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| Sam George, Plant Engineer, of Paramount Services, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama holds a beaker of treated water produced by their IWWS pretreatment system. |
Birmingham, AL -- Paramount Services, Inc. was being pressured by their county authorities to bring their wastewater into compliance or face future action. Paramount was also paying monthly surcharges.
Sam George, Plant Engineer, was given the task of evaluating waste treatment companies. George used his waste treatment background and explored many potential dissolved air flotation (DAF) suppliers. He and Paramount chose Industrial Waste Water Services (IWWS).
Meeting Limits Is Not Enough
Paramount’s primary concern was system performance for compliance. However, they wanted to do better. Beating the limits and cleaning the water further would provide greater water reuse.
After visiting various installations of many different systems, George decided that the IWWS system was the best. Monitoring reports from the county and eliminating the surcharges prove he made a good decision.
Products: Napkins, Grill Towels, Bar Mops, Linens, Uniforms and Mats
Gals per Day: 36,000
Flow Period (Hrs): 10
Days of Operation / Week: 5
Reducing TSS from 473 to 30 mg/l, BOD from 1,567 to 141 mg/l and O&G from 470 to 6 mg/l. Reductions in all over 90% and as high as 99% for O&G.
Charles Dye, owner of Paramount, is happy as well, “We have been very satisfied with the system. The county says it’s the best system they’ve seen.”
The IWWS system has greatly increased their water reuse. Paramount is now reusing 40%-45% of the treated water straight from the IWWS DAF without further treatment. George anticipates exceeding 50% reuse once additional testing is completed.
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| Clean effluent at Paramount. |
Small Footprint Critical
Paramount was also concerned with the space required by the various systems. IWWS was the only supplier who could fit their system into the existing space. Any other supplier would have required an expensive addition to the facility.
Not only is the IWWS system smaller than the other systems, it does not require a large EQ tank. A 5,000 gallon surge buffer is the only equalization used at Paramount. The IWWS system has a footprint of 23’ x 8’ 6” and is only 9’ 4” high. The filter press occupies little additional space.
Simple Chemical Program
George also likes the simplicity of the IWWS chemical program. It does not use clay, sulphuric acid or proprietary chemicals. Paramount is free to purchase its chemicals from any supplier.
Charles Dye continued, “I had run a system by another company that used clay and I didn’t like it. Anything you put into the water you have to take back out.”
Contact Industrial Waste Water Services if you would like to learn more about our system at Paramount Services or any of our other installations.
For more information:
Industrial Waste Water Services, LLC
3881 Hollywood Highway
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Telephone: (800) 457-5641 or (706) 839-1722
Fax: (706) 839-1728
Web site: http://www.iwwsllc.com/
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