Water for the production of pharmaceuticals has to fulfil particularly high requirements, because medicines are generally produced under special conditions. Depending on the intended use, the FDA guidelines apply here, or stipulations for the production of Aqua Purificata or WFI (water for injection). The components used in systems and equipment for the treatment of water are of an accordingly high quality.

If the quality of water available is not sufficient, proaqua can provide different systems for improving water; e.g.:

• Water softening systems
• Iron removal systems / manganese removal systems
• Systems for reducing nitrate and phosphate
• Demineralisation systems (ion exchangers or reverse osmosis)
• Ultra pure water systems
• Chemical, catalytic and UV disinfection systems.

Regardless of what your untreated water is made up of: we will find a way to adjust the quality of your water to meet requirements. This applies to all fields of application, e.g.:

• Boiler feed water
• Water for cleaning containers, equipment and components
• Production of water for products.

Waste water from the pharmaceuticals industry is often highly contaminated with medicines (antibiotics, cancer treatment drugs, hormone preparations, etc.) and other harmful substances (contrast agents, quick silver, heavy metals, solvents and radioactive substances, etc.).
These substances result from manufacturing and purification processes.
In addition to conventional purification processes, more extensive treatment methods have to be used; e.g.

• UV oxidation
• Chemical oxidation
• Catalytic oxidation.

Treatment to reduce or destroy the harmful ingredients usually only lasts a few minutes.

Cooling systems for radioactive liquid waste have proved reliable in treating radioactive substances which usually have a relatively short half-life. In the process, the contaminated water is treated (e.g. for flushing toilets), disinfected and stored until it is allowed to be discharged.

proaqua offers all of the technology needed for this, and would be pleased to advise you on the selection of the optimal process. In so doing, we draw on the wide-ranging expertise of our network partners; together we will work out a suitable solution.

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