Water & Wastewater Asia January/February 2021
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VIEWPOINT 43<br />
Top five considerations for a<br />
brownfield facility upgrade<br />
By Alicia Chow, Veolia <strong>Water</strong> Technologies<br />
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Managing a brownfield facility often<br />
comes with many challenges, including<br />
issues with ageing plant components<br />
and having to adapt to new regulatory<br />
requirements. How does one decide<br />
if a brownfield water or wastewater<br />
treatment plant is due for an upgrade? It<br />
is important to assess the plant’s current<br />
process performance against the desired<br />
outcomes or required standards before<br />
deciding if the business should modify,<br />
update, or upgrade existing treatment<br />
processes.<br />
Here are the top five considerations for<br />
managers evaluating an upgrade for their<br />
brownfield water or wastewater treatment<br />
plant:<br />
#1: Changes to business requirements<br />
In today’s competitive business environment,<br />
manufacturers often grapple to meet new<br />
requirements due to changing market<br />
demands or new corporate sustainability<br />
goals. Both scenarios can bring about<br />
changes to water quality specifications and<br />
treatment capacity, which makes alterations<br />
to existing treatment systems unavoidable. It<br />
is then imperative for businesses to carefully<br />
examine how their business goals can be<br />
met through the selection of a suitable water<br />
treatment system.<br />
Businesses that are looking to streamline<br />
production processes can consider modular<br />
water treatment systems, which allow<br />
additional treatment units to be added or<br />
removed from a system quickly and efficiently,<br />
depending on their requirements. This ability<br />
to scale a system up and down also offers<br />
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