Pharmaceutical Water Treatment – Purity and sustainability are essential
From feedwater, through internal treatment to generate pharmaceutical grade water, to final discharge, water is critical to pharmaceutical manufacturing. Water treatment at each phase of manufacture must accomplish two goals: purity and sustainability. Contamination is potentially life threatening, so preventing water contamination is essential for product safety. Treatments must meet the standards of the relevant pharmacopeias for the intended use of the water, with different pharmaceutical grades requiring different treatments from purified water (PW) to highly purified water (HPW) to the highest purity of water for injection (WFI). Pharmaceutical manufacturers are also taking a proactive approach to sustainability, as both water scarcity and mitigation of environmental impacts encourage water efficiency through internal recycle and advanced treatment for final discharge