Case Study
Whirlpool: Extremely Difficult Oily Wastewater
Overview Even the largest washing machine manufacturing plant in the world has its own cleaning challenges. Everyday thousands of washing machines— more than half of the units sold in North America—come off the line at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio. The production pro- cess generates large amounts of oily wastewater composed of hundreds of different synthetic and petroleum- based lubricants. This oily waste is segreg