CarboNet chemistry: Low-emission water clarification that’s fast, efficient, and safe

Clarification without ramifications.

Clarification is the foundation of nearly every water treatment process. If you don’t get it right up front, filters clog, downstream systems fail, and permit compliance slips through your fingers.

Why this matters: Clarification touches every part of the system. Miss the mark and you lose more than just visibility—you lose time, water, and money.

High turbidity = higher fines. For F&B, Pharma, and municipal sites, TSS and NTU limits are tight and costly to breach.
Poor clarification = expensive filtration. When upstream flocculation fails, downstream membranes, sand filters, and DAF units bear the cost.
Inconsistent water = unpredictable ops. Weather, flow rate, or production spikes throw off steady-state systems. Our chemistry is built for that.

It’s the chemistry: CarboNet flocculants and coagulants are engineered to work under tough conditions—variable pH, high TDS, and shifting solids loads—and still deliver the clarity that plants and regulators demand.

SimpleFloc gels need no make-down and settle rapidly. Ideal for distributed or hard-to-staff locations.
SimpleFloc emulsions are easy to dose, forgiving, and designed to minimize polymer use at scale.
SimplePrime coagulants (inorganic, blended, organic) neutralize charge and stabilize solids to reduce load on downstream systems.
SpecialOps tracks chemical performance and dosing patterns across sites—turning water programs into measurable metrics.

The bottom line: Whether you’re trying to hit a turbidity permit, protect expensive membranes, or tighten up plant efficiency, clarification is the step that sets the tone. CarboNet gives you control where it counts: in the first tank, not the last filter.

Reference project

An operator looked for modern alternatives as a commodity chemical became less reliably available and economical.

Background: Companies that rely on freshwater clarification for reverse osmosis, ion exchange, process water, feedwater, or cooling towers are concerned about the shortages and increasing cost of polyDADMAC. It’s becoming less reliably available and economical, driving interest in other options that allow operators to reach their KPIs.

The problem: On top of increasing supply challenges with polyDADMAC, a refinery on the Sabine River has been unable to maintain its turbidity KPI to <5 NTU making it necessary to constantly supervise the daily fluctuations.

Though they use a sludge blanket clarifier system, it’s been difficult maintaining the sludge blanket itself to mitigate carry over.

The solution: We tested the performance of SimpleFloc to help the refinery fully transition from relying on polyDADMAC.

The results: Tests consistently resulted in better clarity with lower NTUs over a wider range of dosing. We saw faster flocculation with lower dosing than commodity dry or emulsion polymers due to SimpleFloc’s pre-made-down state.

The bottom line: The switch from polyDADMAC to SimpleFloc + ACH created better KPIs while reducing manpower, the chance of spills and HS&E incidents, and emissions.