date:Nov 12, 2015
,000 liters a day of cow water (water recovered from the milk drying process) and purifying it for re-use in the plant.
This treated water is returned to the process, keeping disposal costs down and ensuring that Fonterra has no need to increase its water resource consents, adds Reynolds. The plant will also produce boiler feed water of very high quality using less chemicals to protect the steam system from corrosion, increasing the life expectancy of the plant and reducing operating costs.
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