Meeting ESG Targets
Environmental, Social & Governance
While not all industries are equal, the majority of businesses use significant amounts of water through their industrial processes, their produce creation & growth, their cooling, washing or simply their lavatory and kitchen use. So how can a wastewater recovery solution help you achieve your ESG targets?
The ALGAESYS resource recovery system allows businesses to adopt wastewater treatment and water reuse where it was previously impractical and costly. It does this by addressing all the barriers that previously existed, namely:
Footprint - our system typically occupies one-quarter of a traditional wastewater treatment plant
Complexity - our system is simple and robust enough to need only minimal unskilled maintenance
Cost - our CAPEX cost is typically 75% of a comparable system and our OPEX cost is less than 25% of comparable systems
Speed - the treatment time for water in our system is a third of that in a comparable system
Return - an independent party has calculated the ROI to be less than three years
By eliminating these barriers, the focus changes to measuring the quantifiable benefits of implementing a resource recovery system like ALGAESYS. This can be quantified through achieving ESG targets and increasing carbon credits. These benefits extend the existing positive impacts of the system, including;
The conditioning of water prior to release, as we can eliminate all persistent biological and medicinal pollutants, nitrates, phosphates, microfibers, microplastics and heavy metals, treating to Euro Class-C by default.
In replacing existing technology (whether local or municipal) for processing wastewater, we decarbonise the process as our technology requires significantly less power than any system it would replace.
Where biomass is processed as part of our system, we are capable of producing both bio-methane and soil-conditioner as current by-products, with the prospect of adding extra polymeric substances, bio-polymers and proteins in the future.
We typically return 85% plus of water out of the system at Euro Class-C available for re-use.
Although not all of these benefits may apply to every implementation, as they depend upon the wastewater source, the intended type of re-use and the prevailing cost/methodology of currently obtaining water for your business, this indicates the potential benefits and contribution to your ESG targets.
To summarise, by implementing the ALGAESYS treatment train, you get to re-use almost all of your water, with the savings that represents, while saving power, potentially generating carbon credits and valuable by-products and contributing to the reversal rather than the acceleration of climate change.
If this isn’t compelling enough, the speed of ROI and our flexible engagement model means that whatever your focus is, we have an approach that will deliver what you want. From financing through OPEX cost reductions (pre-purchase agreements for water) to full plant ownership with all benefits and an operational management and monitoring contract, we can find a model that works for all parties.
Take action, call us to see how we can help you achieve your ESG goals while reducing your operational costs.