As the world moves toward a low-carbon economy, water will play an increasing role in supporting clean technologies. That makes it critical for energy transition initiatives to consider their impacts on water consumption and how organizations will ensure the proper management of water resources. At Flowserve, they’re committed to safeguarding water as a valuable resource as well as supporting their customers as they take steps to build a sustainable future. Flowserve specialists pursued an ambitious plan to reclaim 100% of the water used in the operations at their facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Team members saw an opportunity to keep all processing and testing water in a closed-loop system —thereby conserving clean water instead of drawing more from the municipal supply. The project team identified operations throughout the Rio plant in which water could be better managed. In addition, there are two rainwater reservoirs originally built for cleaning the plant’s exterior and irrigating the landscape. Although they had not worked as envisioned, they were available to be incorporated into a new system designed to conserve process water. Flowserve’s Brazil facility can reuse 100% of the process water that would have been discharged into the municipal wastewater system. Further, they now capture rainwater and add it in their operations. This maximizes a precious natural resource and offsets the consumption and cost of water from the municipal system.
Flowserve Making Rio de Janeiro Better by Reclaiming 100% of Process Water
