Water Reduction a Key
Objective for McCain Foods
McCain Foods is committed to sustainable development, including
reducing water use where possible. Utilizing the “Search for Pools”
audit process McCain continues to drive initiatives focused on
minimizing fresh water use and recycling water. Here are just a few
recent examples of how McCain and Nalco have worked together to
accomplish this goal:
In Mehsana, India, the local Nalco team led by Dwakardas Kulkarni
worked with Mr. Dipen Chakraborty in reducing the amount of water
required for sand filter backwashing by adding pressure gauges to
the system. Instead of backwashing daily, the units now backwash
roughly every 2 weeks according to a preset pressure drop target.
The result is an annual reduction in freshwater use of 2,241 cubic
meters annually with no reduction in filter performance.
Judith York, account manager for the Scarborough, UK site, worked
with Maintenance Manager James Green to reduce fresh water
use in the scrubber cooling system by 3,130 cubic meters annually.
They did this by softening the borehole water used for make-up,
permitting the system to operate at higher cycles of concentration
while also under 3D TRASAR® control.
By automating the condenser systems with 3D TRASAR
technology at Carberry, Manitoba, Tristan Dietrich was able to
quantify a reduction of 2,318 cubic meters of fresh water make-up.
In addition, improved control reduced mild steel corrosion rates
by 21% and facilitated on line removal of a 0.3 mm deposit on
the condenser tubes.
WELCOME
WELCOME
Welcome to the first issue of our
SustainAbility newsletter, a quarterly
publication designed to celebrate Nalco’s
global partnership with McCain Foods,
leverage expertise and best practices and
enhance inter-company communication.
There’s real meaning in the name.
Our primary goal is to help McCain Foods
operate sustainably, and at lower TCO.
Doing so requires the ability to work in
close partnership while bringing innovative
technologies to bear. This newsletter will
provide you with some specific examples
of how Nalco is helping McCain Foods find
ways to reuse water and explore ways to
further reduce your freshwater footprint.
The McCain Foods/Nalco global business
relationship has been in place for over four
years. Working together, our team has
found, developed, and sustained more
than $2.5 million per year in water, energy,
and operational cost savings, and has
reduced annual fresh water consumption
by more than 200,000 cubic meters.
Jerome Richardson
Nalco Key Account Manager
Water Reuse…
moving from compliance to economic benefit
In recent decades, compliance with government wastewater quality requirements has been the primary, and often only, driver of
industrial wastewater treatment programs. But leading industrial operators recognize that compliance alone is not enough and
are moving forward with new wastewater treatment approaches that create economic and environmental benefits.
In some water-stressed regions, leading manufacturers must ask themselves – where is my next drop of water to come from?
The path forward includes:
• increased water recycling and reuse programs to reduce water consumption and discharge needs
• implementation of solid waste (sludge) reduction and waste-to-energy projects
• use of advanced mechanical and chemical treatment technologies and innovations
• focus on reducing energy costs associated with wastewater treatment
Water recycle and reuse programs require a sophisticated knowledge of wastewater treatment, process knowledge,
monitoring and control software and innovative water chemistry and technologies to ensure that water is treated to
“fit for use” levels that protect the environment, product quality and asset integrity.
Some facilities use gray water (wastewater) as the water source for its cooling operations without any performance
deterioration, while significantly reducing fresh water consumption. Water recycle and water reuse – whether in heattransfer applications and throughout the production process and for cleaning water use – also cuts down the need for
complex and expensive wastewater treatment.
Plants are working to develop “zero liquid discharge” facilities. The ultimate goal is to minimize water requirements
by reusing and recycling every drop of water they take in until water loss is limited to evaporation.
Technology drivers are helping industry reduce costs. Improved chemistries that capture
tough-to-manage contaminants, equipment advances – along with bio-augmentation programs
and automation technologies that save energy, reduce maintenance and allow for more
Recycle
Water reclaimed
water recycling – are all helping to improve the quality and reduce the cost of industrial
as make-up
after quality improvement
wastewater treatment.
Reuse
Water reclaimed as make-up
without any change to its quality
No longer is compliance enough
for industry when it comes to
wastewater treatment. Water
scarcity, energy savings, and
increasingly complex industrial
wastewater treatment demands
are pushing industry to implement
new, integrated techniques to
optimize environmental and
economic performance. Advanced
automation, new cooperative
facilities and other technology
and expertise advances will help
industrial operators meet public
needs at reduced economic cost,
helping to facilitate the sustainable economic and environmental
development.
Reduce
Reduced water use through improved operation
of existing equipment and processes
Increased demand may not be able to be met by current fresh water supplies,
or it may become limited by local water use permits. This is the primary economic
driver to consider Reuse on the Water Sustainability Triangle.
Integrated Water Management
reuse, recycle, recover
The Nalco Integrated Water Management (IWM) process is a
complete audit-to-operation approach for increased water reuse
and recycling. We package Nalco’s global expertise into a single
offering by selecting the best technology, chemistry and expertise
required for long-term sustainable solutions, improving profitability
and environmental performance. These solutions can be
standardized enterprise wide and are fully supported at the
individual facility level, anywhere in the globe.
Why Nalco
Industry-Specific Experience
Nalco & Partners
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Equipment
Companies
Consulting
Companies
Industry-Specific Experience
Knowledge of water: process to waste/waste to utilities
Design-Build-Own-Operate-Maintain (DBOOM) Services
The Nalco IWM process identifies the technology, chemistry and
expertise required for long-term sustainable solutions, improving
profitability and environmental performance. We start with a
customized IWM audit by a team of industry experts that includes:
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Site survey and water audit
Plant resources modeling for water discharge options
Feasibility study
Pilot scale evaluation
Conceptual and Final Design
Commissioning support
Advanced System Modeling (risk assessment)
Control and Monitoring Platforms for variable water
streams into utility systems
Onsite Services
Non-biased Technology Solutions
(Mechanical-Operational-Chemical)
Highly Capable
Marginally Capable
Not Capable
We continue to offer our expert support after the project is completed to ensure that it works as designed and delivers
optimal operational efficiency.
McCain’s goals are our goals
Nalco has partnered with industrial and institutional customers worldwide to develop reliable, cost-effective and
safe solutions. We help you:
Increase profitability – IWM helps you reduce both fresh water consumption and waste treatment/wastewater discharge costs.
Improve quality – IWM helps you improve the quality of feed water, treated and recycled water, process and rinse water and, most
importantly, your end product.
Increase productivity – IWM helps you increase productivity by reducing water-related shutdown and associated production
losses; increasing cooling tower cycles of concentration and plant cooling efficiency; upgrading boiler water quality and reducing
steam-related production downtime and energy wastage due to blowdown; and achieving best-in-class water efficiency.
Meet environment, health and safety standards – IWM helps you meet or exceed your environmental goals and reduce
environmental and health risks
Considering a project? Let Nalco help!
Call Jerome Richardson (905-379-8044)
or email [email protected].
Chemical
Suppliers
Getting the Most from the
McCain/Nalco Business Partnership
The key to documented success in the McCain Foods/Nalco business relationship is the close working relationship
between the operating, maintenance, and technical staffs at each McCain facility and the local Nalco field support
engineers.
In this issue, we talked about the importance of water reuse and recycle and how the impact of the McCain Foods/
Nalco partnership has resulted in annual fresh water savings of more than 200,000 cubic meters. There is no reason
why we can’t replicate this success at every McCain facility.
Each Nalco field support engineer has access to technical information for sharing ideas, problem-solving and
leveraging best practices worldwide in real time. These local field engineers give McCain the biggest “bang for the
buck” as proactive problem prevention specialists who provide on-site training, support and guidance to the McCain
facility staff responsible for day-to-day monitoring and control of water-related processes.
Key stakeholders from McCain facilities that utilize Nalco products should participate at least annually in a Business
Review meeting, in which the local Nalco field support engineer will review progress on mutually agreed upon Key
Performance Indicators and provide recommendations for future opportunities for improvement in water, energy, and
chemical consumption. The Nalco field support engineer will follow this Service Action Plan and document progress
on each site visit in a Service Report.
This process is the cornerstone of the McCain Foods/Nalco partnership – one that delivers documented results
that allow McCain to achieve its business goals. If at any time you feel Nalco should improve any aspect of our
performance for your facility, do not hesitate to contact me directly to expedite response to your needs.
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Jerome Richardson
[email protected]
905-379-8044
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