A wide variety of products are made in the chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries, typically requiring large volumes of chemicals, materials, and substances that are used throughout process operations.

Three papers to be presented at the upcoming International Water Conference will discuss zero liquid discharge at power generation facilities from three very different viewpoints: one examines a project just completing the design phase, another after a period of successful operation, and a third that is moving away from zero liquid discharge in favor of a simpler and lower cost option.

North American industrial wastewater discharges are heavily regulated, and enforced with surcharges, fines, and the threat of permit rejections.

Grande Cheese Company is a Midwest producer of Italian cheeses and related dairy products. The Brownsville, WI, plant is Grande's largest of four production facilities. The main product from the Brownsville facility is mozzarella cheese. Grande wanted to add a new high strength wastewater anaerobic digestion treatment system to eliminate the practice of hauling and land application.

National Raisin of Fowler, Calif., was faced with an interesting predicament. Sales and production of its products were rapidly increasing, yet at the same time so were its wastewater costs.

I edit magazines for both the industrial and municipal water markets. A complaint I hear often on the municipal side is the slow pace of innovation in the water industry and the long and difficult path companies with new technologies must take to be accepted by the very conservative water market.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to improve water quality, restore aquatic habitat, and improve the management of the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary.

Otay Landfill, in Chula Vista, Calif., near San Diego, is operated by Republic Services, a sustainably minded provider of solid waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services.

Collection of new products of special interest to the industrial water and wastewater markets.

Collection of industrial water news headlines.

An assortment of products that will be on display at Power-Gen Conference in Orlando

Collection of sludge handling, processing products and services.

A compilation of products being introduced into the industrial water market.

A compilation of print and digital information resources for the industrial water market.