The new facility is supporting water treatment processes for the pharmaceutical and food & beverage sectors with filtration and purification process equipment. The site takes everyday water from the mains system and creates purified water, WFI, and pure steam, which is suitable for pharmaceutical applications.
Chlorine detection
One of the key processes is granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration which is tackling several of the prominent water treatment challenges. It also removes chlorine, a disinfectant used in mains supplies, which can damage the membranes used in reverse osmosis (RO) filters.
Opened in June 2024, Bürkert visited the new facility and found several of its products already being used to control the purification processes. Discussions between the two companies found that the plant uses RO equipment to remove any remaining contaminants.
The only thing missing was a chlorine detection system. Veolia Water Technologies Ireland was aware of this omission, but explained that customers had experienced problems with systems that use reagents, finding them unreliable and maintenance intensive.
Read the full article in DPA's April 2025 issue