"reclaimed" water in cooling towers

[Randy S.]

Yet another proposal has come forward to use reclaimed water from a municipal sewer system in evaporative cooling towers. While I can think of several very basic reasons to not do this, the proposal is apparently gaining more acceptance amongst the decision makers.

Has anybody out there actually done this?

I feel sick already...

[Healey Nut]

Yep . I have a customer at a university that has lots of pools with fish in them for research and they have constant fresh water overflow in the pools to keep it clean for the fish. This is collected and sent to the towers. Not sure if I like the idea of sewer water though.......... The lumps may plug your nozzles LOL... Get the apprentice to clean them ???????

[ChillerWisperer]

Yep . I have a customer at a university that has lots of pools with fish in them for research and they have constant fresh water overflow in the pools to keep it clean for the fish. This is collected and sent to the towers. Not sure if I like the idea of sewer water though.......... The lumps may plug your nozzles LOL... Get the apprentice to clean them ???????

My guys bit*h about cleaning towers already. If they had to clean towers using poopy water, they'd probably quit.

Use reclaimed water for what it was intended for...irrigation.

[94steve]

MMMMMMMmm, YUMMY!!!

Imagine cleaning the pan in the winter time...

[mrhvacmechanic]

Don't like the idea of it either. Sometimes the decesion makers have their heads where the sun doesn't shine! As long as they don't have to work in the stuff.
It takes someone to get seriously ill before it's it's not allowed anymore.

[CaptJackSparrow]

Check this out!

Siemans did a 10 year performance contract at an AFB here. They dug a pond and fill it with the affluent water. The pump the water directly out of the pond into the WHAT? condensers of two RTHBs. There is a fountian that sprays inthe air to cool the pond by evaporation. I have not been back since the start up about 7 years ago but I guess it is surviving. Who knows? No water treatment! No nothing! I would love to see the tubes and tube sheet corrosion if they havent coated yet!

[JRINJAX]

We take care of a coal-fired [co-gen] power plant that uses the wastewater from a paper plant for their cooling towers due to the Enviros forcing them to be "Zero discharge" into the river behind the plant. The wastewater has a lot of organics and bleaches that eat up the cooling towers and everything that is in the plant too.

The real issue with affluent water is; how much affluent does it contain and how well do they monitor their process.

[doubleduece]

POO WATER......

affluent contains more macro solids than city water, I wonder were that ends up as water evaporates..

Im hungry, anyone else..?????

POO WATER