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

