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It’s Time to Recover that Damn Wastewater!

By Antoine Walter · (don't) Waste Water · 26 August 2020 · 2 min read

Lenntech, a Dutch water-treatment specialist founded in 1999 with water revenue in the US$10M to US$50M band, engineers tertiary recovery for industry’s hardest, brine-heavy wastewater. Its R&D engineer Christos Charisiadis argues Minimum Liquid Discharge beats full Zero Liquid Discharge, recovering nearly as much water at a fraction of the operating cost.

Focus
Pure-play water
Founded
1999
Water revenue
US$10M to US$50M
Headquarters
Netherlands
🎧 Built on the podcast This article is the companion to S1E7 with Christos Charisiadis. Listen to the episode →

with 🎙️  Christos CHARISIADIS – R&D Engineer @ Lenntech

What we covered:

🍏 Why the most important initial in “R&D” is neither “R” nor “D”

🍏 How to solve a treatment riddle and why this is a team sport

🍏 How a concept invented in ancient Rome never has been so relevant

🍏 Harsh, strict and demanding regulations are a blessing. Here’s why.

🍏 The truth about brines and what to do with them

🍏 Zero, Minimum… Here’s why less is more!

 🔥 … and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 

Resources:

➡️ Christos’ amazing booklet on Zero (and Minimum) Liquid Discharge

➡️ Send your warm regards to Christos Charisiadis on his LinkedIn page.

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