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Sam George, Plant Engineer, of Paramount
Services, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama holds a beaker of treated
water produced by their Industrial Waste Water Services Pretreatment
System.
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Paramount
Services, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama 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.
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Paramount
Services, Inc. - Birmingham, AL
Products: Napkins, Grill Towels, Bar Mops (60%) - Linens
(30%) - Uniforms (5%) - Mats (5%)
Gals / Day: 36,000 Flow
Period (Hrs): 10 Days
of Operation / Week: 5
Performance Data - (mg/L)
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| Contaminant
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Raw Water
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Limit
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Effluent
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% Reduction
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| TSS
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473
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300
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30
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94%
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| BOD
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1,567
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300
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141
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91%
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| O
& G |
470
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50
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6
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99%
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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. 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 thanks to
Industrial Waste Water Services
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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.
“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.
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