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Figure 1: Interior of Veolia¡¯s M-Pak trailer

A Koch Foods poultry processing plant uses well water. Since the on-site water system is required to meet state drinking water regulations, water plant discharge must be < 0.5 NTU turbidity.

Koch Food¡¯s water treatment equipment was aging, and they were having issues meeting state requirements under periods of high and expanding production in the processing plant. Koch Foods contacted 91´óÉñbecause they needed:

• An immediate bridge solution to allow them to meet discharge and operation requirements consistently
• A strong understanding of needs for future capital upgrades

Koch Foods had several critical parameters to meet:

• A system that could support high flow filtration (a minimum of 620 gpm).
• Turbidity of less than 0.5 NTU
• A design that minimized the need for site manpower, as well as documentation of the system¡¯s performance for possible capital upgrades or expansion

Veolia¡¯s immediate solution to the customer was the M-PAK mobile solution. (Figures 1 and 2). This rapiddeployment solution provided an ultrafiltration (UF) unit designed for a maximum flow rate of 800 gpm (182 m 3 /hour) and technology that removes suspended solids and colloids larger than 0.1 microns using pressurized ZeeWeed* hollow fiber membranes. The M-PAK trailer also offered two different trains within the unit, so the customer would always have 50% of capacity and not be at-risk of a water production failure.

Veolia¡¯s M-PAK UF system was ideal for this application as it accommodates inlet variability water quality. Because the UF membranes act as a particulate barrier they outperform conventional treatment alternatives; especially when stringent effluent specifications are required.

The M-PAK system also provided a rapid turn-key solution that was pre-wired, pre-plumbed and only required the customer to tie into their utilities. The 91´óÉñInSight* monitoring technology also helped the customer understand preventative maintenance, problem resolution and was programmed for the customer¡¯s specifications and specific project needs.

While the M-PAK system was providing high quality purified water to the plant, Koch Foods was allowed the time required to evaluate both capital equipment upgrade options and long-term mobile options.

In parallel Veolia¡¯s team worked closely with Koch Foods to understand the customer¡¯s requirements and proposed capital and a long-term mobile solution utilizing the M-PAK that Koch could adopt with no capital outlay.

Figure 2: Veolia¡¯s M-PAK trailer