5 Leachate Mistakes

5 Leachate Treatment Mistakes Costing Your Landfill Money

Landfill leachate treatment is a necessary but expensive part of waste management. Many landfill operators unknowingly make decisions that increase operating costs, shorten equipment life, and limit the potential for water reuse. Avoiding these…


Dairy Process ZwitterCo

The Price of Performance: Understanding Dairy Membrane Costs

Membrane technology has become indispensable in the dairy industry, enabling processes from milk concentration to whey fractionation. Despite their many advantages, membrane systems come with a variety of operational costs: high specialty chemical…


Oil Refineries

Why Refineries Are Turning to Advanced Membrane Filtration

Water is the lifeblood of oil refineries, used in everything from initial crude processing to cooling towers and the steam and power generation required to run complex equipment. Yet, managing refinery wastewater has grown increasingly challenging…


RO membrane tertiary

Advancements in Reverse Osmosis Membrane Technology for Tertiary Wastewater Treatment

Across industries, growing environmental regulations and sustainability targets are placing intense pressure on facilities to treat and reuse wastewater. These requirements transcend traditional effluent quality benchmarks and push operations to…


Closing the Loop: Onsite Water Reuse with MBR + Advanced RO in Food & Beverage

In the food and beverage industry, water is essential for everything from ingredient preparation to equipment cleaning. As plants face mounting pressure to conserve and reuse water, simply treating wastewater for discharge may not be enough.…


food & beverage wastewater

From Fines to Compliance: MBR + Advanced RO Solutions for Food & Beverage Wastewater

The food and beverage industry faces increasingly stringent regulations around wastewater disposal. In particular, plants must meet strict limits on key parameters such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total…


Landfill Leachate

How Advanced Membrane Solutions Can Transform Landfill Leachate Treatment

Originally posted on wasteadvantagemag.com | February 2, 2025 Landfill operators seeking to optimize their leachate treatment processes should consider how advanced membrane solutions could benefit their facilities. With proven success in…


PFAS

PFAS, Heavy Metals & Organics: Why RO is the Ultimate Leachate Solution

The Challenge of Landfill Leachate Treatment  Landfill leachate is a complex and highly variable wastewater stream, often containing a mix of heavy metals, organic pollutants, salts, and persistent contaminants like per- and polyfluoroalkyl…


Unlocking the Full Potential of Water Reuse in Landfill Operations

Landfills face a dual challenge: managing leachate and meeting sustainability goals. Historically, leachate— the liquid that forms when rainwater flows through waste —has been treated and either disposed of or discharged, often at a significant…


From Directive to Dilemma: Tackling High-Strength Leachate with Advanced Membranes

The European Union Landfill Directive, implemented to minimize environmental impacts and promote sustainable waste management, has undoubtedly succeeded in reducing the volume of waste sent to landfills. Waste landfilling in the EU has dropped from…