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- BOWTS Bilge Oily Water Treatment System
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BOWTS Bilge Oily Wastewater Treatment System
BOWTS Bilge Oily Wastewater Treatment System by Pan America Environmental delivers proven, fully integrated shore-side bilge treatment that reliably handles the toughest emulsions and solids—engineered for compliance, customization, and long-term performance.
Key Benefits of BOWTS
- Proven, reliable traditional design
- Many different sizes and highly customizable configurations to choose from for full system integration
- Flow rates from 5 to 1500 + GPM
- Construction: Coated carbon steel, 304/316 Stainless steel
- Reduces compliance risks and supports water reuse or safe discharge
- Helps meet RCRA waste reduction goals
- Proven track record in military naval applications
BOWTS Process Overview
The BOWTS designs are most commonly used wherever shore side wastewater installations require solids, oils, fuels, emulsion, metals precipitation, pH neutralization and/or other reactions, reduction, oxidation and physical separation are required for a bilge waste stream.
How the Bilge Oily Water Treatment System Works
The BOWTS Series Bilge Oily Wastewater Treatment Systems are designed to implement a wide variety of flexible chemical/physical treatment scenarios to fit shipping/naval wastewater treatment requirements for shore-side treatment installations. The treatment process meets MARPOL bilge water compliance standards.
Industrial Applications
Ideal For:
- Ship bilge water
- Barge cleaning water
- Shore side bilge treatment
- Harbor wharf bilge collection & treatment
- Naval bilge water treatment
- Frac water treatment system
- Military equipment wash water treatment
- Produced water treatment system
- Refinery bilge water treatment
- Biodiesel plants
- Pulp & paper mills
- Aircraft maintenance bilge water
- Ballast water treatment system
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