Water and Sustainable Development Opportunities for the Chemical Sciences: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (2004) / Chapter Skim
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10 Water Solutions and Strategies in the Chemical Industry
10 Water Solutions and Strategies in the Chemical Industry
Pages 75-80
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The Dow Chemical Company Large technology-driven companies have both responsibilities and opportunities to use water resources wisely. This involves careful use of water (conservation)
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$1.2 million for the cooling tower water supply as a result of recycling treated fresh wastewater, instead of importing fresh water; · by replacing multistage flash evaporation of seawater with reverse osmosis technology, 50 tons of low pressure steam is made available per hour for alternative uses on-site; and · long-term availability of fresh water in the region made possible by the significant increase in recycling. The Terneuzen case demonstrated clearly that conservation and growth are compatible.
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The steady decline in power requirements and capital investment has enabled larger and larger RO plants to be built. Figure 10.7 shows the historical progression of increased capacity for the world's largest reverse osmosis membrane plants, including future plants that are expected to be built.
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Barium sulfate scale results when sulfate ions in seawater come in contact with barium in the reservoir rock commonly found in the North Sea and West African oil fields. This scale plugs the pores in the reservoir rock, preventing the flow of oil and thus jeopardizing subsequent oil production.
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Chemical companies are uniquely positioned to impact the water industry because of their dual roles as water technology users and providers. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors thank the following Dow colleagues for contributing much of the information and perspective contained in this paper: Ian Barbour, Marvin Bourelle, Roy Davis, Paul Dean II, Peter Dulcamara, Tammy Falardeau, Karl Fennessey, Matt Hallan, Chuck Martz, Bill Mickols, John 79 Osborne, George Quarderer, Lanny Robbins, Kristina Schnepf, Tracy Taylor, and Kelli Walsh.
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Debbie Elcock, of Argonne National Laboratory, commented that waste and water reduction goals were set prior to the establishment of the FOB and asked what the driver WATER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT was at that point, because it did not sound as though it was necessarily tied to profits.
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