Water and Waste Solutions

Delivering advanced water and wastewater management technologies, ensuring resource efficiency, regulatory compliance, and sustainable industrial operations

We offer integrated, digitally enabled water and wastewater solutions that recover, reuse, and rethink water, helping industries and urban areas thrive sustainably in a resource-constrained world and meet sustainability, efficiency, and compliance goals. 

With over 50 years of experience in providing innovative water and wastewater treatment solutions, we are committed to transforming the way industries manage water. From raw water treatment to sewage and effluent recycling, we deliver complete, digitally enabled solutions designed for performance, compliance, and sustainability. With deep domain expertise and proven technologies, we help customers move toward a circular water economy, ensuring every drop counts.

Water and Waste Solutions business of Thermax offers one-stop solutions for water and wastewater treatment, recycling, zero liquid discharge, and seawater desalination plants. We also provide standardised products, digitally enabled operations and maintenance, reliable spares, audit support, as well as plant improvement and upgrade services. 

30,000

Installations

500 MLD

Water treated

130 MLD

Water recycled

70 MLD

Wastewater treated

How Thermax solves industry
challenges 

01 Stringent environmental regulations

We help ensure full compliance with local and global standards through advanced treatment systems and consistent performance monitoring.

02 Water scarcity & rising freshwater costs

Many regions face acute water stress, and sourcing freshwater is both costly and unsustainable. Our solutions are designed to maximise water recovery, reduce dependency on freshwater, and enable circular water use across processes.

03 Treating complex industrial wastewater

From high TDS (total dissolved solids) and COD (chemical oxygen demand) to variable loads and emerging contaminants, industrial effluents are more challenging than ever. We deliver robust, proven technologies tailored to each application, ensuring reliability even under the toughest conditions.

04 Ensuring operational stability & efficiency

Manual operations, lack of visibility, and reactive maintenance drive up risks and costs. Our digitally enabled O&M services offer remote monitoring, predictive insights, and round-the-clock support, ensuring uptime, efficiency, and peace of mind.

Offerings

Water Treatment Solutions

Innovative, high-performance water solutions for efficient, sustainable resource optimisation

Standard Product Range

Industrial Project Range

Sewage Treatment and Recycling Plants

Modular, energy-efficient plants that treat sewage and recover water for non-potable applications

Industrial Project Range

Standard Product Range

Effluent Treatment & Recycling Plants

Engineered systems for complex effluent streams with options for complete water recycling

Physico Chemical Treatment

Oil Removing System

Biological Treatment (Anaerobic & Aerobic)

Advance Oxidation

Special Media Filter

Minimum Liquid Discharge

High-efficiency MLD systems that maximise water recovery while significantly reducing liquid waste

Advanced Reverse Osmosis (ARO)

Electrodialysis Reversal (EDR)

Zero Liquid Discharge System

Fully integrated ZLD packages for total elimination of liquid effluent discharge

VapoNovae+

SteMNovas+

Stripper

ATFD

Our services

Plant Upgrade & Improvement

Thermax offers engineered solutions to upgrade your water and waste treatment plants by utilising existing as well as new units in order to meet your current requirements. Our proposed improvement solutions give you the benefit of an efficient working system with enhanced results.

Plant Management Services

Thermax understands how the smooth functioning of water and waste treatment systems is critical to your process, and how any problem in these utilities can impact operations. The plant management services from Thermax draw on the company’s vast experience of over thirty years in designing, installing, commissioning and troubleshooting these systems. Add to this the fact that Thermax has several years of experience as a provider of O&M services for these systems, and it is clear why opting for Thermax makes eminent business sense.

Spare Parts Management

Maintaining productivity and focusing on core operations is a priority for every industry. Thermax understands that the smooth functioning of water and wastewater treatment systems is critical to uninterrupted plant performance, and that any disruption in these utilities can impact operations. To ensure optimal system reliability and efficiency, Thermax provides genuine spares specifically designed for its equipment and systems. Using original Thermax spares helps maintain performance standards, extend equipment life, and ensure dependable, long-term operation of treatment plants.

Plant Audit & Evaluation

Thermax’s water audit provides a comprehensive assessment of water usage, treatment systems, and opportunities for optimisation within industrial operations. The audit evaluates the existing water balance and utility-wise specific water consumption to identify areas where water use can be reduced and where reuse can be enhanced. It also analyses the performance of current water treatment assets, highlighting gaps between designed and actual operating performance. Based on these insights, Thermax recommends strategies to optimise the utilisation of existing infrastructure, adapt to changing loads or product mixes, and develop long-term plans to support sustainability objectives, including progress toward net-zero goals.

Industries

Automobile
Automobile
Cement
Cement
Chemical
Chemical
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
Engineering & OEM
Engineering & OEM
Food & Beverage
Food & Beverage
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Metals
Metals
Paper & Pulp
Paper & Pulp
Wood
Wood
Power
Power
Refinery &  Petrochemicals
Refinery & Petrochemicals
Tyres and Rubber
Tyres and Rubber
Textile
Textile
Case Studies
Resources

Water and Waste Solutions

Thermax’s ZLD technology enables glass manufacturer reduce freshwater consumption

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