Funding leads to laundry savings

Project reduces power by 10 percent

Western White Linen in Blayney received $110,484 under the Green Business Program to install an Aquamiser and Energy Optimiser System to recycle water in its commercial laundry.

With 38 employees, Western White Linen processes approximately 1,250 tonnes of linen a year and uses 30 million litres of water. The laundry services hotels, motels, restaurants and nursing homes from western Sydney to Lightning Ridge and all areas in between.

The Aquamiser filtration system recycles 40 per cent of the laundry's wastewater that would otherwise go to the sewer, while the Energy Optimiser recovers heat from the discharged hot water, saving power in each wash cycle.

This project is saving more than 14 million litres of water a year and is reducing power use by 10 per cent.