Managers at aging processing plants are poised to improve or replace their existing wastewater systems. What will they find? Innovative, sustainable and less expensive cleaning systems that now require smaller footprints.
“The decision to use new advanced wastewater treatment technologies by poultry processing plants is based on two major factors,” says Brian H. Kiepper, Ph.D., associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia, based in Athens. “The first is ensuring that the treatment system in place can consistently meet ever more stringent environmental permit regulations limits. The second is to increase the potential for water reuse in both non-food- and food-contact applications.”