Orège’s proprietary technology, SLG®, is nominated for the Global Water Intelligence Awards (GWI) in the category “Breakthrough Water Technology of the year”

The 10th edition of the Global Water Intelligence Awards will take place on the 19th April in Abu Dhabi and Mr Felipe Calderon, former President of Mexico (2006 – 2012) and President of the World Commission of Economy and Climate will award prizes to the world best players in the water industry.

Orège who designs and develops breakthrough technology for the treatment of sludge and complex effluents has been nominated for its SLG® technology in the category of « Breakthrough Water Technology of the Year ».

Orège is the only French company being considered for this award, alongside 3 American and Chinese companies who have invented membrane technologies or other desalinization methods.

The SLG®: A technology that has revolutionized sludge treatment

The SLG® (solid, liquid, gas) is an innovative technology for the treatment and conditioning of sludge.

Installing the SLG® on the sludge treatment line on wastewater treatment plants, both industrial and urban, considerably improves performance.

Thanks to this breakthrough technology the sludge volumes are significantly reduced and physical, chemical and rheological properties of the sludge are modified:

• Marked reduction in the volume of sludge produced and, consequently, reduction in cost of treatment of up to 60%.
• Elimination of sludge odors.
• Improvement in sludge quality for valorisation, in particular for manuring and composting.
• Significant decrease in energy consumption of the sludge treatment line and the wastewater treatment plant in general.
• Notable reduction in polymer consumption and oxidizing reagents (ozone, oxygen etc.) relating to the operation of the wastewater treatment plant.
• Significant increase in sludge thickening according to needs and context.
• Improved efficiency of anaerobic digestion.
• Extremely good quality of water recovered (centrate): total suspended matter (TSM) < 100 mg/l.
• Oxidation-reduction potential (Redox) increased by at least + 100 mV, …
• These technical, environmental and social performances lead to non-negligible savings with regards running the plants. In a majority of cases Orège customers will see a return on their investment in less than three years.