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Where You'd Gain MostPick your sector and what is driving you, and see where you would gain and where to startTrade Effluent Bill EstimatorEstimate your annual trade-effluent bill and see how much is driven by strength, the part you can reduceWater Safety Risk ScorecardAnswer eight quick questions and see your indicative Legionella and waterborne risk band, and where to startCompliance Readiness CheckerPick the duty you answer to, from Legionella to net zero, and see your readiness band and the gaps to closeAeration Energy Cost CalculatorSize the annual energy, cost and carbon of aeration, the single largest energy load in wastewater treatmentCooling Tower Water & Cost CalculatorEstimate the annual water and chemical cost of a cooling tower, and the share that treatment can reduce
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Clean WaterControl pathogens, biofilm and cost where conventional treatment failsAir & Infection ControlReduce airborne pathogens and infection risk, with no ozoneEnergyCut energy and recover it from the systems you already runAgriculture & SoilUse less water and fertiliser while protecting yield and soil
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Healthcare & HospitalsKeep patients safe and your accreditation secure, with infection, Legionella and AMR risk reducedWater & WastewaterStay in consent, and cut the energy and chemicals it takes to get thereCommercial & FacilitiesMeet your EPC and disclosure obligations while running cost and carbon fallAgriculture & Urban FarmingProtect your yield and soil while using less water and fertiliserLocal AuthoritiesMove your estate towards net zero with compliant assets, funded to saveEmerging MarketsBuild investable, accreditation-ready infrastructure on reliable water, sanitation and powerHotels, Hospitality & LeisureKeep guests safe and pools open, with Legionella risk controlled and pool-hall cost cutData CentresCut the cost and water your cooling burns, and harden Legionella control, without touching uptimeFood & Beverage ProcessingCut your trade-effluent bill and hold consent, without touching food safety or uptime
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Where You'd Gain MostPick your sector and what is driving you, and see where you would gain and where to startTrade Effluent Bill EstimatorEstimate your annual trade-effluent bill and see how much is driven by strength, the part you can reduceWater Safety Risk ScorecardAnswer eight quick questions and see your indicative Legionella and waterborne risk band, and where to startCompliance Readiness CheckerPick the duty you answer to, from Legionella to net zero, and see your readiness band and the gaps to closeAeration Energy Cost CalculatorSize the annual energy, cost and carbon of aeration, the single largest energy load in wastewater treatmentCooling Tower Water & Cost CalculatorEstimate the annual water and chemical cost of a cooling tower, and the share that treatment can reduce
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What does your cooling tower cost in water?

An evaporative cooling tower quietly draws water and chemicals all year. Enter your figures to see the annual cost, and how much of it is blow-down and chemicals, the part that treatment and higher cycles of concentration can reduce without touching uptime. Nothing is shared until you choose to.

Your tower
Water-balance assumptions

These are illustrative values you can change. Evaporation rate and cycles of concentration depend on your tower and water; the chemical rate depends on your treatment programme. Enter your own for an accurate figure.

Indicative annual water and chemical cost
~£45,200
On about 17,067 m3 of make-up a year
29%Blow-down and chemicals (reducible)~£13,200 a year
71%Evaporation (physics, unavoidable)~£32,000 a year

This is an indicative estimate from the figures you enter, not a quote, and it states no saving. It sizes the water and chemicals the tower uses; what could be reduced is assessed and confirmed per site.

How this is worked out

A cooling tower rejects heat by evaporating water, which leaves the dissolved minerals behind. To stop them concentrating, some water is dumped to drain as blow-down, and fresh make-up water replaces both. Evaporation is fixed by the heat you reject and cannot be avoided. Blow-down and the chemicals dosed into the loop are set by how the water is treated and how many cycles of concentration you can hold, so that is the part of the bill that can come down. Raising cycles of concentration safely is one of the most direct levers, with uptime untouched.

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