LiqTech International will support wastewater reuse at the new Water Works Industrial Services (WWIS) facility in Freeport, Texas, with its QureFlow QF-6 ceramic membrane filtration system. The system is expected to recover more than 95% of incoming wastewater for reuse as wash water, helping reduce freshwater consumption and wastewater disposal volumes.
WWIS cleans industrial equipment at facilities across the Texas Gulf Coast, including heat exchangers, tower trays, mesh pads, vane packs and other process equipment. The intensive cleaning process removes contaminants such as scale and oil residues, generating wastewater with varying characteristics depending on the equipment and materials being treated.
The process requires significant volumes of freshwater and generates corresponding wastewater. WWIS has incorporated LiqTech’s system into the design of its new facility to return most of the treated water to the wash-water supply. The company also has experience using ceramic ultrafiltration at its facility in Geismar, Louisiana.
The QF-6 system is expected to treat an incoming wastewater flow of approximately 150–200 US gallons per minute, although WWIS has not yet established the average feed rate. The filtered water, or permeate, will be returned directly to the wash-water supply. Removing suspended solids before reuse is also expected to reduce the risk of particles blocking the nozzles used in the washing equipment.
“The equipment we clean brings different contaminants into our wash water, so we need treatment that can handle that variability and make the water suitable for reuse,” said Brett Bourne, chemical and environmental processes manager at WWIS. “Price, delivery time and technical capabilities all informed our selection of QureFlow. By returning treated water to our washing operations, we expect to reduce our freshwater requirements and the amount of wastewater we need to dispose of, while reducing the risk of solids blocking our wash nozzles.”
“Industrial equipment cleaning creates wastewater that can change significantly from one job to the next, so reliable filtration is essential to making water reuse practical,” said Fei Chen, president and chief executive officer of LiqTech. “The WWIS project shows how our QureFlow platform can be incorporated into a new facility’s water-management design to support repeated reuse. We see the potential for this installation to demonstrate the QF-6’s capabilities in similar industrial applications across the Gulf Coast.”
LiqTech first announced the order in Aug 2026. The WWIS application forms part of the company’s strategy to expand its standardised QureFlow platform beyond produced-water treatment into industrial applications where wastewater variability, operational reliability and water reuse are key requirements.
