Disposal
Meet disposal requirements while protecting wells and downstream infrastructure.
WATER TREATMENT
Treat the Water.
Protect the Operation.
IET Americas develops water-treatment solutions around water characteristics, operating requirements and the performance objective of the process.
From produced-water treatment and separation to filtration, polishing and disinfection, the treatment train is defined by the application.
The Water Treatment Platform
Start With the Water. Define the Treatment Objective. Select the Technology.
IET approaches water treatment from the characteristics of the water and the required outlet quality — building treatment strategies around the contaminant load, operating conditions, reuse or disposal objective and lifecycle requirements.
01 · Understand the Water
Water Characterization
Oil and grease, suspended solids, particle load, biological activity and other application-specific water-quality parameters.
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02 · Define the Objective
Required Water Quality
Treatment targets are established around the intended use, downstream process, reinjection, disposal or other operating requirement.
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03 · Build the Treatment Train
Technology Selection
Complementary technologies are selected and sequenced according to the application rather than forcing the water through a predetermined equipment package.
Technology Building Blocks
Oil / Water Separation & Flotation
Filtration & Solids Removal
Disinfection & Biological Control
Water Quality Monitoring & Analytics
A treatment train, not a single technology. Depending on the application, IET can position individual technologies or combine complementary treatment steps to achieve the required water quality with practical operating and lifecycle considerations.
THE WATER DEFINES THE PROCESS
Start With What Is in the Water.
Water characteristics determine which treatment mechanisms are required and how the overall process should be configured.
O&G
Oil & Grease
Free, dispersed and emulsified hydrocarbons.
TSS
Suspended Solids
Particle loading, size distribution and settleability.
H₂O
Water Chemistry
Dissolved solids, hardness, salinity, scale potential and pH.
BIO
Microbiology
Bacterial activity affecting water quality and downstream operations.
Different water characteristics require different treatment strategies.
DEFINE THE TREATMENT OBJECTIVE
What Does the Water Need to Become?
The required destination and water quality establish the performance target for the treatment process.
Reinjection
Prepare water for reliable injection and compatibility with the receiving formation.
Reuse
Achieve the quality required by the intended reuse application.
Process Requirements
Condition water for specific industrial, utility or production requirements.
BUILD THE TREATMENT TRAIN
Configure the Process Around the Objective.
Each stage addresses a specific treatment function. The final process combines only the technologies required by the application.
STARTING POINTWater Characteristics
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PERFORMANCE TARGETTreatment Objective
01Chemical
Chemical
Conditioning
Prepare contaminants for effective downstream treatment.
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02Separation &
Separation &
Flotation
Remove oil, solids and other separable contaminants.
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Filtration
Reduce suspended solids and targeted particulate matter.
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04Membrane
Membrane
Technologies
MF · UF · NF · RO for increasingly demanding water-quality objectives.
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05Polishing &
Polishing &
Disinfection
Address residual contaminants and microbiological requirements.
OUTCOMERequired Water Quality
Not every application requires every treatment stage. Technologies are selected and combined according to the characteristics of the water and the required treatment objective.
THE IET APPROACH
From Water Characterization to an Integrated Solution.
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Characterize
Water composition, contaminants, flow and variability.
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Define
Required water quality and operating objective.
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Configure
Select the appropriate combination of treatment technologies.
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Integrate
Technical positioning, commercial execution and local support.
WATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS
The Right Treatment Starts
With Understanding the Water.
Discuss your water characteristics, required water quality or project objective with IET Americas.
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