Two-step process treats variety of waste water streams

This paper reports that with the advent of more stringent regulations affecting the disposal of contaminated waste water streams, industrial generators must consider treatment processes that separate and concentrate contaminants to ensure producing an effluent that meets discharge criteria. An innovative new technology, the PO**WW**ER process, treats contaminated waste water by vaporization of most of the water and volatiles, followed by catalytic oxidation to destroy the remaining volatile and non-volatile contaminants. As a result, essentially pure condensed water is produced. The nonvolatile constituents are concentrated as brine solution, which can be reused, further processed, or disposed of safely