All the Water Your Process Uses, Recovered and Returned to It. Nothing Leaves the Site.

Zero Liquid Discharge eliminates liquid effluent from your facility entirely. All process wastewater is progressively concentrated through membrane and evaporation stages until only dry or near-dry solid residue remains — and the recovered water re-enters your production cycle. For industries under SPCB ZLD mandates, this is a compliance requirement. For water-stressed industrial sites, it is also a fundamental operational advantage.

GSI designs ZLD systems configured to the specific effluent composition and recovery targets of each installation. Treatment typically progresses through biological membrane treatment (MBR), high-recovery reverse osmosis (HRRO) targeting 95%+ water recovery, followed by Multi-Effect Evaporation (MEE), Agitated Thin Film Drying (ATFD), or Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) — selected and sequenced to the concentrate characteristics and energy economics of each site.

Where effluent contains recoverable organic load, GSI also designs for biogas recovery through anaerobic digestion, producing compressed biogas (CBG) as a saleable energy product alongside treated water and solid residue.

Documented performance: 95%+ RO recovery since Day 1 at Globe Denwash ZLD (700 KLD) — zero MBR or RO membranes replaced since commissioning. 96%+ RO recovery at Zim Labs Pharma ZLD (260 KLD).

Technical Highlights
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Full recovery of process water for internal reuse

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Complete elimination of liquid effluent discharge

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HRRO targeting 95%+ water recovery — multi-stage for industrial ZLD

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MEE · ATFD · MVR — evaporation and crystallisation for concentrate management

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Salt recovery and brine recycle where applicable

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CBG (Compressed Biogas) recovery from organic-rich effluent streams

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AI-ML CIP scheduling for membrane life extension

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SPCB ZLD mandate compliance documentation and reporting

Suited For
Textile and dyeingPharmaceutical and API manufacturingDistilleriesPower generationTannery and leatherAny industry with ZLD mandates or total-recovery requirements
Reference Projects
700 KLDZLD95%+ recoveryzero membranes replaced

Globe Denwash

260 KLDZLD96%+ recovery

Zim Labs Pharma

1500 KLDZLDETPHRRO

LB Tex

250 KLDZLD

Kalol CETP

10 KLDZLDcontainerisedsingle-engineer O&M

Avadat Apparels

4,500 KLDZLDUnder Construction

Tannery Kanpur

450 KLDZLDUnder Construction

Chane Merchants

12,000 kg/day

Circle CBG Plant, Meerut

Total Wastewater Recovery, Engineered to the Exact Demands of the Site.

Tell us about your site discharge obligations and recovery targets. We Handle the Rest.