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Zero effluent discharge.
Zero-effluent environments demand strict control over water movement, and XPEL technology delivers the evaporation performance needed to keep closed systems stable under rising inflows and tightening regulatory limits.
ZERO EFFLUENT DISCHARGE
Zero effluent discharge conditions arise when environmental regulations, sensitive ecosystems or operational constraints prohibit the release of treated or untreated water.
Sites operating under these requirements must maintain full containment even during periods of high inflow, seasonal rainfall or fluctuations driven by industrial activity.
Many facilities encounter variable water quality, including high salinity, suspended solids or process contaminants, which complicates internal recycling and challenges long-term water balance. Without additional capacity, these systems face rising volumes that threaten compliance, elevate risk and limit operational flexibility.
XPEL integrates industrial-scale evaporation capability to remove excess water from closed-loop systems, allowing operations to maintain full containment without relying on conventional discharge outlets. This engineered volume reduction applies across ponds, sumps, and holding areas, providing hydraulic stability even when inflows exceed internal treatment or reuse.
Built on decades of proven engineering experience, XPEL offers high-throughput evaporation performance suited to demanding zero-effluent environments. This enables facilities to sustain predictable operations, meet regulatory obligations and maintain effective water control without compromising safety, production or environmental requirements.
Zero effluent discharge applications.
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Strict environmental conditions, high-sensitivity locations, and regulatory frameworks often require operations to eliminate all wastewater discharge, placing pressure on internal treatment, storage, and recycling systems. These constraints elevate the need for additional volume-management capacity to sustain long-term containment. XPEL evaporation technology removes excess water within closed-cycle networks, allowing sites to maintain stable performance under full zero-effluent requirements.
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Food processing facilities use zero effluent discharge approaches to recycle internal water streams, and XPEL provides evaporation capacity that maintains closed-loop operation without overloading on-site systems.
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Oil and gas operations adopt zero effluent discharge when produced water must remain fully contained, and XPEL offers evaporation performance that maintains compliance in environmentally sensitive regions.
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Mining operations facing strict discharge rules rely on zero effluent strategies, and XPEL delivers high-rate evaporation capable of sustaining containment when inflows spike during weather or production cycles.
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Municipal sites pursuing sustainability commitments or operating near protected water bodies implement zero effluent discharge, and XPEL adds capacity that stabilizes internal treatment and storage performance.
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Legacy and industrial locations use zero effluent discharge to prevent mobilization of historical contaminants, and XPEL contributes controlled evaporation that keeps long-term containment systems within safe limits.
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Pulp and paper mills adopt zero effluent discharge to reduce environmental impact, and XPEL introduces hydraulic-stabilization evaporation that manages the large wastewater volumes inherent to mill operations.
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Manufacturing facilities deploy zero effluent discharge for compliance and sustainability, with XPEL providing engineered evaporation capability that supports closed-loop water management across diverse production types.
PRODUCTS
Land based
evaporators
Fully customisable and bespoke in design, our XPEL land based water evaporators are available in a range of sizes enabling operators to reduce the risks associated with excess water and ensure environmental compliance with a wide range of water processing capabilities.
Pontoon
evaporators
When land based units aren’t an option, the XPEL Pontoon Series evaporator is a water management solution that can be relied on to help reduce the risk of excess water and ensure environmental compliance by reducing the volume of water stored on-site using mechanically enhanced evaporation.