Sector: Industry
Location: Perth, WA
2.5 m3/h recycling plant with Lloyd's-certified oil content monitor delivers below 5 ppm TPH and saves millions of litres of potable water a year.
Client: major Perth city council with water harvesting on site and a fleet of street sweepers, parks vehicles and light vehicles.
Problem: high potable water cost and an existing oil water separator discharging non-compliant water.
Duty: 2.5 m3/h; TSS 500 mg/L with high bacteria from sweeper loads.
Plant: sump strainer, coalescer for gross oil, oil and gross solids stage, MyCelx polishing, holding tanks with sanitising; a Lloyd's Register certified oil content monitor continuously samples the outlet and only water below 10 ppm passes to the clean tank.
Results: TPH below 5 ppm (typically below 10 ppm), TSS below 10 mg/L, oil droplets below 5 micron removed; millions of litres of potable water saved per year.