Keeping Industry Flowing: The Critical Role of Mobile Water Solutions

The Fortune Global 500 (FG500) manufacturing and industrial sectors face an estimated 3.3 million hours of unplanned downtime annually, resulting in staggering financial losses amounting to $864 billion.These numbers underscore why business continuity is crucial.

Matthieu explains, “Once a disaster hits, the clock is ticking. It’s essential that a facility gets back to business as usual as quickly as possible, minimising costly downtime and maintaining reputation.”

Industrial facilities face a variety of water-related challenges, from equipment malfunctions and control system failures to breakdowns in permanent plants and sudden changes in raw water quality. In each of these scenarios, Matthieu notes, “A temporary mobile water systems can be deployed to maintain continuous supply of treated water for unexpected situations.”

The landscape of mobile water treatment has evolved significantly over the years. What began as simple ion exchange (IX) resins in trailer-mounted vessels has developed into an array of technologies. Today’s solutions incorporate advanced pre-treatment options like clarification and filtration, as well as purification methods including reverse osmosis, carbon absorption, and ultrafiltration. The traditional ion exchange systems have also become more sophisticated, offering plant managers a number of benefits especially applicable in emergency situations or when a rapid response is required.

NSI Mobile Water Solutions’ trailer-mounted ion exchange assets, like the mobile deionisation MODI 15000T can be rapidly deployed from depots and IX regeneration centres strategically located across Europe including Stoke on Trent in the UK. Once on-site these plug-and-play assets can be commissioned in a matter of hours to get a treated water tank filled quickly, mitigating the risk to production.

Matthieu adds “Our IX regeneration facilities are game-changers. They let us get our mobile assets to our customers quicker than our competitors. It’s all about keeping our clients’ production going, no matter what challenges come their way. By handling regeneration at our own sites, we can maintain the highest standards of quality control and minimise downtime for our customers.”

The Ion Exchange rental model provides other unique advantages such as economic efficiency, environmental benefits through reduced wastewater and on-site chemical handling and resins recycling.

Indeed, traditional resin regeneration at a customer’s plant, in the absence of a reverse osmosis (RO) system, requires daily regeneration, which generates streams of heavy wastewater. The use of MWS’ MODI assets allows customers to address the challenge of on-site wastewater production. By shifting resin regeneration off-site, MWS reduces chemical management at customer locations and promote sustainability through resin recycling. This approach offers plant operators access to efficient water treatment without the complexities of waste handling, aligning with modern environmental goals while simplifying operations.