The demands made on the food and beverage industry are numerous and range from health and financial issues to environmental concerns.

• Quality control regulations and a fast changing environment.
• Safeguarding health and meeting health and safety requirements.
• Controlling production costs and industrial performance.
• Growing need to reassure consumers through trusted brand names.

The key concerns in the water cycle management relate to water as a "food ingredient"; water for "industrial use"; treatment of effluents, grease and sludge and recycling.

To meet these obligations, VWS has developed dedicated solutions with the aim of safeguarding food safety:

• Treatment technologies compliant with the most stringent disinfection and purification specifications ensure the production of safe water.
• Reduction in costs due to improvements within the production processes and the standardisation of equipment, the recycling of treated effluents, and borehole-based solutions that provide an alternative source of supply.
• Treatment of effluent and fats using a wide range of equipment designed to guarantee that environmental regulations are met for effluent discharge.
• Management of sludge services, ranging from the optimisation of water treatment plants through to sludge disposal. VWS's cutting-edge technologies reduce the amount of sludge produced and facilitate its reuse.