As a leading producer of jerky snacks beefed up its production, the company’s high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) discharge contributed to an overload of its local wastewater treatment plant. Unhappy with this situation, it decided to look for a wastewater treatment solution that would not only solve this problem, but lead to cost savings by recovering energy from the waste stream.
The company turned to Veolia Water Technologies to develop a new process. Veolia’s solution combines its Memthane anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology with a Sulfothane biogas desulfurization system. The solution has solved the processor's discharge issue and generates biogas as a byproduct, reducing the plant’s energy costs.