Sustainability through Reuse — A Q&A with Snehal Desai, Global Business Director, Dow Water & Process Solutions

Dow Water & Process Solutions’ Minimal Liquid Discharge model is a set of proven water filtration technologies and processes that enable companies and municipalities to achieve up to 95 percent liquid discharge recovery. In June, the company was a recipient of the 2016 US Water Prize from the US Water Alliance for its work in resource recovery and sustainability. Earlier this summer, we caught up with Snehal Desai, global business director at Dow Water & Process Solutions, to chat about innovations in water reuse, Dow’s global sustainability initiatives and the market for reuse technology that is rapidly growing in acceptance across the globe.

What are some of the big trends right now surrounding water reuse?

There’s a huge amount of conversation and implementation going on in water reuse. What we’re seeing are really big projects going on all over the world, whether it’s work in power plants, the coal-to-chemical industry in China, or municipal projects going on in the United States with reclaiming or reusing water. There’s an open debate around doing indirect or direct-potable reuse. The whole conversation is around being much more efficient with the water we have. In many ways that’s a municipal conversation. But in the industrial sector, it’s also become a high-priority topic.