FGD purge / blowdown contains toxic constituents such as heavy metals as well as chloride and sulfate salts of calcium, magnesium, and sodium. Conventional treatment involves physical and chemical processes that remove the undesirable components to meet effluent discharge limits.
Physical, chemical, and even biological treatment methods may not be able to reduce pollutant concentrations to the part per trillion levels required for discharge of some chemical species as discharge limits become more stringent. These processes also do not address reduction of the volume of liquid effluent nor its salinity. They also do not recover water for re-use within the plant while generating large amounts of sludge which require off-site disposal.
Extol Hydro Tech provides various treatment options that offer volume reduction, recycling of valuable water, and reuse within the facility as often times water resources are extremely limited. Evaporation provides an effective alternative to standard treatment processes that allows for reclamation of process water in addition to minimizing the overall wastewater volume up to zero liquid discharge (ZLD).


