Agri-food industry can recover up to 90% of its wastewater

Water scarcity caused by climate change has led different sectors of activity to adopt measures that promote circularity and water efficiency.

“In the case of agri-food industries, it is possible to significantly reduce water consumption, through the reuse of their effluents, which can be treated and applied for different purposes”, he states. Fátima Pedroso, Director of Industrial Solutions at Aquapor.

“If industrial effluents are used only for irrigation, recovery of more than 90% is possible. On the other hand, if we talk about non-food industrial uses, such as use in boilers and cooling systems, industries will be able to recover 50 to 60% of their effluents”, explains the person in charge.

As a way of promoting the use of alternative water sources, namely industrial effluents, Aquapor has been developing several solutions that can be adapted to the reality of each industry.

The circularity of water in the agricultural and agri-food sector will be highlighted at Ovibeja, in a debate promoted by Aquapor and which aims to publicize the new guidelines to be applied to wastewater, as well as the solutions that exist for the treatment of effluents.