Turn your process waters back into makeup water.
Cooling-tower blowdown, FGD wastewater and high-TDS makeup water in the 5,000–50,000 mg/L range are usually a discharge headache. Desalus funds, builds, owns and operates the recovery, returning over 99% as clean reclaimed water you buy back at an attractive rate per thousand gallons and cycle in as makeup — with zero brine leaving the plant. Desalus markets the recovered solids as farm-grade fertilizer.
Blowdown, FGD and makeup water shouldn't be a discharge problem.
Every cycle of concentration in a cooling tower drives TDS up until blowdown has to leave. FGD wastewater carries a hard, regulated load. And the makeup water replacing it costs money to buy and pre-treat. Right now those streams flow one way: out, at a cost.
- Cooling-tower blowdown rises with cycles of concentration — and discharge limits keep tightening.
- FGD wastewater brings chlorides, sulfates and selenium-class constituents that are expensive to discharge compliantly.
- Makeup water is a recurring purchase and pre-treatment cost that recovered water could displace.
Where intake and discharge cost stack up
Recover the blowdown and the curve flips — water cycles back instead of costing more to send away.
Recovered process water is cheaper than buying it twice.
Desalus closes the loop on your industrial water — turning the streams you currently discharge into the makeup water you currently purchase.
Blowdown becomes makeup
Over 99% of cooling-tower blowdown is recovered as clean water and cycled back as makeup — cutting both discharge and intake.
FGD handled compliantly
The hard, regulated constituents in FGD wastewater are recovered rather than discharged — zero liquid discharge that satisfies the permit.
Less freshwater intake
Recovered makeup water reduces the volume you withdraw and pre-treat — easing both cost and water-rights pressure.
Reclaimed water, per 1,000 gal
No capital outlay and no operating burden — Desalus funds, builds and runs it. You buy back clean reclaimed water at an attractive rate per thousand gallons; Desalus markets the recovered solids as fertilizer, which keeps your rate low.
No outfall, no liability
With zero brine and zero discharge, there's no outfall to monitor and no disposal liability riding on the plant's books.
Engineered for your stream
Delivered as a service around your exact process water — built on the IChemE award-winning No-Briner and KNeW Process.
Right where blowdown and FGD concentrate
Cycled-up cooling blowdown, FGD wastewater and brackish makeup typically land in the 5,000–50,000 mg/L TDS band — exactly the range Desalus is built to recover.
As cycles of concentration push TDS up the band, Desalus keeps recovering instead of forcing discharge.
Discharge it vs. recover it
The same blowdown or FGD stream, three very different fates.
| Outcome | Desalus | Discharge / surface water | Conventional RO + pond |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water recovery | 99%+ as makeup | None — sent away | Stalls inland |
| Discharge / outfall | None — ZLD | Permitted & rising | Pond remains |
| Freshwater intake | Cut sharply | Full | Partly offset |
| FGD-class constituents | Recovered | Costly to meet | Concentrated |
| Capital you outlay | None — Desalus owns & operates | You fund & build | You fund & build |
| What you pay for | Reclaimed water, per 1,000 gal | Discharge + intake | Power + disposal |
| Your all-in water cost | Lowest & predictable | Highest | High |
From process-water report to closed loop in four steps.
It starts with your numbers. Send Desalus a full-panel analysis of your blowdown, FGD or makeup water plus volumes, and you'll see exactly how much you can recover and reuse.
Model your streamShare your full-panel report
Send the water quality and volumes for your blowdown, FGD or makeup stream through the Desalus contact form.
Get a recovery & reuse model
Desalus quantifies recovered makeup water, reduced intake, your reclaimed-water rate per thousand gallons, and the capital and discharge costs you avoid for your exact stream.
Desalus builds & operates it
Desalus funds, installs and runs KNeW Process, Zix-Zak ion exchange and No-Briner around your process water, with no outfall — no capex or operating burden for you.
Buy back reclaimed water, cut discharge
You buy back clean reclaimed water at your agreed rate per thousand gallons and cycle it in as makeup, and brine never leaves the plant. Desalus markets the recovered fertilizer, which keeps your water rate low.
Raise profit. Eliminate waste. Flourish community.
For power and industry, recovered process water is the cheapest water on site. The award-winning Desalus systems make the loop close on your hardest streams.
What plant water managers ask first
Which process streams can Desalus recover?
Cooling-tower blowdown, FGD wastewater, brackish makeup water and similar industrial effluent in the 5,000–50,000 mg/L TDS range. Over 99% of the water is recovered as clean makeup water and the dissolved solids are recovered as farm-grade fertilizer, with zero brine leaving the plant.
Can recovered water really go back as makeup?
Yes — recovering blowdown to high purity lets you cycle that water back as cooling-tower or process makeup, reducing both your discharge volume and your freshwater intake. Your site-specific model shows exactly how much you can reuse.
How does this help with FGD discharge limits?
FGD wastewater carries chlorides, sulfates and selenium-class constituents that are costly to discharge compliantly. Desalus recovers rather than discharges them, achieving zero liquid discharge so there's no outfall to permit or monitor.
How does the Desalus model work — what do I actually pay?
Desalus capitalizes, builds, owns, operates and maintains the recovery plant — you invest no capital and run nothing. You simply buy back the clean reclaimed water it produces, at an attractive rate per thousand gallons, and cycle it in as makeup. Because Desalus recovers and sells the resulting fertilizer, we can price your water below your current intake-and-discharge economics while leaving zero waste. The fertilizer revenue is Desalus'; your benefit is cheaper water and no liability.
How do I see the numbers for my plant?
Send Desalus a full-panel analysis of your stream and its volumes through the contact form. You'll get a site-specific model of recovered makeup water, reduced intake, your reclaimed-water rate per thousand gallons and avoided discharge and capital cost — before any commitment.
See how much process water you can put back to work.
Send Desalus a full-panel analysis of your blowdown, FGD or makeup water and get a site-specific model of recovered makeup water, reduced intake, your reclaimed-water rate per thousand gallons and avoided discharge and capital cost.
No obligation. The report drives a site-specific model of recovery, reuse, your reclaimed-water rate per thousand gallons and avoided discharge and capital cost.
- Recovered makeup water quantified for your exact stream
- Reduced freshwater intake and discharge volume
- Your attractive reclaimed-water rate per 1,000 gallons
- Zero capital outlay — Desalus funds, builds & operates it all