Marietta Daily Journal -
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Published on: 7/9/2008
Last Visited: 7/9/2008
"This is 100 percent recycled, not reused, water," said Jeff Lebedin, president of AquaRecycleÔ, noting that the complete system is the first of its kind in the country.
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Lebedin predicted it might be as early as 12 months.
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"Hotels and hospital systems are perfect laundry operations for our recycle system," Lebedin said."Not only are they desperate for ways to cut operating costs and increase profits, they are imposing internal directives requiring environmental savings programs."The high-tech system is the first complete recycling system in the country, Lebedin said, because it is a "100 percent closed loop and complete pressurized system."
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The final clean water is virtually as pure as tap water, Lebedin said, noting that the particulate in the water is about 650 and that tap water is about 500.
Environmental regulations generally call for water to have less than 2,000 parts, he said."We've done a lot of research and go through a lot of pains to ensure sanitation," Lebedin said, noting that his system removes oxygen from the water to kill bacteria and then shines ultraviolet light on it to remove most of the remaining germs."And there's not a documented case of bacteria surviving dryers at 260 degrees," he said, referring to the intense drying process each garment must go through.