Cleaning Up Waste Water Maintenance
Waste water can be produced by a number of industries including water treatment plants, manufacturing, food processing, nuclear plants and mining. The effective treatment of waste water before it is returned to the ground or consumption is important to avoid ecological disasters. The treatment for waste water is highly dependent on the type of contaminants and is very asset intensive. Waste water treatment effectiveness requires a lot of energy making maintenance on waste water assets of high importance. Poorly maintained equipment will use more energy resulting in higher costs.
Using an EAM-CMMS to Keep Assets Clean
Maintaining waste water asset energy efficiency can be handled using EAM-CMMS software. The key is scheduling inspections and preventive maintenance on critical components such as filters, holding tanks and separators. Regular inspection can be used to identify accelerated corrosion or problems with heat transfer components. Deteriorating assets try and draw more power to accomplish the same amount of work as well as excessive repair and downtime. A maintenance program using EAM-CMMS functionality records all inspected results for analysis and planning.
Waste Water Assets
Waste Water asset and maintenance managers can set up inspections, preventive maintenance, and maintenance schedules for assets and activities such as:
- Filter Inspection
- Oil and Water Separators
- Lagoons
- Fermentation
- Incinerators
- Distillation Equipment
- HVAC
- Skimmers
- Holding Tanks
- Tanker Trucks
- Flow Switches
- Pumps
- Valves
- Power Couplings
- Monitoring Devices
- Scrapers and Grinders