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Minetek’s evaporation technology offers numerous advantages over traditional industrial water treatment methods, including significant OPEX savings, estimated at approximately $1.80 per cubic meter evaporated. Unlike mine water treatment, evaporation produces no waste stream, eliminating the need for disposal or further treatment of by-products. Additionally, there’s no requirement for chemical pre-treatment, reducing operational complexity and costs. With fast deployment in just 6-8 weeks and minimal maintenance needs, Minetek’s evaporation technology provides an efficient, cost-effective and hassle-free solution for mine water treatment.
Cost savings
Significantly reduce operational costs by minimising the need for off-site disposal and industrial water treatment costs.
Environmental responsibility
Minimise your environmental impact by eliminating the need for traditional liquid waste disposal methods and reducing the risk of excess water storage.
Mobile & scalable solution
Our systems can adapt to the evolving needs of your oil & gas operations, ensuring they remain effective as you grow.
Regulatory compliance
Minetek helps you navigate and exceed stringent environmental regulations, ensuring your activities remain compliant.
Hybrid water treatment solution
Minetek’s evaporation technology offers a versatile hybrid water treatment solution, adaptable as either a standalone system or in tandem with traditional water treatment facilities. Often, water treatment plants generate a residual waste stream unsuitable for direct discharge into the environment. Our units boast the capability to process diverse water compositions, handling solids with diameters up to 4.0mm and wastewater with pH levels ranging from 1.8 to 14+. This innovative approach transforms the waste stream into valuable sludge and slurry, facilitating additional resource recovery opportunities.
Water Treatment Systems
Water treatment systems play a critical role in meeting environmental compliance, protecting infrastructure, and supporting sustainable operations. Minetek delivers customised solutions to manage a wide range of contaminants. These FAQs outline how.
Water treatment systems target contaminants like heavy metals, suspended solids, salts, hydrocarbons, and chemicals. These pollutants vary by industry, but all pose environmental, safety, and compliance risks if left untreated.
Traditional systems rely on high-energy filtration, chemical dosing, and sludge handling. Minetek’s evaporation technology reduces volumes at the source, eliminating the need for chemical additives and lowering energy use, infrastructure demand, and long-term operational costs.
Seasonal shifts impact evaporation rates, water quality, and system efficiency. Minetek’s systems are engineered to operate in diverse climates, with automated controls and flexible configurations that adapt to changing weather conditions.
Conventional methods often generate chemical waste and sludge, requiring secondary disposal. Our approach reduces water volume on-site with minimal byproducts, cutting environmental impact while supporting sustainable operations.
Compliance depends on meeting site-specific discharge limits. Minetek systems simplify this by reducing volumes and treating water before discharge. Our Environmental Management System (EMS) helps automate control and maintain consistent, compliant performance.
Minetek’s systems require minimal operator involvement. We provide hands-on training, system documentation, and remote support, making it easy for teams to manage daily operations, perform routine checks, and identify issues early.
Undersized systems can overflow, stall production, and trigger compliance breaches. Poor maintenance leads to fouling, mechanical failures, and rising operational costs. Minetek helps right-size and maintain systems to avoid unplanned downtime.
Scaling up can involve high capital costs, complex permitting, and infrastructure upgrades. Minetek’s modular evaporators are designed for scalability easily deployed, expanded, or relocated without overhauling existing systems.
No. Minetek evaporators are engineered to handle high-TDS, high-TSS, and variable pH without the need for pretreatment. This reduces setup time, costs, and chemical dependency.
Routine checks on nozzles, pumps, and electrical systems keep evaporators running efficiently. Our designs minimize fouling and simplify servicing. Minetek provides maintenance schedules and support to ensure optimal, long-term performance.