Pollutant Effluent and the Environment

Bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and oceans all have a limited capacity to process polluted effluents discharged from industrial, agricultural and expanding urban uses. Furthermore, water quality degradation can be a major cause of water scarcity.

Water pollution has a devastating effect on wildlife and indeed humans for that matter. It has even been suggested that water pollution is one of the main causes of death and disease and is responsible for thousands of deaths per day around the world.

The EU has devised the Water Framework Directive, design to achieve ‘good water status’ in all European waters by 2015. All Member States have to ensure that a co-ordinated approach is adopted to meet with the overall objectives. Some of the objectives of the WFD are as follows:

·        To provide for enhanced protection and improvement of the aquatic environment by reducing / phasing out of discharges, emissions and losses of priority substances.

·        To promote sustainable water use based on long-term protection of available water resources.

·        To provide for sufficient supply of good quality surface water and groundwater as needed for sustainable, balanced and equitable water use.

·        To protect and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems.

Aqua-sol V.V.F technology can play a key role in meeting with the Water Framework Directive. Using V.V.F technology can reduce the amount of industrial discharge by recycling the process water. It can also reduce the amount of pollution and particulate matter being introduced back into the environment upon discharge.