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How a Canadian Factory Uses Water Filtration to Beat Drought
Lucas and Luna explore how a factory in drought-prone British Columbia cuts water use by 80 percent using advanced membrane filtration and closed-loop cooling. The episode focuses on one specific system: a Canadian plant that recycles 95 percent of its process water, saving $1.2 million annually and eliminating discharge permits. They discuss the technology (reverse osmosis with ceramic membranes), the retrofit cost ($3.8 million), the payback period (just over three years), and the unexpected benefit of higher product consistency. Lucas explains why water recycling is becoming a competitive…
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