wastewater treatment | Dairy Foods

Carnation dairy processing facility achieves Alliance for Water Stewardship certification

It is the first dairy facility in the United States to earn certification under the standard.

March 29, 2021

Nestlé USA said its Carnation facility in Modesto, Calif., is the first dairy processing facility in the United States to earn certification under the rigorous Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) standard.

Bongards Creameries honored with 2020 Industrial Water Quality Achievement Award

The award, presented by the Central States Water Environment Association, recognizes achievements at Bongards’ Perham, Minn., natural cheese plant.

November 30, 2020

In early November, the Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA) recognized Chanhassen, Minn.-based Bongards Creameries with the 2020 Industrial Water Quality Achievement Award.

Reap benefits from wastewater reduction initiatives

Dairy processors could significantly cut costs and improve efficiencies by implementing potent wastewater reduction initiatives.

Richard Mitchell

June 24, 2020

Leveraging a virtual waterfall of liquids is essential if operators are to keep processes running smoothly while ensuring facilities remain clean and safe. Yet the effective use of water still requires restraint.

Case Study

Graf Creamery Optimizes Wastewater Operations with U.S. Water

May 7, 2019

Graf Creamery, a Midwestern butter and cream production plant, was experiencing issues with the fat and grease build-up in their holding cell retention pond. The fat build-up was restricting their ability to manage the wastewater leaving the plant and the solids had the potential to fill up the ridge and furrow absorption wastewater process.

Case Study

HP Hood keeps pace with production while meeting wastewater objectives

The dairy processer selected Evoqua to build wastewater treatment system

Daniel Bertoldo

March 14, 2019

HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., is one of the largest dairy operators in the United States, with 13 plants across the country. It has been producing high-quality dairy products for more than 160 years.

HP Hood facility reaps benefits from anaerobic digestion plant

The system removes 99% of organic waste material from high-strength dairy production wastewater.

January 19, 2018

One of the largest dairy production operations in the United States is achieving outstanding environmental performance from a Global Water & Energy FLOTAMET anaerobic digestion plant that removes pollution from wastewater and transforms it into green energy to fuel boilers.

Microdyn-Nadir’s compact rack solution with modules

December 26, 2015

Microdyn-Nadir’s R-Aquadyn is a compact rack solution based on the double asymmetric, hydrophilic low fouling PAN hollow fiber membrane modules type UA1060.