Yes. JMark Systems provides complete turnkey solutions that include system design, equipment fabrication, skid assembly, electrical controls, site delivery, installation coordination, startup, and operator training. We act as a single point of contact throughout the project, eliminating the complexity of managing multiple vendors. Our experienced team ensures the system is properly integrated with your existing infrastructure and processes. We also offer ongoing service and support after installation to keep your system operating at peak performance.

In most cases, yes — particularly for wastewater discharge. Facilities that discharge treated water to a municipal sewer must comply with pretreatment standards under the Clean Water Act and local industrial pretreatment programs. Discharge to surface water requires an NPDES permit. Air permits may also be required for certain chemical treatment processes. JMark Systems can help you understand what regulatory requirements apply to your situation and design systems that meet or exceed those standards. We recommend consulting with your local environmental agency or a licensed engineer early in the process.

Yes. JMark Systems offers in-house financing to help customers manage the capital investment required for water treatment equipment. We understand that a large upfront purchase can be a barrier for many facilities, and our financing options are designed to make high-quality, made-in-the-USA systems accessible. Financing terms are discussed during the proposal process and tailored to your project size and budget. Contact our team to learn more about available financing structures and how we can structure a solution that fits your financial requirements.

Start with a water analysis. High levels of hardness, iron, total dissolved solids (TDS), heavy metals, or biological contaminants are common indicators. On the wastewater side, if your discharge contains oils, metals, or chemicals above permitted limits, treatment is required. Visible signs include scale buildup on equipment, rust staining, frequent equipment failures, or fouled membranes. JMark Systems can help evaluate your influent and effluent water quality to recommend the right treatment approach for your specific process.

Lead times vary based on system complexity and scope. Standard packaged systems such as pump skids or small RO units can often be delivered in 6–12 weeks. Custom-engineered systems for metal finishing wastewater or large-scale clarification projects typically require 12–24 weeks from order to commissioning. Containerized WTRBOX systems may have accelerated timelines due to their modular design. JMark Systems will provide a detailed project schedule during the proposal phase so you have clear expectations from day one.

A turnkey system means JMark Systems handles everything from design through commissioning — so you receive a fully operational system ready to run. This includes engineering and system design, equipment procurement, fabrication, skid assembly, controls and automation integration, delivery, installation oversight, startup, and operator training. You don’t need to coordinate multiple vendors or contractors. Our turnkey approach reduces project risk, compresses timelines, and gives you a single point of accountability throughout the entire process.

JMark Systems serves a broad range of industries including automotive manufacturing, metal finishing and plating, municipal water and wastewater, mining and mineral processing, food and beverage production, aerospace and defense, power generation, and general industrial manufacturing. With over 40 years of experience and installations for organizations like NASA, Moen, and Mercedes-Benz, we have the expertise to address complex water challenges across diverse industrial environments. Our systems are custom-engineered to fit each industry’s unique process requirements.

A clarifier is a settling tank that removes suspended solids from water or wastewater by allowing particles to settle by gravity — often aided by chemical coagulants and flocculants. Your facility needs a clarifier when your process generates water with high turbidity, suspended solids, or sludge that must be removed before discharge or reuse. Common applications include metal finishing operations, mining runoff, paper and pulp processing, and municipal wastewater treatment. JMark Systems specializes in slant plate (lamella) clarifiers, which offer high efficiency in a compact footprint.

Reverse osmosis is a water purification process that forces water through a semi-permeable membrane under pressure, removing up to 99% of dissolved salts, minerals, heavy metals, and other contaminants. The membrane allows water molecules to pass through while rejecting larger ions and molecules. The result is two streams: high-quality permeate (purified water) and concentrate (reject water containing the removed contaminants). RO systems are widely used in industrial processes requiring ultra-pure water, boiler feed, electronics manufacturing, and pharmaceutical production.

Industrial water treatment is the process of removing contaminants from water used in or produced by manufacturing and industrial operations. Your facility needs it to protect equipment from scale and corrosion, meet environmental discharge regulations, reduce operating costs, and ensure product quality. Untreated water can damage machinery, create regulatory violations, and increase liability. Whether you’re managing process water, cooling water, or wastewater, a properly designed treatment system protects your investment and keeps your operation running efficiently.

Filtration physically removes suspended solids, sediment, and particles from water using media such as sand, gravel, or membranes. Purification goes further — it removes dissolved contaminants, chemicals, bacteria, and ions that filtration alone cannot capture. Reverse osmosis, for example, is a purification process. Most industrial systems use both in combination: filtration as a pre-treatment step to protect the purification equipment, followed by purification to meet specific water quality standards for the application.

Yes. JMark Systems has extensive experience upgrading and retrofitting existing water treatment infrastructure. Common retrofit projects include replacing aging clarifier internals with high-efficiency slant plate media, upgrading manual chemical dosing to automated systems, adding pre-treatment ahead of existing RO systems to extend membrane life, integrating modern controls and SCADA to legacy equipment, and expanding capacity by adding parallel treatment trains. Our team will evaluate your existing system, identify performance gaps, and develop a cost-effective upgrade plan that maximizes your existing investment while improving efficiency and compliance.

Yes. JMark Systems designs systems with scalability in mind. Modular skid configurations allow additional capacity to be added without replacing the entire system. RO systems can be expanded by adding membrane housings or parallel trains. Clarifiers can be upgraded with higher-capacity plate packs or chemical dosing systems. During the initial design phase, our engineers can build in provisions for future expansion — such as larger pipe headers, additional pump connections, or pre-wired control panels — to minimize retrofit costs when your capacity needs grow.

Yes. JMark Systems routinely integrates PLC-based control systems and SCADA platforms into our equipment to enable automation and remote monitoring. Systems can be equipped with flow meters, pressure transducers, water quality sensors (pH, conductivity, turbidity, ORP), and chemical dosing controls that feed data to a centralized HMI or cloud-based monitoring platform. Remote access allows operators to view system status, receive alarms, and make adjustments without being on-site. Automated operation reduces labor requirements and improves system consistency. We can tailor the level of automation to match your operational capabilities and budget.

RO concentrate (reject water) contains elevated concentrations of the contaminants removed during the purification process. Disposal options include discharge to the municipal sewer (subject to local pretreatment limits), evaporation ponds, deep well injection, or further treatment to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD). For metal finishing or chemical-laden reject streams, additional treatment such as chemical precipitation or pH adjustment may be required before discharge. JMark Systems designs systems with concentrate management in mind and can help you evaluate disposal options based on your local regulatory environment and water chemistry.

Pump skid sizing begins with determining your system’s design flow rate (GPM or GPH), required pressure (PSI), fluid properties (viscosity, temperature, specific gravity), and pipe diameter. From there, engineers select a pump curve that delivers the required flow at the required head. Redundancy requirements (duty/standby configurations), variable frequency drives (VFDs) for flow control, and future capacity needs are also factored in. JMark Systems engineers will perform a hydraulic analysis of your system to ensure proper pump selection, motor sizing, and skid configuration for reliable, efficient operation.

A slant plate clarifier (also called a lamella clarifier) uses a series of inclined parallel plates to dramatically increase the effective settling area within a compact footprint. Particles settle onto the plate surfaces and slide down into a collection hopper, while clarified water rises upward. Conventional clarifiers rely purely on open tank volume for settling, requiring much larger surface areas to achieve the same performance. Slant plate clarifiers can handle comparable flow rates in as little as 10–20% of the space, making them ideal for facilities with limited floor space or retrofit applications.

A containerized system — like JMark Systems’ WTRBOX — houses all water treatment equipment inside a modified ISO shipping container. Advantages include rapid deployment since the system is pre-built and factory-tested before delivery; portability allowing relocation as operational needs change; weather protection for outdoor installations; reduced civil and construction costs since no building is required; and simplified permitting in some jurisdictions. WTRBOX systems are ideal for temporary operations, remote sites, emergency response, or facilities that need a fully functional treatment system without the time and cost of a permanent structure.

Multimedia filtration uses multiple layers of media — typically anthracite, sand, and garnet — arranged by density to filter water from coarse to fine as it flows downward. This stratified approach allows deeper particle penetration into the bed and longer run times between backwash cycles compared to single-media filters. It is preferred when influent turbidity is variable or high, when longer filter runs are needed to reduce operational burden, or when protecting downstream equipment such as RO membranes. Multimedia filters deliver more consistent effluent quality and greater solids loading capacity

Both UF and RO use membrane technology, but they operate at different pore sizes and remove different contaminants. Ultrafiltration membranes have larger pores (0.01–0.1 microns) and are effective at removing bacteria, viruses, colloids, and suspended solids, but they do not remove dissolved salts or small molecules. RO membranes have much smaller pores (~0.0001 microns) and remove up to 99% of dissolved ions, salts, and organics. UF is often used as a pre-treatment step before RO to protect the RO membranes and extend their life.

JMark Systems equipment is built to last. Steel-fabricated skids and tanks, when properly maintained and coated, often have service lives of 20–30 years or more. Pumps and motors generally last 10–15 years with routine maintenance. RO membranes can last 3–7 years depending on feedwater quality and system operation. Instrumentation and controls have a typical life of 10–15 years. Proper operation, regular maintenance, and timely component replacement are the primary factors that determine overall system longevity.

Maintenance requirements vary by system type but generally include daily monitoring of flow rates, pressure differentials, and water quality parameters; weekly inspection of chemical feed systems, pumps, and valves; monthly calibration of instrumentation and sensors; and periodic media replacement, membrane cleaning, or cartridge filter changeouts. Clarifiers require regular sludge removal and plate cleaning. RO systems need periodic chemical cleaning (CIP) when normalized pressure drop or permeate flow degrades. JMark Systems provides O&M documentation, training, and service contracts to help your team maintain peak system performance.

Proper pre-treatment is critical to protecting RO membranes and maximizing system life. Typical pre-treatment steps include sediment filtration to remove suspended solids (5–20 micron cartridge filters), multimedia filtration for high-turbidity feeds, water softening or antiscalant dosing to prevent calcium and magnesium scaling, activated carbon filtration to remove chlorine and organic compounds that damage membranes, and pH adjustment when needed. The specific pre-treatment train depends on your feedwater chemistry. JMark Systems uses the feedwater analysis to design the right pre-treatment sequence for your RO system.

Recovery rate (the percentage of feedwater converted to permeate) and rejection rate (the percentage of dissolved solids removed) are determined through a combination of feedwater analysis and membrane system modeling using software such as ROSA or IMSDesign. Key inputs include feedwater TDS, ionic composition, temperature, pH, and scaling potential (Langelier Saturation Index). Recovery is balanced against scaling risk — higher recovery concentrates salts, increasing fouling potential. Rejection is a function of membrane type and operating pressure. JMark Systems engineers model multiple design scenarios to optimize recovery while maintaining membrane longevity and permeate quality targets.

High-TDS or high-hardness feedwater requires careful pre-treatment and system design to prevent scaling and maintain performance. Approaches include strong acid cation (SAC) softening to remove calcium and magnesium before the RO, antiscalant chemical dosing at optimized dosage rates, acid dosing to lower the Langelier Saturation Index, and designing for lower system recovery to reduce concentration factor. For very high-TDS feeds (>5,000 mg/L), high-pressure membranes or brine concentrators may be required. JMark Systems conducts detailed scaling analysis using ion balance data and membrane modeling software to select the optimal pre-treatment and membrane configuration.

Mixed heavy metal streams require a sequenced treatment approach. Hexavalent chromium (Cr VI) must first be reduced to Cr(III) in a dedicated reduction reactor under acidic conditions (pH 2–3) using sodium bisulfite or SO2 before it can be precipitated. Cyanide, if present, must be oxidized separately using alkaline chlorination. Following these segregated treatments, the combined stream undergoes pH adjustment to 8.5–10.5 for co-precipitation of Cr(III), zinc, nickel, and other metals as hydroxides. Coagulant and polymer dosing promotes floc formation ahead of clarification and filtration. JMark Systems designs systems with dedicated reaction tanks, residence time calculations, and automated pH control for each treatment stage.

Metal finishing wastewater treatment typically involves pH adjustment (caustic or acid dosing), chemical precipitation of heavy metals as hydroxides (optimal pH 8.5–10.5 depending on metal species), coagulation and flocculation (ferric sulfate or alum with polymer), and clarification. EPA categorical standards under 40 CFR Part 433 specify daily maximum and monthly average limits for metals like copper, zinc, nickel, chromium, and lead. Chromium (VI) requires reduction to Cr(III) using sodium bisulfite before precipitation. Chemical dosing rates are determined by influent metal concentrations, flow rates, and target effluent limits. JMARK Systems designs automated dosing systems with online monitoring for consistent compliance.

Integrating a clarifier and multimedia filter in series requires careful hydraulic balancing, consistent chemical conditioning, and compatible sludge handling. Key design considerations include sizing the clarifier for peak hydraulic and solids loading while maintaining adequate retention time; designing the multimedia filter influent quality to stay within acceptable turbidity range (typically <10 NTU from clarifier effluent); coordinating backwash scheduling to avoid hydraulic surges to the clarifier; managing backwash water return to the head of the system without overloading solids handling; and automating chemical dosing (coagulant, flocculant, pH) to respond to variable influent quality. For closed-loop systems, blowdown and makeup water management must be incorporated to control TDS buildup.

JMark Systems works with polyamide thin-film composite (TFC) membranes for most RO applications due to their high rejection rates and broad chemical compatibility. For ultrafiltration, we use PVDF or PES hollow-fiber membranes depending on the fouling characteristics of the feed stream. Spiral-wound elements are standard for RO; hollow-fiber configurations are used for UF and some nanofiltration applications. Selection criteria include feedwater chemistry, required rejection, operating pressure, temperature range, chlorine tolerance, and cleaning requirements. Membrane manufacturer selection (DowDuPont, Toray, Hydranautics) is based on performance data, application history, and availability of replacement elements.