Why is it important to treat water?

Treating water is crucial because it improves the quality of water used for drinking, cooking, and agricultural purposes. It ensures that water is purified and free from any pollutants or harmful organisms.

What are the employed methods in water treatment?

Coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and pH correction are some of the processes involved in treating water. These methods effectively remove contaminants from the water.

How would you define a water treatment plant?

A water treatment plant is a facility designed to cleanse and purify water so that it becomes safe for consumption. This establishment utilizes tools and techniques to treat large volumes of water efficiently.

What challenges does Water Technology face today?

The current challenge for Water Technology lies in ensuring access to clean water while addressing growing scarcity, promoting sustainability, and adapting to changing climate patterns.

Polyacrylamide (Polymer)

SNF Floerger

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SNF Floerger

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Polyacrylamide (Polymer)

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POLYMER CHEMISTRY FOR CONSERVATION

Headquartered in France, SNF is the largest polyacrylamide manufacturer in the world. These water soluble polymers are used in drinking water production, wastewater treatment, enhanced oil recovery, mining, paper, agriculture, textile and cosmetics. SNF has customers in over 130 countries.

SNF’s work derives from the growing scarcity of resources: water, ore and hydrocarbons. We treat the water of more than 750 million people around the world and help thousands of industrial sites to recycle their water. In oil extraction, by viscosifying water our products increase the amount of oil recovered and significantly decrease the amount of water consumed per barrel produced. In bituminous sand extraction, we treat the sand lagoons to return them to their initial consistency and facilitate reforestation.

A leader in manufacturing and processing water-soluble polymers, SNF has developed a range of more than 1000 products that help to preserve our natural resources, encourage recycling and improve efficiencies of industrial processes. Our polymers have several complementary functionalities: flocculation, which enables solids to be separated from liquids, viscosification and friction reduction.

We thus have the advantage of being positioned in markets that are at the heart of sustainable development issues. We provide genuine solutions to help our clients to grow while minimizing the environmental impact of their activities.

Water: Preserving a vital natural resource

As a result of urban development, growing industrialization and large-scale irrigation, ever-increasing amounts of water are needed. Wastewater treatment, drinking water production and industrial water recycling have therefore become central to ensuring the world’s sustainable development and the well-being of the planet’s population. Therefore, effective solutions and responses tailored to match individual operating conditions are needed.

Hydro-Carbons: Improving oil and gas extraction

In Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes, polyacrylamides are used to viscosify injection water in order to improve reservoir sweeping and increase the volume of hydrocarbons extracted therefrom. This technique greatly reduces the amount of water needed to extract a barrel of oil. Used as friction reducers, these polymers have revolutionized the energy market by making it possible to fracture low-permeability bedrock with aqueous fluid and release hydrocarbons that have been held captive over geological time.

Mining: Water Preservation

SNF provides assistance at every stage of the mining process, from the quarries and mines to the final wastewater treatment, including the extraction and refining process itself. SNF’s product range is tailored to each type of ore. The main products we offer are for use in clarification/decantation (FLOpAm™ and FLOQUAT™), as grinding agents (FLOGRADE™), dust control agents (FLOSET™), and agglomeration agents (FLOFORm™), and in sludge dewatering (DRYFLOC™).

Agriculture: Improving Yield

SNF has created polyacrylamides that optimize water management and reduce soil erosion. They are already used in the ornamental sector, in forestry, landscaping and golf courses and are now developed in agriculture.

Paper: Preserving Water Quality

SNF is constantly developing new products to counter the problems associated with starch with a view to keeping up to speed with the technological developments in the paper industry and lowering the use of virgin fibers and tree-felling.

Textile & Other Industries

SNF has developed a broad range of thickeners for pigment, disperse and reactive printing. These products make it possible to print very fine details and allowfor improved color yield. The range is accompanied by fixatives, anti-migration agents and dispersants.

Polyacrylamide (Polymer)

Drinking water production, wastewater treatment, enhanced oil recovery, mining, paper, agriculture, textile and cosmetics.