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Pulp & Paper Manufacturing  ·  High-Volume Water & Effluent Treatment
High-Volume Raw Water Production · Utility · WWT High BOD · Colour · TSS Up to 93% Recovery

Pulp & paper mills are among the highest consumers of treated raw water — water turns fibres such as cellulose, wood, hemp, recycled paper, bagasse, bamboo and rice stalk into pulp. At the same time, paper manufacturing generates some of the worst-quality wastewater of any industry.

With 27+ years serving pulp & paper mills, Ahura Aqua optimises water and energy costs across the Production, Utility and Wastewater processes — recovering up to 93% of daily wastewater and eliminating the rest for Zero Liquid Discharge.

Mill Water Journey Raw Water → ZLD
RAW 01
Raw Water
PROC 02
Production Process Water
UTIL 03
Utility Water
MILL 04
Pulp & Paper Mill
ETP 05
Wastewater ETP
RCVY 06
Recovery (UF + 2-Pass RO)
ZLD 07
Zero Liquid Discharge
Wastewater Characteristics · By Production Step 5 source streams
01 Wood Debarking & Chip Washing
Particulate Solids BOD Colour
02 Chip Digestor & Liquor Evaporator Condensate
Concentrated BOD Reduced Sulphur Compounds
03 White Waters from Pulp Screening
Large Volumes High TSS High BOD
04 Bleach Plant Washer Filtrates
BOD Colour Chlorinated Organic Compounds
05 Fibre & Liquor Spills
Solids BOD Colour
Where We Treat Water end-to-end
We cover the complete water cycle of a paper mill — generating process and utility water, treating high-strength effluent, recovering it for reuse and eliminating the final concentrate.
i Production Process Water
Clean water for pulping

High-quality, consistent treated water for the pulping and paper-forming process — suspended loads, hardness and microbial content removed so fibre quality and machine runnability stay high.

Treatment Train
PSF → ACF → SFT → RO
Output Process-grade
ii Utility Water
Boiler feed & cooling

Demineralised boiler feed water and conditioned cooling-tower make-up for the mill’s steam and utility systems — protecting boilers and heat-exchange equipment from scale and corrosion.

Treatment Train
SFT → RO → DM
Grade Boiler / Cooling
iii Wastewater Treatment (ETP)
High-strength effluent

Primary, biological and tertiary treatment of high-volume mill effluent — removing high BOD, colour, TSS, reduced sulphur and chlorinated organic compounds to meet stringent discharge norms.

Treatment Train
Screening → Primary Clarifier → Biological → Tertiary → Colour Removal
Targets BOD · Colour · TSS
iv Recovery & Zero Liquid Discharge
Up to 93% recovered

Recover up to 93% of daily wastewater for reuse as mill process water; the remaining concentrate is evaporated via MEE / MVR for complete ZLD — cutting both operational and capital cost.

Treatment Train
PSF → ACF → SFT → UF → RO-1 → RO-2 → MVR / MEE
Recovery up to 93%
Wastewater Recovered
93%
recovered & reused as mill process water
Recover up to 93% → eliminate the balance for Zero Liquid Discharge

Recovering treated wastewater delivers major savings in both operational and capital cost. The remaining concentrated, untreatable stream is evaporated via Multi-Effect Evaporation (MEE) or Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) — achieving complete ZLD and resolving the disposal & regulatory burden mills face.

MEE MVR Zero Liquid Discharge
Contaminants Treated
Particulate Solids BOD Colour Concentrated BOD Reduced Sulphur Compounds High TSS Chlorinated Organic Compounds Fibre & Liquor Solids High TDS
Our Solutions for this Industry
i Production Process Water PSF · ACF · SFT · RO for pulping & paper-forming → ii Utility / Boiler & Cooling Water DM / RO polishing for steam & utility systems → iii Wastewater Treatment (ETP) Primary · biological · tertiary effluent treatment → iv Wastewater Recovery & Reuse UF + two-pass RO — up to 93% recovery → v Zero Liquid Discharge MEE / MVR evaporation of the final concentrate → vi Colour & Chlorinated-Organics Removal Tertiary polishing for bleach-plant filtrates → vii Sludge Handling & Dewatering Clarifier & biological sludge to filter press →