Water Technologies & Solutions
case study
comprehensive solution enables low water use ratio
at India’s largest beverage plant
Location: Southern India
Capacity: 1560 m /day
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Commissioned: 2015
Technology: Multigrade filter (MGF), ultrafiltration
(UF), activated carbon filter (ACF), reverse osmosis
(RO), backwash recovery, membrane bioreactor (MBR)
challenge
In building India’s largest beverage plant, a global
food & beverage company sought a complete water
management solution. The solution needed to
showcase the plant as a global demonstration site for
world class water efficiency and the lowest
litre/litre (L/L) value of beverages.
solution
SUEZ designed a solution that included a water
treatment plant, effluent treatment and sewage
treatment plant, including a backwash recovery
system, and RO reject recovery system.
The raw water treatment plant consists of a
multimedia filter (MMF) followed by ZeeWeed* 1500
UF. ZeeWeed utilizes "outside-in" flow through a
hollow fiber membrane that has a nominal and
absolute pore size of 0.02 microns. With ZeeWeed, the
removal of turbidity, pathogens, giardia, and
cryptosporidium does not require process chemicals.
ZeeWeed produces consistent, exceptional quality
treated water.
The UF filtered water is passed through an ACF for the
removal of color, odor and any dissolved organics
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present in the water, then it is passed through a UV
sterilizer. Chemically dosed feedwater flows to the
inlet of the micron cartridge filter, water from the
outlet of the individual cartridge filter flows to the
suction high pressure pumps, and pressurized feed
passes through an array of RO membranes.
The backwash recovery system uses submerged
ZeeWeed 500 membranes, reinforced hollow fiber
UF membranes with a nominal pore size of 0.04 µm.
The membrane fiber has a tensile strength close to
100 lbs and is highly resistant to chemicals,
including acids, bases, and chlorine, which are all
used for membrane cleaning.
The RO reject water has high TDS and reactive
silica so recycling reject water is passed through
a clarifier and MMF, followed by SUEZ’s’ electro
dialysis reversal (EDR) technology. Its product water
is used back in the raw water tank with a 90%
recovery.
The effluent and sewage treatment plant feature
MBR technology; in the ETP, this is followed
by a partial RO system. The ZeeWeed MBR
process is technology that consists of a
suspended growth biological reactor integrated with
a UF membrane system that utilizes the ZeeWeed
hollow-fiber membrane.
The RO system to treat the MBR permeate is
designed for a wastewater application with stage
wise cleaning. The MBR permeate of 250 m /day is
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pumped from the treated water tank through the RO
feed pump. The system is designed for 75% recovery
to yield permeate of 187.5 m /day.
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results
SUEZ provided a complete water management
solution with high efficiency and the lowest L/L ratio
in the beverage sector. This plant operates with
the highest recovery system (98.5%) and lowest
ZLD (26m /day) installed by this food & beverage
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company. It is a repeatable scheme and the first

of its kind in India.
To learn how SUEZ can help solve your wastewater
challenges, contact your SUEZ representative or visit
us at www.suezwatertechnologies.com.

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