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Wineries

Let ClearBlu custom design a system to treat your winery wastewater. You focus on doing what you do well, making impressive wines, and we’ll take care of the rest.

Wastewater Treatment for wineries

Save money and reduce your environmental impact through energy conservation and the elimination of chemicals. ClearBlu Environmental systems help wineries be confident that their wastewater is within compliance regulations, without daily maintenance.

Our systems help to reduce or eliminate the need for expensive pond dredging. Additionally, with water reclamation becoming ever more important in California, we strive to enable our clients to recycle water in a timely and effective manner.

7 Main Components

Each of these components can be installed individually, which helps wineries spread their capital costs over a period of time. This custom process provides a unique wastewater treatment system designed to lower your water costs every month.

Our Technology

ClearBlu installs the most effective winery wastewater treatment systems available. We are a design/build contractor.

Biodigesters

Utilizing biodigester technology, our capital costs for systems are significantly lower than other systems. Why? Because we are not utilizing municipal wastewater system technology to treat winery waste. They represent two different problems.

Winery wastewater contains sugars and grape organics. This narrow profile means that it is easier to treat. Typically engineering firms will spend 10’s or 100’s of thousands of dollars designing systems that are overly complex, very costly to install, difficult to operate and expensive to maintain. By focusing on the content of the waste stream, ClearBlu installs systems with much smaller footprints. If ponds are utilized, less than 24% of the acreage engineers require will be needed. We eliminate chemical usage by eliminating DAF and SAF systems.

Ultrafine Bubbles

ClearBlu employs floating ultrafine bubble technology that generates sub 20-micon bubbles. The bubbles are so fine that the surface tension of tank or pond water overcomes the buoyancy of the bubble and it can be pushed to the bottom of a tank or pond. At the same time, they operate at 20 to 30% of the power required for other aerators and blowers. In face, when we retrofit systems we customarily obtain utility rebates.

In confined areas without ponds, treatment can be accomplished with the use of tanks and biodigesters. 30 to 60 day holding times? Never. We can effectively reduce BOD and suspended solids from 12 to 36 hours. Huge pondage or holding tanks are no longer required.

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FAQS

How much sludge do your systems generate?

Our systems are designed to minimize sludge generation and will even digest organic sludge. While “facultative” systems only aerate the top few feet of water, our micro and nanobubble systems generate non-buoyant bubbles to completely aerate the entire water column, enabling our high-strength bacteria to digest organics in the water, and on the sludge layer.

What causes wastewater system odor?

The most common causes of process wastewater odor are low pH causing the water to go septic, as well as insufficient aeration. ClearBlu’s automatic pH balancing systems and microbubble aeration ensure odor is kept at bay even during harvest.

Do your systems require full-time operators?

Generally, no! ClearBlu designs systems that are ruggedized, simple to operate, and low on maintenance. A typical ClearBlu wastewater system does NOT require a full-time operator. We often service on a monthly or bi-monthly basis to check things like motor amp draw, pH, and DO levels, as well as overall equipment condition.

What does treatment cost?

With each winery comes different needs and systems setup to achieve the best treatment results. We will provide a custom quote for each winery on an individual basis. No overpaying for equipment you don’t need.

Purchasing Equipment: ClearBlu offers the option for you to pay for your equipment. Once installed the equipment is your property and we will provide service when necessary.
Rent / Lease Equipment:ClearBlu also offers an option to rent or lease the equipment as a way to avoid a larger upfront cost. We will also provide service as part of payment process.
Contracting Option:ClearBlu also offers the option to contract with us for a treatment system with maintenance for a fixed monthly cost.

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1

Reduced Risk & Labor

Expensive pump and haul events are reduced or eliminated. Full-time operators are not necessary, resulting in decreased overhead for system operation.

2

Eliminate Surcharges

Sewer surcharges incurred from exceeding discharge parameters can be eliminated.

3

Water & Energy Savings

Up to 70% energy savings can be accomplished by switching from outdated and inefficient technologies – energy rebates are frequently obtained.

4

Exceed Treatment Goals

Reduce your BOD and TSS by up to 98% while also lowering treatment time from months to days.

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Chemical Costs

Chemical costs are reduced over systems that require flocculent or coagulant, also eliminating hazardous materials hauling fees.