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Get the Whitepaper: A Practical Path to ELG Compliance through Thermal Evaporation

Get the Whitepaper: A Practical Path to ELG Compliance through Thermal Evaporation
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Coal-fired power plants are facing a new wastewater reality. EPA’s Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs) and aging infrastructure are making conventional approaches harder—and more expensive—to sustain. Traditional zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems can be complex, capital-intensive, and difficult to deploy at scale.

This white paper outlines a more practical path forward.

It examines how modern thermal evaporation systems can effectively manage high-total-dissolved-solids wastewater streams—such as flue gas desulfurization (FGD) purge water and coal-combustion residual leachate (CRL)—by dramatically reducing wastewater volume and producing concentrated residuals suitable for downstream solidification or encapsulation.

Critically, these systems can leverage existing or newly installed waste heat from boilers, turbines, or auxiliary generation, improving project economics while minimizing disruption to plant operations.

Inside the paper, readers will learn how thermal evaporation fits into ZLD-ready treatment architectures and why this approach is increasingly aligned with DOE-supported demonstration efforts.

If you are evaluating how to modernize wastewater treatment while reducing cost, risk, and complexity, this white paper provides a clear, actionable framework.

Download the white paper to explore a scalable, commercially proven approach to coal power plant wastewater management.

 

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