Water Treatment Case Studies
The following list is by no means exhaustive. Land clean have completed numerous water treatment projects throughout the UK.
SITE HISTORY: Gas Works
LOCATION: Devon
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Hydrocarbons, Cyanide Compounds, Heavy Metals
Description of on site water treatment works:
- Phase separation of free product
- Solid settlement
- Activated carbon filtration for dissolved organics
- Flocculation and bone char filtration for inorganics
- Ph adjustment
- 10,000m3 of water treated
SITE HISTORY: Gas Terminal
LOCATION: Norfolk
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Hydrocarbons, Methylene Glycol
Description of on site water treatment works:
- Treatment and recycling of pipeline waters and jetting waters
- De-gassing of waters
- Solid settlement
- Separation of free phase hydrocarbons
- Particulate filtration
- Activated carbon filtration for dissolved organics
- Water storage
- 7,000m3 of water treated
SITE HISTORY: Diesel / crude oil pipelines
LOCATION: Hampshire
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Diesel, crude oil
Description of on site water treatment works:
- miles of pipeline purging
- Collection, storage and recycling of fuel and oil
- 150m3 hydrocarbon recovered
SITE HISTORY: Plastic Packaging Factory
LOCATION: Dorset
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Solvents (TCE, TCA)
Description of on site water treatment works:
- Solid settlement
- Particulate filtration
- Activated carbon filtration for dissolved organics
- Water storage
- 12,000m3 of water treated
SITE HISTORY: Power Station
LOCATION: Isle of Man
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Medium Fuel Oil
Description of on site water treatment works:
- Solid settlement
- Separation of free phase hydrocarbons
- Particulate filtration
- Activated carbon filtration for dissolved organics
- Water storage
- On permanent standby for the duration of the works, treatment capacity 100m3/day
SITE HISTORY: Diesel Spillage on Chalk Aquifer
LOCATION: Sussex
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Diesel Fuel
Description of on site water treatment works:
- Air powered borehole skimmer pumps recovering free and dissolved phase fuel.
- Oil water separator
- 1,700 litres of fuel recovered
SITE HISTORY: Fuel Filling Station
LOCATION: Dorset
PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS: Petrol, Diesel, Lubrication/Engine Oils.
Description of on site water treatment works:
- Installation of water collection trench around the existing buildings.
- Fully automated water treatment system built in shipping container.
- Separation of free phase product
- Particle filtration
- Activated carbon filtration for dissolved organics
- 1000 m3 of water treated
- Clients daily business activities not interrupted
