The Problem of Salt in Wastewater

• Sources of salt are many & include sodium chloride (the salt on your table) & all many other chemical “salts” generated in water & wastewater treatment
• Concentrate from industrial process water & wastewater treatment
• Cooling tower wastewater (blowdown)
• Food processing – wastewater from nut roasting, olive processing, cheese production, canning vegetables, etc.
• Municipal drinking water systems – concentrate from removing Nitrates, Arsenic and other health contaminants
• Vehicle maintenance – car washes, washing trucks that salt roads for ice control, ets.
• Oil field produced water
• Water softeners – the largest source in some communities
  • All tech manufacturing & data centers require high quality water – starts with a softener
  • Hospitals, schools & government buildings, office buildings typically use a softener to protect their HVAC systems
  • Restaurants, coffee shops, laundries & other service providers use softwater
  • Hotels use softener for their laundry, restaurants & HVAC systems
  • Data centers require cooling which requires good water