Engineered to Simplify Dairy Wastewater Treatment
From individual effluent streams within a dairy processing facility to a combined total plant stream that exits the plant, anti-fouling ZwitterCo membranes are engineered to treat these streams economically and efficiently. ZwitterCo membranes replace conventional membranes or conventional wastewater treatment methods with a simpler option for dairy wastewater treatment.
Zwitterionic Technology Unlocks Anti-Fouling Membranes for Dairy Wastewater
ZwitterCo membranes feature a patented zwitterionic chemistry which serves as a permanent barrier to irreversible organic fouling, making them perfect for a variety of dairy wastewater streams. This proprietary anti-fouling chemistry is extremely hydrophilic while actively displacing or repelling organic compounds so they cannot adhere to and foul the membrane.
ZwitterCo offers multiple membrane options to tackle dairy wastewater, including Evolution RO membranes that minimize cleaning time in effluent or wastewater concentration and Expedition products for total plant wastewater treatment.
What Challenges Can ZwitterCo Solve for You?
Total Plant Wastewater Treatment
Expedition products allow dairy plants to treat combined wastewater with a membrane-based option that operates reliably on variable feed conditions.
Effluent or Wastewater Concentration
Eliminate the costly enzyme cleaning step.
Integrating Evolution RO membranes is proven to eliminate the use of enzymes, which is the most expensive step in a cleaning program. This cuts chemical costs by over 50% and saves about an hour of cleaning time.


Decrease freshwater consumption.
By eliminating cleaning steps and associated flushing steps, Evolution RO membranes reduce freshwater demand for dairy processors. Users can reduce freshwater consumption for cleaning by 40% or more by switching to Evolution RO.

A Midwestern US whey processor saved over 1,000,000 gallons (3785 m3) over 10.5 months of operation by switching to Evolution RO.
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What would you do with more time?
Think about it – every step of your daily cleaning program takes about an hour. Each step uses chemicals and make-up water, creates wastewater to treat, and requires energy for heating, pumping, and recirculating the cleaning solution.
What if you could eliminate one or more steps?
Save time and money.
By eliminating cleaning steps and simplifying others, Evolution RO membranes cut overall cleaning costs by more than 50% and give valuable time back to operators to focus on production.

CASE STUDY
Optimizing Cleaning in a Dairy Wastewater Concentrator
Proving ZwitterCo Evolution RO simplifies cleaning programs
Shorter and faster cleaning program by eliminating the enzyme step
Greater than 50% reduction in membrane cleaning costs
Operations with like-new performance since August 2024

CASE STUDY
The Impact of Evolution Membranes at Solugen
Discover how Evolution SF membranes saved time and money at a Houston bioprocessing facility
Greater than 400% cost savings in just nine months
Over 100% improvement in cycle times
Full flux recovery with simple cleanings

Increase Uptime
Reduce cleanings, eliminate system disruptions and stay focused on what matters.
no irreversible fouling
Reduce or eliminate irreversible fouling with zwitterionic technology.
Promote Sustainability
Reduce membrane-related waste and contribute to sustainable landfill operations.
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Speak with our engineers to discover ways that ZwitterCo can support positive changes at your plant. With our help, you can reduce your hauling and avoid heavy OPEX spend on plant expansion.

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Industrial Wastewater Reuse
ZwitterCo has only polymeric membranes that can filter high strength organic streams without rapid and irreversible fouling. More description here to describe the kind of solutions we offer for NMP.
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Challenging Surface Water Treatment
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High Value Protein & Co-Product Separation
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Remove Bulk Organics
Remove tough to fight organics, such as fats, oils, grease, and protein.
Fully Chlorine-Intolerant
Can endure aggressive cleaning without wear and tear
Runs at Low Pressure
Runs at low pressure by not removing salt, sugar, alcohol’s or other small molecules.
Replaces Biological Systems
Replace biological systems or coagulation/flocculation processes commonly used to treat organics.

ZWITTERIONIC MEMBRANES
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- Full restoration
- No wear and tear
- Reliable treatment quality

REGULAR MEMBRANES
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- Incremental loss
- Short lifespans from degradation
- Compromised performance