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Today, on the ‘📸What are our employees up to’ series, we have Arjen Booi, that works as Mechanical Engineer in Aqana for more than 8 years already.   Arjen: What’s going with me…. well, the main thing on my mind right now is the fact that my girlfriend and I are expecting our first baby. This means of course getting ready for what’s to come but also taking some time to do the things we really enjoy being together such as visiting one of the national parks here in the north of The Netherlands. The Wadden Sea is a shallow body of water between mainland and the Frisian Islands. High in Biodiversity and an important area for breeding and migrating birds, being UNESCO heritage since 2014. I grew up on the Wadden Coast further down, so coming here always feels a bit like home. After a nice relaxing weekend, I was ready to get to work. Currently my days are mostly busy with a nice new project in South Africa. We have a deadline for deliverables, which meant updating the P&iD’s and PFD and the most fun part, detailed drawings of the DACS® and all of its internals. Hope you enjoyed the small glimpse in the life of a Mechanical Engineer at Aqana . #wastewater #water #biogas #teambuilding #sustainability #anaerobic

📢 Two new publication series are born today: - ‘💡Did you know that’ series , where we will share small knowledge pills regarding wastewater treatment & effluent reclamation. - ‘📸What are our employees up to’ series, a window to our team members daily life (disclaimer, selfies might be employed!). Both series will be published frequently, starting right now with the first ‘Did you know that’ post. Stay tunned for more! Today, on the ‘Did you know that’ series; Did you know that citrus processing effluents contain low concentrations of essential oils (CPOs) which can inhibit biological processes on the wastewater treatment plant if not controlled? Citrus processing factories extract the essential oils from the peels of the fruits for it's use in the food and beverage industry but also in the fragrance and home care sector where are becoming increasingly popular. Limonene is an essential oil that can be found in citrus, and some of it ends up in the effluent of the processing plants in concentrations that can be as high as 200 mg/L or more. Removal of Limonene prior the anaerobic treatment step is necessary for a stable performance of the system, and a robust anaerobic system is key for a long-term operation of the plant. Please contact us if you want to know how the DACS® reactor can help you with your citrus effluent thanks to its carrier-based configuration. #wastewater #sustainability #biogas #anaerobic #citrus #food #beverage #juice 

Behold the three musketeers taking care of business 😄! We are proud of being part of this project together with RiverRidge and Clinty Chemicals Limited, displaying a novel process for producing biogas and reclaiming water on a organic waste recycling plant. Does it get greener than that ♻? #biogas #wastewater #water #sustainability #anaerobic #recycle #reuse #circularity

Congratulations ICE Pharma from the Aqana team. We are proud to be part of this wonderfull project!

Our colleagues Rene de Jong, Chen Asulin, Aviv Toledano, Emin Özden and Javier Garcia are packing their suitcases and getting ready for IFAT worldwide next week. Are you 🤔 ?

IFAT worldwide, one of the world leading water & wastewater exhibitions is around the corner, and Aqana will be present at the NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership) booth. https://lnkd.in/djgx88WM   Don’t forget to visit us at Hall A3 booth number 217/316. We are looking forward to meeting you all there! #sustainability #wastewater #biogas 

This week our process engineering team has been busy commissioning two breweries in very different, but both beautiful locations: the black forest region of Germany i) and the Aegean Sea coastline of Turkey ii). Can you guess which picture reflects each location? #wastewater #biogas #sustainability #carbonreduction #water

Last week, BlueGen Water CEO Kfir Navon, together with BlueGen colleagues Guy Gadot and Shahar Milman, visited Aqana’s offices and toured the Van der Velden Rioleringsbeheer installation where a full WWTP was design and built by Aqana including anaerobic and aerobic treatment steps as well as biogas valorisation in a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit.   Welcome on board Kfir Navon, our team was thrilled of hosting you! #wastewatertreatment #water #sustainability #biogas #anaerobicdigestion

Companie’s backbone is people, and Aqana is no different: despite tradition dictates that end of the year company dinners take place in December, in Aqana we do it in January since we have an international team, and we all want to spend the holidays with our loved ones. But that is not the only tradition we brake, since we start the yearly gathering with a ping-pong tournament at our office, with lots of fun and serious competition! 2023 gathering main message was clear: we enjoy working together as it can be seen in the pictures, and that is a metric that can’t be measured but there is no doubt that our clients benefit from it. Thanks to all the colleagues that made it a wonderful evening, and to all our stakeholders, both clients and suppliers, for trusting us!  #wastewater #biogas #sustainability #teamwork #teambuilding

As the saying goes: out with the old, in with the new. Aqana wishes everyone Happy Holidays and prosperous New Year! Facing down the last two weeks of 2023 we can happily say that it was a good year for Aqana, and we wanted to thank our customers, suppliers, partners and specially the team behind the scenes. Brace yourselves, 2024 is going to be a fun ride!