Ruhrverband - MWM
With over 60 wastewater treatment plants between Brilon and Duisburg, the Ruhrverband treats the wastewater of 2.2 million people and numerous industrial companies. This makes the Ruhrverband, founded in 1913, one of the largest and most traditional water management companies in Germany.
The public-law Ruhrverband ensures the water supply for 4.6 million people by operating the largest interconnected reservoir system in Germany. At the same time, it takes care of wastewater treatment for 60 towns and municipalities in the 4,478 square kilometer catchment area of the Ruhr. Thanks to efficient management and the high technical standard of its facilities, the Ruhr is now one of the cleanest industrial rivers in the world. Hygienic quality has never been as high since the beginning of industrialization, and chemical pollution has never been as low as it is today.
Wastewater treatment plants are among the largest energy consumers in the infrastructure, but they also generate electricity from the “renewable resource” wastewater. Among other things, the Ruhrverband operates over 50 combined heat and power plants at its sewage treatment plants, in which electricity is generated from the sewage gas produced. The Ruhrverband already covers almost 60 percent of the electricity requirements of its wastewater treatment plants with self-generated energy.
Ruhrverband relies on catalytic converters from Emission Partner for the exhaust gas aftertreatment of its sewage gas-fired combined heat and power plants, as Ruhrverband can return the used catalytic converters to the company as part of its sustainability policy. The raw materials used in the catalytic converter are recycled and can then be reused. In this way, the Ruhrverband actively reduces the consumption of raw materials. Three years ago, the four engines at the Hagen sewage treatment plant were retrofitted with catalytic chambers from Emission Partner. Since then, they have easily complied with the lowered formaldehyde limit value.
With over 60 wastewater treatment plants between Brilon and Duisburg, the Ruhrverband treats the wastewater of 2.2 million people and numerous industrial companies. This makes the Ruhrverband, founded in 1913, one of the largest and most traditional water management companies in Germany.
The public-law Ruhrverband ensures the water supply for 4.6 million people by operating the largest interconnected reservoir system in Germany. At the same time, it takes care of wastewater treatment for 60 towns and municipalities in the 4,478 square kilometer catchment area of the Ruhr. Thanks to efficient management and the high technical standard of its facilities, the Ruhr is now one of the cleanest industrial rivers in the world. Hygienic quality has never been as high since the beginning of industrialization, and chemical pollution has never been as low as it is today.
Wastewater treatment plants are among the largest energy consumers in the infrastructure, but they also generate electricity from the “renewable resource” wastewater. Among other things, the Ruhrverband operates over 50 combined heat and power plants at its sewage treatment plants, in which electricity is generated from the sewage gas produced. The Ruhrverband already covers almost 60 percent of the electricity requirements of its wastewater treatment plants with self-generated energy.
Ruhrverband relies on catalytic converters from Emission Partner for the exhaust gas aftertreatment of its sewage gas-fired combined heat and power plants, as Ruhrverband can return the used catalytic converters to the company as part of its sustainability policy. The raw materials used in the catalytic converter are recycled and can then be reused. In this way, the Ruhrverband actively reduces the consumption of raw materials. Three years ago, the four engines at the Hagen sewage treatment plant were retrofitted with catalytic chambers from Emission Partner. Since then, they have easily complied with the lowered formaldehyde limit value.
