A $600,000 Annual Line Item
Compliance is non-negotiable. Hauling costs are.
CASE STUDY: EPDM Rubber Manufacturer (Georgia)
Why pay for water twice? Once to buy it, and once to haul it away.
For this EPDM rubber manufacturer in Georgia, their production process generates a heavy "Red Water" stream loaded with suspended rubber and Zinc. Because the Zinc levels were 9x the municipal limit, they couldn't discharge it. They were forced to haul it, which is a $50,000/month hit to their manufacturing margins.
We deployed the Ginseng Confidence Method to prove a circular alternative: Feed it back into production. By shifting the objective from 'compliant discharge' to 'production reuse,' we stripped out the contaminants using the Ginseng alone, thus eliminating the complexity and energy tax of Reverse Osmosis.
The Challenge: Turning high-TSS (2,640 mg/L), Zinc-laden wastewater into a clean resource.
The Fix: A Ginseng system that removes solids and metals simultaneously, creating a stable supply for the production line.
For this EPDM rubber manufacturer in Georgia, their production process generates a heavy "Red Water" stream loaded with suspended rubber and Zinc. Because the Zinc levels were 9x the municipal limit, they couldn't discharge it. They were forced to haul it, which is a $50,000/month hit to their manufacturing margins.
We deployed the Ginseng Confidence Method to prove a circular alternative: Feed it back into production. By shifting the objective from 'compliant discharge' to 'production reuse,' we stripped out the contaminants using the Ginseng alone, thus eliminating the complexity and energy tax of Reverse Osmosis.
The Challenge: Turning high-TSS (2,640 mg/L), Zinc-laden wastewater into a clean resource.
The Fix: A Ginseng system that removes solids and metals simultaneously, creating a stable supply for the production line.
Before
9x Zinc Limit (7.0 mg/L)
($50k/mo Hauling Cost)
After
>99% Zinc Removal
(0.007 mg/L)
| Before | After | |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc (Zn) | 7.0 mg/L (9x Limit) | 0.007 mg/L (>99% Removal) |
| TSS & Turbidity | High | Non-Detect |