In the food service sector, water purification for product manufacturing and meal preparation is essential for delivering high-quality and, most importantly, safe services. In hotels, restaurants, and cafés, water must meet strict purity requirements. Therefore, for technical purposes — such as dishwashing — water is subject to preliminary treatment. For the preparation of ready-to-serve meals in hotels, restaurants, and cafés, water must undergo fine filtration or reverse osmosis treatment.
Advantages of Industrial Water Treatment in Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafés
The installation of industrial water filtration systems makes it possible to fully meet the demand of hotels, cafés, and restaurants for clean drinking water. In the long term, treated water is significantly more cost-effective than bottled water supplied in plastic containers. As a result, the costs associated with purchasing and installing industrial water filters or reverse osmosis systems are recovered relatively quickly.
Benefits of Water Purification
- Drinking water for hotels, restaurants, and cafés complies with all sanitary and hygienic standards.
- Water treated using industrial filtration systems for hygienic and water-based procedures does not contain hardness salts, which prevents negative effects on the skin of hotel guests or restaurant and café staff.
- High-quality industrial water treatment enables effective water softening, which has a positive impact on the performance and service life of water-contact equipment (plumbing fixtures, boilers, coffee machines, and ice makers).
- During the industrial purification process, chlorine and other impurities are removed; as a result, purified water does not alter the taste or aroma of food and beverages.
- After treatment using industrial reverse osmosis systems or filtration units, water meets all quality and safety standards and does not pose any risk to human health.
Mechanical Water Treatment for Hotels, Cafés, and Restaurants
For the mechanical removal of scale, sand, or clay during the water treatment process, three types of industrial filters are used:
- Self-cleaning filters
- Cartridge filters
- Sediment filters
The filtering elements of self-cleaning industrial water filters are metal mesh screens. Cartridge-type industrial water filters are equipped with cartridges made of polypropylene wound fibers or nonwoven materials. Sediment filter housings contain special filter media such as gravel, anthracite, or sand.
Iron Removal from Water
Industrial filters used for iron removal and equipped with specialized media eliminate iron and manganese from water using the catalytic oxidation method. As water passes through the filter media, iron and manganese are oxidized and converted into an insoluble precipitate. This precipitate is then flushed out of the industrial filter into the sewage system by means of a reverse water flow.
Water Softening for Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafés
Industrial filters designed to reduce water hardness contain a special medium — cation exchange resin. When water passes through this medium, magnesium and calcium salts are removed, resulting in softened water suitable for both technical and consumption purposes.
Reverse Osmosis
A high-capacity industrial reverse osmosis system installed in a hotel, café, or restaurant is a multi-stage, highly efficient filtration solution. It provides maximum water purification while significantly improving taste and odor. The treated water is completely safe for human health and complies with all sanitary and hygienic standards.
During the reverse osmosis process, the following contaminants are removed from water:
- fine suspended particles;
- hardness salts;
- viruses and bacteria;
- chlorine and chlorine compounds.
Water purified using an industrial reverse osmosis system does not affect the taste or aroma of food and beverages and does not form scale. This improves the quality of prepared dishes and extends the service life of coffee machines and other water-dependent equipment.
Water Treatment Equipment for Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafés
ZIKO supplies equipment and turnkey solutions for industrial water treatment and water preparation for hotel complexes, restaurants, and cafés. The company delivers industrial filters, reverse osmosis systems, and other water treatment equipment to service industry facilities throughout Ukraine.
The company’s specialists provide:
- system design and equipment selection for water treatment and preparation;
- installation, commissioning, and startup of turnkey solutions;
- warranty and post-warranty maintenance, as well as equipment repair.
For any inquiries, potential clients may consult with our managers by phone. We also accept requests for supply, maintenance, and repair of water treatment and water preparation equipment online or via the email address listed in the Contacts section.
