The Ogden Water Project
Nearly two years ago, our Ogden plant in Utah, U.S., started an impactful project to reduce the site’s water usage and the amount of fresh water we withdraw from local sources – a critical need given the dry local climate.
Engineers from Ogden collaborated with colleagues across Europe and Asia to find that dialyzer rinse water could replace the more costly water for injection sterility without compromising safety, allowing the plant to save water.
This new solution adopts best practices in wastewater management by capturing and reusing water that was previously discharged, leading to an annual recovery of approximately 130 million gallons (~ 490 million liters) at the Ogden plant which is around 20% of the site’s total water withdrawal.
