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Refinery achieves 80% water reuse with FTD’s Active Water Management

by David
Nov 1, 2025

Before AVM

  • Limited visibility into system-wide water and chemistry dynamics
  • Unclear reuse opportunities and inefficient cycles
  • Excessive blowdown from cooling operations
  • Goals were vague, and progress was inconsistent
  • No quantifiable ROI to justify investments

After AVM

  • Clear roadmap enabled standardized, continuous water optimizaiton
  • Hit 80% water reclaim and reduced incoming demand by 12%
  • Cooling tower blowdown slashed by 81%
  • Site-wide reuse rate jumped 25%
  • Engineers secured funding faster with ROI-backed plans

 

FTD’s approach transformed the client’s water management into a resilient, ROI-backed system—cutting waster, boosting reclaim, and revealing opportunities allowing them to run lean and compound performance.