Dairy Manufacturing & Water
David Barr
AWA Innovation Forum18 March 2015
A challenge
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An opinion
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A mass balance
Whole Milk @ 88% H2O
0.88 L water / L milk
Town Water
0.80 L water / L milk
Effluent
1.18 – 1.64 L water / L milk
Non-fluid Dairy @ 4 -50% H2O
0.04 – 0.50 L water / L milk
Closing the loop … sort of
Whole Milk @ 88% H2O
0.88 L / L milk
Non-fluid Dairy @ 4 -50% H2O
0.04 – 0.50 L / L milk
Effluent
0.18 – 0.64 L / L milk
Town Water
0.30 L / L milk
… plus 0.5L / L for beneficial reuse
Recovering on-farm
[TetraPak / Smart Water Fund]
Measuring the losses
Seeing the benefits
[Ovivo / Inghams]
But …
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Advanced Water Treatment plants
Brine and waste
Mains Water top up
AWTP
Water Storage
Factory
… how to reap the harvest ?
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We don’t know – but you might