Case Studies

Client Challenge

Install a filtration and water softener system for a high security U.S. Government building in a foreign country. Do it at the best cost possible but not sacrificing quality and professionalism. Contractor’s employees could not install the system. It had to be designed, assembled and tested in the United States before shipping to Peru with instructions on how to install by contractors in Peru hired by the U.S. Government.

Client Challenge

Clemens Food Group has been serving its community for over 120 years. Their company has been constructing a new fresh pork facility in Coldwater, MI which will begin operating in the fall of 2017. With their recent developments, they required water treatment systems that would produce high-quality softened water for their pork packaging facility which produces products found in popular grocery stores and restaurants such as Olive Garden and Panera Bread.

Client Challenge

NSF International is an internationally-recognized sanitation and public health testing company that is planning a new testing facility in Ann Arbor, MI. To recreate the various situations that would be faced by new products entering the market, NSF International required ultrapure water as a control to which they can add elements to fabricate the different types of water that could run through the products that they test.

Client Challenge

Biewer operates 5 sawmills, two of which are located in Northern Michigan. These sawmills furnish the raw product for Biewer to process and treat over 350,000,000 board feet annually. The finished product is then distributed through Biewer’s Lansing, Prentice and Seneca distribution facilities to support Midwest lumber markets. As these sawmills must operate continuously and reliably maintaining their water treatment systems is critical.

Client Challenge

Minth Group is a global manufacturer headquartered in China with U.S. bases in Lewisburg, Tennessee, and in Wixom and East Tawas, Michigan. Minth supplies trim, molding and decorative auto parts to many world-renowned international automakers, including General Motors Co., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. In 2019, Minth subsidiary Plastic Trim International completed a $16.1 million upgrade at its East Tawas manufacturing plant. Due to this growth and demand for painted plastic automotive exterior trim components, Minth needed a system to feed a paint line for final rinse of these products.

Client Challenge

Linn is an aluminum parts supplier with more than 210,000 square feet of combined operations space in two adjacent facilities in Charlotte, Michigan, about 20 miles southwest of Lansing. Linn provides custom-engineered aluminum extrusions for automotive, architectural and manufacturing clients in the United States, Canada, Japan, China, Mexico and Europe. Parts are anodized in chemical baths to enhance their durability. Linn had used an older reverse-osmosis system for water quality, but that system was not able to keep up with demand, so they contacted Besco.

Client Challenge

Google is a multinational technology company with 78 offices in more than 50 countries. Google.com is the most visited website in the world. But Google is more than a search engine, it is also a software developer, advertising platform and cloud computing platform.

Google’s $1.2 billion data center complex in Lenoir, North Carolina, and a $2.4 billion center in Berkley County, South Carolina, are two branches of a large network of data centers all over the world. They are full of row after row of machines, all working together to make Google function — and giving off massive amounts of heat.

Google’s server rooms must be kept at exacting humidity levels. Too much moisture in the air can damage computer equipment, but a lack of humidity can also cause problems, such as static electricity buildup and electrostatic damage. Data centers typically run constant water misters to keep the humidity level at just the right amount.

Google uses more than 4 billion gallons of water per year. Some of it is used in offices, but most is consumed by its data centers, where Besco Commercial’s high-purity water is sprayed into the air through ultrasonic humidifiers.

Client Challenge

Bronson is a community hospital serving more than 200,000 people in South Central Michigan. Hospitals need the best when it comes to water treatment in order to keep up with their ever-growing needs and best serve their community. That is why Bronson Battle Creek Hospital was looking to replace its main water softener that feeds its entire campus as well as get pretreatment for its large reverse osmosis system that feeds into the boiler.

Client Challenge

As a commercial water treatment company, it is rare that we are looking at residential homes. However, the home of Dylan Crittenden had some unique issues. While most homes would need nothing more than a simple water softener machine or a straightforward filter, we discovered that Dylan needed a commercial reverse osmosis system.

Client Challenge

Consumers Energy contacted us about hard water bleeding though current system. Flow rate through current system was also diminishing due to aged resin. Current system was just about 30 years old, resin was fouled and breaking down, valves were leaking from multiple areas.

Client Challenge

St. Julian’s Winery, a renowned establishment in Paw Paw, Michigan, reached out to us following a referral in the spring. Their primary concern was the outdated water treatment equipment they had in place. They were grappling with an old mechanical timer Iron Filter that was not only leaking but also had fouled filter media. Additionally, their carbon filter, which was responsible for chlorine removal, was in a similar state of disrepair. As a winery and distillery, the quality and purity of their water are paramount, and these issues were hindering their operations.

Client Challenge

Amway, a global leader in health and beauty products, required an upgrade to their main water softening system at their XS liquids building. The existing system was a critical component in their production line, serving as a pre-treatment stage for the reverse osmosis system that is integral to the production of their popular energy drinks. Amway needed a solution that would allow them to replace the system without disrupting their tight production schedules.

Client Challenge

Denso, an existing customer of Besco’s, needed a replacement water softener for their facility. The systems that were in place were 30 years old and had completed their life cycle. Since many operational transitions had occurred over the last 30 years, Besco’s design team assisted the customer in determining what they wanted to see within a new system, as well as flow rates and probable daily usage.

Client Challenge

The Flint Institute of Arts is the 2nd largest Museum in Michigan and one of the largest Museum Art Schools in the country. The proper amount of humidity is important to prevent damage to the priceless exhibits. They were in the process of upgrading their aging humidification system for their facility. We were recommended by the company installing the humidification system to assess their existing water treatment system as they were concerned about the quality of water supply feeding their system. We assessed the current water treatment systems and completed a cost analysis to repair and update their current systems versus installing a new water treatment system to provide purified water for the new humidification system based on the requirements. Another issue of concern was the accessibility to the mechanical area and the limited area available for equipment.