COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO
MATINA, DAVAO CITY

INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

CE530 WATER RESOURCE

(3455)

MARY ANN JOY G. JEVERO

STUDENT 18

SEPTEMBER 2020
 Industrial Water Supply System
Objectives:

 To learn what is Industrial Water

 To know the uses of Industrial Water
 To recognize the process on how to reuse water during the production pf products

Industrial Water

Water is essential to most industries. It was used for a variety of purposes, such as cleaning or
dissolving substances. The amount of water a country needs for industrial purposes varies widely.
Manufacturing and other industries use water during the production process for creating their products
or cooling equipment used in creating their product.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), industrial water is used for:

 Fabricating
 Processing
 Washing
 Diluting
 Cooling
 Transporting
 Smelting Facilities
 Petroleum Refineries
 Producing Products

Water is also used by:

Smelting Facilities

Producing Chemical Products

 Producing Food

Producing Paper Products

Even though the industrial sector consumes less water than agriculture and domestic users, it
has high potential as it releases complex pollutants. Hence, it is easy to impose laws and take action
against defaulters compared to many local bodies that are managed officers of the government itself.

 Reuse to maximum extent. Instead of keeping water in a closed loop system, it is often
used in a linear system.

Closed-loop system
 Linear system

 Use treatment options that require large quantities of chemicals and energy only if
low chemical-/energy-use options are not available. Options requiring large quantities
of chemicals or large amounts of energy are often recommended by consultants or
suppliers to increase their profit. Construction costs are often increased by unnecessary
use of steel and cement.
 Avoid water wherever possible. Avoiding water is a major principle adopted by many
industries. Water cooling is being replaced by air cooling in thermal power plants,
cement plants and other industries.
 Segregate wastewater with different characteristics. Mixing of organic wastes with
inorganic wastes will lead to the inhibition of microbial activity during the treatment
process.
 Minimize the carbon footprint. Components that are responsible for a high carbon
footprint during construction are overdesigning and the use of large quantities of
cement and metal. Components that are responsible for a high carbon footprint during
operation are electro mechanic devices such as pumps, scrapers, aerators and heaters.
  Research and design the manufacturing unit to attain sustainability. If a manufacturing
unit is not designed in the initial stage of the project to attain environmental
sustainability, its incorporation in the latter stage of the life of a manufacturing unit
would be costly and may not be feasible.
 Investment in human resources. Most industries do not plan human-resource
investments well. As a result of a poorly trained and unknowledgeable workforce, many
countries have ended up paying in terms of environmental degradation.

Industries with High Dissolved Solids

Industrial wastewater can be classified based on biodegradability and dissolved solids.

Industrial wastewater classification

Industries with Low Dissolved Solids

Industries with low dissolved solids will have an advantage in that most of the pollutants can be
removed by physical operations.
 Different wastewater types should not be mixed because of the difficulty of purifying the total
wastewater output.

Basic Scheme of Water Supply for Industry

References:

Water Quality Standards vol. 1 – Industrial Water – Yasumo Magara

https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/other/industrial/index.html

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/energy-government-and-defense-
magazines/industrial-water-use

Chandrappa, Ramesha, and Diganta B. Das. Sustainable Water Engineering :

Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014. ProQuest Ebook
Central, https://search.proquest.com/legacydocview/EBC/1712694?
accountid=31259.

V.V. Shatalov, All-Russian Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Ministry of Atomic

Energy, Russian Federation, Russia