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Spanish poultry processing firm, Procavi SL has doubled wastewater treatment capacity and improved water quality following the installation of a GE membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology.

Wastewater discharge regulations and water quality standards, along with an increase in factory production, led Procavi to expand its existing wastewater treatment plant.

The use of GE's LEAPmb technology  – the first such installation in Spain – allowed Procavi to increase its water treatment capacity while staying within the same footprint. The previous wastewater treatment plant was producing 600 m3/day, while today it can process two times that amount—1,200 m3/day.

GE provided the technology to Agua, Energia y Medio Ambiente, Servicios Integrales SL (AEMA), a Spanish engineering, procurement and construction company that is operating the newly expanded wastewater treatment plant for Procavi.

The new capacity of the upgraded wastewater treatment plant is equivalent to the daily water use of roughly 6,000 people. Once treated, the water will be reused for washing within the production facility and for irrigation.

The Procavi wastewater treatment plant is an upgrade of an existing facility, located in the province of Seville, in southern Spain. The water discharged from the facility will released into the Corbones River, a tributary of Guadalquivir.

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