In Tim’s previous post, "What is Water Worth to Your Business?", the importance of water management was discussed along with the potential water savings by using EnduroSolv® water treatment products.
Let’s run the numbers and see how much water can actually be saved.
Proper procedure for triple rinsing a 55-gallon drum is as follows:
• Empty drum to the lowest possible level.
• Fill drum with water to 25% of capacity. Replace and tighten bungs.
• Tip drum on to its side and roll it back and forth, ensuring at least one complete revolution, for 30 seconds.
• Stand the drum on its end and tip it back and forth several times to rinse the corners.
• Turn the drum over on to its other end and repeat this procedure.
• Carefully empty the rinsate into the spray can.
• REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE TWO MORE TIMES.
• Carefully rinse cap over spray tank opening and then dispose of appropriately as regular solid waste.
• Puncture the base of the drum with a drill so that it cannot be reused.
• Store drums under cover where they will be protected from rain.
Sounds easy, right?? So how much water is actually used to complete this procedure correctly? The procedure requires that each drum is filled to 25% of its capacity three different times and rinsed, so…
55 (gallons)
x 25% (of the drum’s capacity)
x 3 (number of times to do procedure)
= 41.25 gallons of water per drum
Now, what does that add up to? A facility that uses five different boiler and/or cooling tower products (one drum for each product) at a rate of one drum of product every other month, uses approximately 60 drums per year. An astonishing 2,475 gallons of water would be needed just to triple rinse those drums… and that’s just for one facility!
A company can eliminate this expense and waste all together by switching to EnduroSolv® water treatment products. Because EnduroSolv® is a solid concentrate, the need for 55-gallon drums and all of their disposal issues is eliminated.
Posted on behalf of Kathleen Collier
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Reno
We are here in Reno at the annual AWT Convention. It sure is good to see so many water treaters looking for the newest and best technology to treat cooling towers and boilers. EnduroSolv® solid water treatment is one clear advantage that can be used to gain new business. With so many advantages, EnduroSolv® should be able to open many new doors for these water treaters.
If you are at the show please stop by our booth today or tomorrow to learn more about our growing numbers of chemistry delivery systems and learn how you can add our EnduroSolv® solids to your water treatment product options.
Posted on behalf of Todd Lee
If you are at the show please stop by our booth today or tomorrow to learn more about our growing numbers of chemistry delivery systems and learn how you can add our EnduroSolv® solids to your water treatment product options.
Posted on behalf of Todd Lee
Friday, October 15, 2010
What is Water Worth to Your Business?
A colleague shared this article with me this morning:
http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/business-brains/what-is-water-worth-to-your-business/10990/
It’s from SmartPlanet Daily and it’s yet another article on the growing importance of managing water. It’s becoming a bigger and bigger issue and everyone is wondering what they can do.
One thing companies can do is transition their cooling tower and boiler water treatment to solid chemistry by EnduroSolv®. As a solid, EnduroSolv® uses water efficiently when being applied. Additionally, there’s no triple rinsing of liquid chemistry 55 drums when using EnduroSolv®. Huge water savings.
http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/business-brains/what-is-water-worth-to-your-business/10990/
It’s from SmartPlanet Daily and it’s yet another article on the growing importance of managing water. It’s becoming a bigger and bigger issue and everyone is wondering what they can do.
One thing companies can do is transition their cooling tower and boiler water treatment to solid chemistry by EnduroSolv®. As a solid, EnduroSolv® uses water efficiently when being applied. Additionally, there’s no triple rinsing of liquid chemistry 55 drums when using EnduroSolv®. Huge water savings.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Water Treatment Chemical Exposure
A typical chemical water treatment delivery system requires mixing of 2 or 3 corrosive chemicals into a day tank. Best case traditional scenarios have eliminated operator mixing, whereby the blended chemical is supplied in a liquid form, but once on site still needs to be pumped into the system being treated. In each case, there is a worker exposure element that must be addressed due to the caustic nature of these items. Using EnduroSolv® products and delivery systems eliminates these exposure concerns and the related liability issues.
The first priority in considering your need for an EnduroSolv® dosing system is always the safety of people. In other words, is anyone’s health being affected by the chemicals you’re using or their contact with them? If the answer is yes, then you should immediately begin implementing a plan to minimize this exposure.
A secondary consideration is the potential for incorrectly mixing incompatible chemicals, resulting in wasted product, or worse, the violent reaction that might occur-resulting in toxic gases or vapor release.
One last exposure/handling issue is the physical work it takes to move a drum of chemical – some weighing as much as 500 lbs. Accidents such as back injuries or smashed fingers (when setting these oversized drums into place) can easily be eliminated by utilizing the EnduroSolv® solids system.
Until end users begin to re-think their chemical dispensing philosophy, or come under a clear mandate from regulatory authorities, traditional dosing systems will continue to be employed. Still, with an ever-increasing desire to minimize chemical exposure, EnduroSolv® delivery systems offer efficiency and safety benefits that clearly establishes it as a best practices approach.
Posted on Behalf of Jim Heimert
The first priority in considering your need for an EnduroSolv® dosing system is always the safety of people. In other words, is anyone’s health being affected by the chemicals you’re using or their contact with them? If the answer is yes, then you should immediately begin implementing a plan to minimize this exposure.
A secondary consideration is the potential for incorrectly mixing incompatible chemicals, resulting in wasted product, or worse, the violent reaction that might occur-resulting in toxic gases or vapor release.
One last exposure/handling issue is the physical work it takes to move a drum of chemical – some weighing as much as 500 lbs. Accidents such as back injuries or smashed fingers (when setting these oversized drums into place) can easily be eliminated by utilizing the EnduroSolv® solids system.
Until end users begin to re-think their chemical dispensing philosophy, or come under a clear mandate from regulatory authorities, traditional dosing systems will continue to be employed. Still, with an ever-increasing desire to minimize chemical exposure, EnduroSolv® delivery systems offer efficiency and safety benefits that clearly establishes it as a best practices approach.
Posted on Behalf of Jim Heimert
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Solid Chemicals - Lessons from the Food Industry
The idea of using solid powders and concentrates to reduce shipping weights and costs has been a source of innovation in the food industry for years. Instant coffee, for instance, was developed in the 1930’s. During WWII, the US Army developed its infamous K-rations to permit a lightweight, nutritious meal for its field soldiers. (At the time, the rations also included cigarettes!)
In the 60’s, I was part of an effort to replace latex in chewing gum with solid rubber, an effort that reduced process times by about 75%. And in the 1970’s, I participated in various projects involving concentrating tomato juice during fresh tomato harvesting season which could be reconstituted and shipped as a concentrate, then reconstituted to juice strength at a location closer to the end user.
The reason for such a slow development time in the food industry is that maintaining flavor while drying or concentrating was and is a technological challenge. Fortunately for us who manufacture products to treat the water in boilers and cooling tower, we are not faced with such a huge challenge. Indeed, once the manufacturing nuances of solids are met, the technology of using the product is exactly the same as for liquids.
With EnduroSolv products you can start realizing the advantages that the US Army was after when it developed K-rations in WWII:
• Lighter weight - enabling reduced shipping costs.
• Convenience - no need to wheel around heavy drums, totes, etc.
• Ease of use - the technology is the same as for liquids.
Thousands of facilities are already making use of this Solid Water Treatment technology for sustainable boiler and cooling tower water treatment. And since we have done the work of “solidifying” the chemicals, by removing the water, you can take advantage of one of the easiest ways to reduce shipping costs and create a greener planet.
Posted on Behalf of Al Heimert
In the 60’s, I was part of an effort to replace latex in chewing gum with solid rubber, an effort that reduced process times by about 75%. And in the 1970’s, I participated in various projects involving concentrating tomato juice during fresh tomato harvesting season which could be reconstituted and shipped as a concentrate, then reconstituted to juice strength at a location closer to the end user.
The reason for such a slow development time in the food industry is that maintaining flavor while drying or concentrating was and is a technological challenge. Fortunately for us who manufacture products to treat the water in boilers and cooling tower, we are not faced with such a huge challenge. Indeed, once the manufacturing nuances of solids are met, the technology of using the product is exactly the same as for liquids.
With EnduroSolv products you can start realizing the advantages that the US Army was after when it developed K-rations in WWII:
• Lighter weight - enabling reduced shipping costs.
• Convenience - no need to wheel around heavy drums, totes, etc.
• Ease of use - the technology is the same as for liquids.
Thousands of facilities are already making use of this Solid Water Treatment technology for sustainable boiler and cooling tower water treatment. And since we have done the work of “solidifying” the chemicals, by removing the water, you can take advantage of one of the easiest ways to reduce shipping costs and create a greener planet.
Posted on Behalf of Al Heimert
Friday, October 1, 2010
Sharks and Solid Water Treatment
I just returned from a week of Cage Diving with Great White Sharks off the Island of Guadalupe Mexico. Suspended 40 feet beneath the sea, with curious Great Whites swimming around you will get your heart pumping!
During our week at sea, I had an opportunity to meet 12 divers who weren’t with our group. One night after dinner, I was explaining what I do "in real life", and after a brief discussion that focused on the benefits of 1) improved safety; 2) convenience; 3) savings and the like associated with using Solid Water Treatment, one of my new friends asked - "Why doesn't everyone use solids?".
Pretty good question don't you think? You don't have to understand any chemistry to see why solid water treatment could benefit you and your company.
Posted on Behalf of Fred Lattin
During our week at sea, I had an opportunity to meet 12 divers who weren’t with our group. One night after dinner, I was explaining what I do "in real life", and after a brief discussion that focused on the benefits of 1) improved safety; 2) convenience; 3) savings and the like associated with using Solid Water Treatment, one of my new friends asked - "Why doesn't everyone use solids?".
Pretty good question don't you think? You don't have to understand any chemistry to see why solid water treatment could benefit you and your company.
Posted on Behalf of Fred Lattin
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