August 2017 Vol. 72 No. 8
Business
GE’s Wastewater Treatment Technology Honored
Federated Co-Operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, was named Industrial Water Project of the Year, as the 2016-commissioned project representing the most impressive technical or environmental achievement in the industrial sector of the international water industry.
Using GE Water & Process Technologies’ advanced water recycling equipment, the Co-op Refinery Complex became the first refinery in North America to treat 100 percent of its wastewater onsite, and then recycle the treated effluent for steam production. Steam is used for heating, hydrogen production, to power equipment and for cooling towers.
“Water is a precious resource and our wastewater improvement project allows us to be efficient and sustainable by recovering every drop of water – 2 million gallons of wastewater daily,” said Gil Le Dressay, vice president, refinery operations, Federated Co-Operatives Limited.
With a fully operational wastewater improvement project, the Co-op Refinery Complex’s reliance on raw water from the city aquifer will decrease by the equivalent of 3,100 households in Regina on an annual basis.
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