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Food & beverage wastewater is expensive to treat. Most producers know that. What's less obvious is how much of that cost is self-inflicted.

Fines, Fish, and Flocculants: How to Cut Costs and Ensure Compliance

When the chemistry is off, the costs are on: higher treatment spend, project delays, discharge violations, and environmental risk.

The Cost of Non-Compliance

When 1 in 4 facilities are racking up wastewater violations, the question isn't whether it's hitting your bottom line—it's where.

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A municipal facility improved sludge dryness by ~8% and reduced treatment cost.
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A frozen food producer cut wastewater sludge volume 75% by switching to CarboNet advanced chemistry.
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The Hidden Cost of Wastewater in Food & Beverage Production
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Construction dewatering

CarboNet’s SimpleFloc creates 10x stronger flocs than commodity chemicals. Dewater your sites predictably and safely while sticking to your permit.

Food & beverage

CarboNet chemistry cuts chemical fees, toxicity, and NPT. Your margins may just put on weight.

Industrial wastewater

Water scarcity and regulatory hurdles are forcing manufacturers to reduce, recycle, and reclaim their industrial wastewater in an attempt to balance usage with profitability.

Mining

CarboNet’s chemistry extracts new value out of your water treatment. Lower CAPEX, OPEX, and emissions while hitting Scope 3 Standards.

Municipal

CarboNet chemistry eases municipal water treatment by cutting PAM 80% and cost-to-treat 50%—while helping preserve your CAPEX, reduce your OPEX, and hit your KPIs.

Oil & gas

Carbonet chemistry treats the majority of the Permian Basin’s produced water where competition is fierce and margins are razor thin.

Pharmaceutical

CarboNet chemistry cuts chemicals, toxicity, and downtime while ensuring you hit your KPIs. Tuck in for a night’s rest.

Pulp & paper

CarboNet chemistry creates dramatic results for P&P sludge dewatering, lowering CAPEX, OPEX, and emissions while hitting Scope 3 Standards.

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REFERENCE PROJECTS
Municipal Sludge Dryness
A municipal facility improved sludge dryness by ~8% and reduced treatment cost.
Automated Dredge Dewatering
Automated dosing cuts costs 30% by matching swings in influent volume and TSS.
Sludge Dewatering in F&B
A frozen food producer cut wastewater sludge volume 75% by switching to CarboNet advanced chemistry.
See more reference cases
Articles
The Hidden Cost of Wastewater in Food & Beverage Production
Food & beverage wastewater is expensive to treat. Most producers know that. What's less obvious is how much of that cost is self-inflicted.

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PAM is bad news for F&B

CarboNet was invited to speak at IPPE on how polyacrylamide harms a producer’s P&L.

CarboNet cofounder on DWW podcast

Amielle Lake recently sat with host Antoine Walter of the hit Don’t Waste Water podcast for an extended interview at CarboNet HQ.

CarboNet founders win Entrepreneur of the Year Award

The foursome were included with six other Pacific winners in EY's annual rankings of the best operators in Canada.

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Pulp & paper

CarboNet chemistry creates dramatic results for P&P sludge dewatering, lowering CAPEX, OPEX, and emissions while hitting Scope 3 Standards.

Pharmaceutical

CarboNet chemistry cuts chemicals, toxicity, and downtime while ensuring you hit your KPIs. Tuck in for a night’s rest.

Oil & gas

Carbonet chemistry treats the majority of the Permian Basin’s produced water where competition is fierce and margins are razor thin.

Municipal

CarboNet chemistry eases municipal water treatment by cutting PAM 80% and cost-to-treat 50%—while helping preserve your CAPEX, reduce your OPEX, and hit your KPIs.

Mining

CarboNet’s chemistry extracts new value out of your water treatment. Lower CAPEX, OPEX, and emissions while hitting Scope 3 Standards.

Industrial wastewater

Water scarcity and regulatory hurdles are forcing manufacturers to reduce, recycle, and reclaim their industrial wastewater in an attempt to balance usage with profitability.

Food & beverage

CarboNet chemistry cuts chemical fees, toxicity, and NPT. Your margins may just put on weight.

Construction dewatering

CarboNet’s SimpleFloc creates 10x stronger flocs than commodity chemicals. Dewater your sites predictably and safely while sticking to your permit.

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