Resource Conservation at Source

Resource Conservation studies are systematic assessments of a company's processes and wastes to improve process efficiency and evaluate opportunities to reduce resource usage and contaminant loadings at source. The resource audit approach typically consists of an intensive in-plant study followed by an engineering evaluation of candidate resource efficiency measures.

In-Plant Study

· Investigation of resource using apparatus/processes and waste generating operations;

· Construction of Process Flow Diagrams;

· Quantification of process inputs and outputs;

· Development of water and material balances; and

· Identification of opportunities to reduce, reuse, and/or recycle candidate process streams.

Engineering Evaluation

· Assessment of reduction, reuse, and recovery opportunities;

· Targeting of lower cost/higher payback opportunities and problem waste streams;

· Cost/Benefit analysis and determination of payback periods; and

· Design of a resource efficiency program and an implementation plan