Environmental Sustainability at Al-Murad Worktops

At Al-Murad Worktops we understand the importance of environmental sustainability and as a result we put this at the forefront of all that we do. Our company is constantly finding ways to improve our environmental impact.

Our company has water recycling systems in place to conserve water. This allows for waste to be disposed in an environmentally friendly way.

How it works:

DIRTY WATER COLLECTION

Sludge from the pit is collected on demand by a submerged pump, which sits in flat bottom of the client pit.

The submerged pump is designed to pump BOTH the solids (which settle in the pit) and the dirty water from the pit into the supplied Silo(s). There maybe two or more, depending upon the configuration.

DECANTATION

The dirty water and mud are pumped up the silo , allowing for non violent settlement.
The frequency of the intake is governed by a probe level sensor. (In this case mounted inside the clean water tank)

CHEMICAL ADDITION

As the water passes into the silo it is treated with 2 chemicals. A liquid Flocculant (which deals with most natural and aggregate solids), and a Coagulant (Which specifically deals with the finer, more buoyant particles of resin (typically polyester and nowadays some acrylic)
The chemicals optimize the settlement by promoting the “flocking” of the particles together which make them heavier and therefore settle.
These are similar to those used to treat your city water

SLUDGE EXTRACTION

The Captured Sludge collects at the bottom conical area of the Silo.
We supply Screw Type Sludge pumps which push the sludge out of the Silo from the bottom, and are connected by flexible hose to a system of bag frames.
This sludge discharge frequency is timed, and easily programmed at intervals we set at install.

MUD BAGGING

The dehydration Bag frame is also all stainless steel. It is a structure, with a detachable  bag hanger, which is designed such that the filled bags can be allowed to dry (1 day) and then taken (dry) to the dumpster by forklift. The frame has a pipe fed from the sludge pump that is manually rotated between bags once one is full to the other.

SLUDGE DEHYDRATION

Because we use a specific bag, with high porosity, the sludge dries fast in the bags as the water quickly “sweats” out

CLARIFIED WATER

TWO clarified water pumps (one spare for redundancy – recommended to be rotated weekly) Supply water to the factory machines, under high pressure and totally ON DEMAND. Further controlled by Inverter to increase life and reduce running costs

The quality of our RECYCLED – GREY water we are typically seeing, when the system is run correctly as advised,  is virtually clear with limited TSS

We also have an air purifier which extracts dust. This helps to safeguard the health of our workers .

We also receive business sustainability support via the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. These diagnostics reports helps measure our carbon footprint and implement ways to improve.

“Business sustainability support aims to provide simplified, consistent, and impartial support to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) within West Yorkshire. It will act as a catalyst to help them to plan for net zero and become climate ready, so they become more resilient to the effects of climate change. Support is designed to help SMEs measure their carbon impacts and climate readiness, plan improvements and act on these plans to reduce their environmental impact.”

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