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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Water conservation, why its necessary and the technology to do it! |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Con Furey |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | A Quick Sharp Ltd. |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 52.71534, -7.58945 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Project Keywords | Green Entreprise; Industry; Water Conservation; Recycling |
| Project Abstract | It is the ambition of A Quick Sharp Ltd to introduce the RECycler 414 to the Irish market. This mobile technology will require 75% less water and can run on a reserve tank for up to a week (depending on the nature of the job). The initial 10m3 reserve, required for jetting, will be sourced from rainwater stored at our new facility. Tests have proven that this machine is twice as fast at completing a cleaning task, largely due to the fact that it remains onsite and does not leave for disposal and refill every two hours. The waste water produced by the RECycler is filtered and reused. The waste material is stored at 25% solids up to a capacity of 8 ton. This will in turn reduces by half the emissions created during each cleaning exercise. Frequency of disposal will also be reduced to one tenth of the conventional Jet Vac trucks and this will considerably the time spent commuting from the work site to the disposal site. This will bring about a considerable reduction in fuel consumption, emissions, tyre wear and hopefully take form the increasing traffic volume on our roads. The RECycler will also provide an economic benefit to the customer as there will be significantly less volume for disposal, and with a 75% reduction in the quantity of water used, there will be considerable saving to be made on water consumption. This innovative technology is quite new to the market and was only introduced to Europe in 2002. Since then it has set new standards in the industry and will undoubtedly determine a new direction for the Combined suction and jetting industry. |