Pharmaceutical water system

If you are a pharmaceutical user looking for a new water system, beware the salesman who offers a ‘catalogue’, ‘off-the-shelf’, or ‘me-too’ water system, or particularly one who doesn’t inspire confidence by asking the right questions about usage, application or processes served by the water. A ‘ditto system’ as may be described in the US, might work in the sense that water quality might be good, and taps, if opened one or two at a time, can deliver sufficient water to the users – but is that enough or acceptable?

No, not in today’s dynamic and demanding operational environment. In my experience, most pharmaceutical users want to be able to fill up manufacturing vessels, wash out equipment, batch up a product, operate a CIP system, open taps at wash sinks etc, etc simultaneously, using enough water to complete the task without interruption. They want to do this using their off-take taps in any permutation, and to get water of the right quality consistently on demand as and when they require it. During the 8 years I have spent reviewing and auditing water systems, many systems I have seen cause delay and/or some disruption to production processes to a greater or lesser extent. Some have seen have been so poor that I have witnessed facilities where no other taps can be opened whilst one tap is drawing water. In one case, this was happening whilst a 20m³ manufacturing vessel was being filled each day, so no one else in the facility could use any water for about 2 hours per day whilst this was happening! So one step in the process of getting the water system to work for you is to set out a clear and comprehensive URS as was stated earlier. Armed with this detailed and accurate URS, the next step is to make sure the system designer are competent and experienced enough, have many system designs behind them, and give confidence that the ‘best fit’ system is being proposed.

In summary, the best way to get your water system to work for you is to know what you want, set out a detailed URS, and get the best, most experienced technical designers with a proven track record, involved.
Hopefully, that will lead you to Cryogas who can deliver this conventionally – or, ultimately to REY which will definitely ensure that your water system is working for you.