Drinking Water Bottling Plants
Product water treatment and packaging line effluent, treated to the standard the product demands.
Industries Served
Food & Beverage
Membrane-based treatment that turns process effluent back into water you can wash and clean with.
Overview
Effluent that pays for its own treatment
Using the latest membrane technology, Ion Agua designs efficient solutions for the treatment of wastewater generated by the food and beverage industry. After treatment, this water can be reused for washing and clean-in-place (CIP) purposes.
Typical return on investment on the wastewater systems designed by Ion Agua varies between two and four years — because the water recovered offsets both the intake tariff and the trade effluent charge at the same time.
Ion Agua is also a pioneer in helping numerous underprivileged populations who do not have safe drinking water facilities, and prides itself upon the installation of 180+ RO drinking water plants across India.
- Reuse for washing and clean-in-place duty
- Typical ROI between two and four years
- FOG, sugars and high organic load handled as standard
- FDA-approved ozone disinfection where product contact applies
Sub-sectors
F&B industries served by Ion Agua
Brewery Wastewater Recycle / Reuse
High-COD, variable-strength effluent with strong seasonal load swings.
Dairy Wastewater Recycle / Reuse
Fats, proteins and lactose loads that need FOG removal before biology.
Food & Juice Processing
Wash-down water, sugars and organic solids recovered for reuse.
CIP Recovery
Clean-in-place rinse water recovered and returned to service.
Process Water Production
Consistent low-TDS water produced on site for use in the product itself.
The Challenge
What makes F&B effluent difficult
- High and variable organic load — production schedules swing COD dramatically between shifts
- Fats, oils and greases — blind membranes and smother biology unless removed first
- Sugars and starches — ferment rapidly, causing odour and pH crashes in balance tanks
- Cleaning chemicals — caustic and acid CIP slugs shock a biological stage
- Seasonal peaks — harvest and festival demand can double flow for weeks
- Trade effluent charges — discharge costs scale directly with COD and suspended solids
Our Approach
How we treat food & beverage effluent
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Balance and screen
Equalise the flow and remove gross solids so the plant sees a steady load rather than shift-by-shift shocks.
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Remove FOG
Dissolved air flotation lifts fats, oils and greases out before they reach the biological stage.
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Biological treatment
MBR or MBBR converts the dissolved organic load, sized against measured COD rather than nominal figures.
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Membrane separation
Ultrafiltration produces a permeate free of suspended solids and bacteria.
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Polish and reuse
Reverse osmosis and disinfection bring the water to the standard required for washing and CIP.
In the field
Two to four year payback, consistently
Across the food and beverage systems Ion Agua has designed, typical return on investment falls between two and four years. The recovered water offsets both the cost of buying fresh water and the cost of discharging effluent, so the saving lands twice on the same volume.
Beyond the balance sheet, reuse insulates production from water restrictions — which for a food producer is a continuity argument as much as a cost one.
- 2–4 yr Typical ROI on F&B systems
- 180+ RO drinking water plants installed
- 4 F&B sub-sectors served
Contact Us
Let’s solve your water challenge
Send us the stream and the target. Our engineers will come back with a process route, an indicative footprint and a budget.