not to mention the reputational damage associated with wastewater pollution.
Effective wastewater treatment isn’t an option - it’s an obligation. With our innovative methods for heavy metal treatment, Aqua Advice can help ensure you protect the environment and meet your compliance demands.
Opportunities for water recycling and reuse
Proper wastewater treatment not only ensures compliance with environmental standards, but it can also allow water recycling. This in turn can reduce your overall water consumption and minimise operational costs.
Using advanced technologies, we can optimise your existing, upgraded or new treatment plant to make your treated wastewater safe for recycling and reuse.
Find out more about wastewater recycling and reuse by Aqua Advice.
Boost efficiency & compliance with our site audits and assessments
We can assess your wastewater treatment processes to identify inefficiencies and make recommendations that will make your systems more efficient, resulting in less waste and saving you money, whilst meeting your legal requirements.
Turnkey wastewater treatment solutions
Turnkey treatment plants are ideal if you are requiring cost-effective treatment of electroplating and metal finishing wastewater.
Our experts will work with you to identify the correct treatment solution.
Ongoing operations and maintenance support
We can provide training, monitoring and support support to empower your business to meet its ongoing wastewater treatment obligations.
Invest in your future with an effective wastewater treatment plant
Get in touch with Aqua Advice today.
Let's talk...
Contact Aqua Advice today to arrange a free consultation and discover how we can help you find the perfect industrial wastewater solutions for your business.
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