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Industrial process water

Process water is an essential resource in numerous industrial facilities, where it is used in operations as diverse as power generation, equipment cleaning, food and beverage production, chemical processes, and cooling systems.

For this reason, it is essential to have continuous monitoring and control solutions that allow for the supervision of water quality at every stage of the process, from pretreatment to reuse or discharge. In particular, in ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis systems, monitoring variables such as pH, conductivity, turbidity, hardness, pressure, flow rate, and residual chlorine is key to optimizing performance, preventing incidents, and extending the service life of membranes and associated equipment.

Food and Beverages

Chemical Industry

Oil & Gas

Pharmaceutical

Mining & Metallurgy

Energy & Electricity

Monitoring of Process Water Treatment Plants

The water used in industrial processes—raw water, cooling water, wash water, ultrapure water, boiler feedwater, dilution water, or transport water—directly affects operational efficiency, asset protection, and the quality of the final product.

In process water treatment plants, continuous monitoring is essential for controlling the quality of the incoming water, optimizing pretreatment, and protecting stages such as ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, thereby ensuring compliance with industrial effluent regulations.

At Envira, we design custom solutions for real-time monitoring and analysis of process water, which can be integrated with plant control systems and are designed to improve the reliability, traceability, and overall performance of the facility.

Benefits of Continuous Monitoring in Industrial Environments

Efficient and reliable production

Efficient and reliable production

Industrial asset protection

Industrial asset protection

End product uniformity

End product uniformity

Maximise production and cost savings

Maximise production and cost savings

Monitoring of Key Parameters in Process Water

Raw water can be a source of microbiological, physical and chemical contamination. To ensure the purity of water, free from contaminants and minerals, sectors such as the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical industries need reliable water quality monitoring and analysis systems that enable them to:

Maintain conditions of uniformity of the final product.
Ensure the integrity of safe and effective drugs.
Comply with food safety standards and Food and Drug Administration or European Medicines Agency regulations.
Avoid unwanted chemical reactions in sensitive processes.

To do this, it is essential to have instruments that can continuously analyse and control the physico-chemical parameters of water, such as pH, conductivity, turbidity, heavy metals, organic compounds, nutrients and many other parameters specific to each sector.

Filtro de agua en plantas de osmosis

SWAS Water and Steam Analysis System

We design and implement water and steam analysis systems for the sampling, conditioning and analysis of water and steam in industrial facilities where purity control is critical, such as power generation plants.

These systems protect equipment from corrosion and scaling, extending its life and ensuring it continues to operate efficiently.

Sistema de análisis SWAS

Industrial effluent monitoring

Industrial wastewater can often contain toxic substances from the various production processes to which it was previously subjected.

Accurate and reliable monitoring of all the parameters that determine the appropriate quality of treated water before it is discharged into the sewer system or reused as process water enables industries to ensure compliance with the strict environmental laws and regulations to which they are subject.

Similarly, monitoring provides valuable information on the efficiency of industrial processes by reporting excessive use of chemicals or malfunctioning equipment.

Monitorización de efluentes industriales

Ultrafiltration Control System

Water ultrafiltration plays a key role in many industrial process water treatment plants, especially as a pretreatment stage prior to reverse osmosis or in water recovery and reuse processes.

This technology reduces suspended solids, turbidity, colloidal matter, and part of the microbiological load, helping to stabilize water quality and protect subsequent treatment stages.

To ensure stable ultrafiltration operation, it is necessary to continuously monitor operational and quality parameters that allow for the early detection of deviations, membrane fouling, or performance losses. Monitoring variables such as pressure, flow rate, turbidity, pH, and conductivity facilitates the optimization of filtration and cleaning cycles, reduces unplanned downtime, and improves the plant’s overall efficiency.

Plantas de tratamiento de ultrafiltración de aguas

Reverse Osmosis Control System

Water monitoring and control in reverse osmosis plants is essential to ensure the efficiency and quality of the water treatment process.

The quality, pressure and flow rate of the feed water have a direct effect on the life of the membranes and the quality of the water produced, so it is necessary to control physico-chemical parameters such as turbidity, pH, conductivity, hardness, chlorine content, pressure and flow rate.

At Envira we have specific equipment to design control panels in reverse osmosis plants that guarantee the quality of the final product and extend the useful life of the equipment.

Planta de ósmosis inversa

Industrial water data analysis

Collecting, analysing and interpreting data on water quality and water use in industry enables companies to make informed decisions, optimise their operations and comply with environmental legislation and regulations.

Water quality monitoring system WQMS

The data acquisition system and the control centre allow continuous monitoring of water quality, providing highly reliable data in real time.

The customisable system is fully adaptable and can be integrated with Public Administration systems and allows both the generation of reports and alerts and the validation and exploitation of the data.

Sistema SCADA Aguas