Researchers have inserted the trait into E. Coli.

From fractionating milk solids to waste treatment aimed at zero liquid discharge, filtration is playing a growing role in the food industry, provided manufacturers can keep membranes clean.

Not for drinking, recycled water for farming and some industrial applications holds promise in decreasing water shortages.

Engineered for wastewater treatment applications, the GF Piping 2610 optical dissolved oxygen sensor features a factory-calibrated optical sensor cap that eliminates the use of membranes.

Offering a supplement or replacement to forced-air systems, Linde oxygen, ozone and carbon dioxide gas-dissolution systems control pH, biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved organics and odors in wastewater.

Animal feed recovery used to constitute best practice in food plant wastewater treatment. Technology and sustainability efforts are pushing manufacturers far beyond that.

Processors must understand not only what materials are being moved through their plumbing systems but how these lines are designed and laid out.

With the lack of rainfall in the heartlands causing grain futures to trend upward and water shortages on everybody’s mind, conserving and reusing water has been a major push for several food and beverage processors.

Food industry professionals in water and wastewater management may find this event helpful.