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Equipment RFP issued before scope and connections were defined? Vendors quoting from different assumptions? Integration problems appearing at installation? These configurations establish the sizing basis, connection register, and completion checks before any vendor is engaged.

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Overview
Equipment projects succeed when scope and connections are defined early: duty, footprint, power/air, hydraulics, controls, and completion checks, then carried through procurement and commissioning.
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Which configuration fits your project?

Each configuration turns a recurring equipment or utility situation into defined duty, connections, and review points before vendors are engaged. Use the route that fits the situation in front of you: single equipment procurement, vehicle wash recycling, laundry recycling, or greywater treatment. If the situation spans more than one route, the enquiry form will help map the starting point.

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FlowPlan - Procure (Scope, connections & completion checks)

For any equipment decision where vendors are being engaged before the scope is clearly defined.

Project: Equipment selection and procurement alignment

Suitable for: When an RFP is approaching but the equipment scope, duty, and connections are not yet clearly defined, or when vendor quotes are coming back non-comparable.

Features: Vendor analysis, procurement specs, bid comparison template

Delivers: Scope clearly defined, duty and connections set out, and a vendor-ready specification pack that makes bids genuinely comparable before any RFP goes out.

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FlowPlan - VWRP (Vehicle Wash Recycling Plant)

For vehicle wash operations where water costs, discharge limits, or compliance are driving a recycling requirement.

Project: Vehicle washwater recycling systems

Suitable for: When wash volumes justify recycling but the feed variability, solids load, and reuse quality haven't been confirmed as a basis for system sizing.

Features: Clari+, Batch+, reuse quality logic

Delivers: Recycling loop sized and scoped, solids handling and disposal route confirmed, and reuse quality basis set, ready for vendor engagement or detailed design.

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FlowPlan - LWRP (Laundry Washwater Recycling Plant)

For laundry operations where wash and rinse streams need to be recovered to reduce water use or meet discharge standards.

Project: Laundry water recycling

Suitable for: When laundry throughput, detergent loads, and hygiene requirements need to be defined before a recycling system can be meaningfully specified.

Features: Micra+, Oxiclear+, ROCore+

Delivers: Recovery ratio checked against site operating conditions, hygiene and pathogen control requirements defined, and system sizing basis set before procurement.

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FlowPlan - GWTP (Greywater Treatment Plant)

For buildings or campuses where greywater reuse for flushing or irrigation needs a compact, compliant treatment solution.

Project: Greywater treatment for reuse

Suitable for: When building-level greywater reuse is planned but the collection, treatment, and reuse quality basis hasn't been defined for the permit or procurement.

Features: GWTP, Batch+, reuse filter stage

Delivers: Treatment route and footprint confirmed, safety requirements clearly established, and the design set out before supplier engagement or permit submission.

Confirm your configuration

Work through equipment type, connections, and procurement basis below. Each configuration is determined by the project situation. Use this to confirm the right starting point before reaching out.

Pathway guide for equipment & utilities

Equipment projects fall into two distinct scopes. A single equipment decision, such as a pump, screen, blower, dosing unit, or similar item, uses the Procurement Pack route to define scope, connections, and completion checks before any supplier is engaged. A recycling plant (VWRP, LWRP, or GWTP) is a different scope entirely. The work is designing and specifying the whole system, including the treatment sequence, connections, controls, and startup. Use the steps below to confirm duty, connections, and the delivery basis for whichever applies.

Quick definitions: FlowPlan - Procure = scope, connections & completion checks for a single equipment decision; VWRP = Vehicle Wash Recycling Plant; LWRP = Laundry Washwater Recycling Plant; GWTP = Greywater Treatment Plant; Duty = design flow rate, batch profile, peak demand; Connections = hydraulic, utility, controls, and sludge connection points.

Define scope & duty - Set pathway - Confirm connections

Typical pathways: FlowPlan - Procure, FlowPlan - VWRP, FlowPlan - LWRP, or FlowPlan - GWTP.

1) Confirm the equipment project situation

These configurations cover two distinct scopes, with the same delivery checks applied at handover regardless of which applies.

  • Scope the equipment decision or recycling system: a single item (pump, screen, press, dosing unit, or similar package) or a full recycling plant (vehicle wash, laundry, or greywater treatment pathway).
  • Define the recovery pathway: process route, connections, and operating basis for the system.
  • Establish handover checks: duty confirmation, completion tests, and commissioning close-out basis.

2) Follow the route that fits the equipment situation

Single equipment route

FlowPlan - Procure

Use this route where one package purchase needs a clear scope, utility list, and installation basis before suppliers respond.

Vehicle wash recycling

FlowPlan - VWRP

Best for wash bays that need reclaim, solids control, and reuse quality worked out as one coordinated system.

Laundry washwater recycling

FlowPlan - LWRP

Suited to laundries balancing rinse recovery, detergent carryover, hygiene demands, and return-water use.

Building greywater reuse

FlowPlan - GWTP

Made for buildings or campuses that need a compact reuse route, with treatment, storage, and footprint planned together.

3) Define connections early

We capture the key inputs that determine whether vendor quotes will be comparable and whether the system integrates cleanly at installation. These are the items most often left undefined when procurement starts too early.

Duty: flow rate, batch profile, peak demand
Water quality: solids, oils, detergents, salinity
Hydraulics and headloss at connection points
Utilities: power, air, and chemical dosing supply
Solids or sludge capture and disposal route
Controls, alarms, and operator workflow requirements

Not sure which route fits?

Start with the project situation rather than the equipment name. A single equipment purchase usually belongs on the Procure route, where duty, connections, and delivery checks are set before vendors quote. Vehicle wash, laundry, and greywater jobs are wider treatment-system projects, so feed variability, reuse targets, storage, and operating conditions need to be settled before the system is specified. Share the equipment type, duty, and what is still unclear, and we will point you to the right route and the first inputs to gather.

Single equipment item, RFP already moving? Start with FlowPlan - Procure. It sets duty, connections, and delivery checks so vendors are pricing the same scope.
Vehicle wash, laundry, or greywater recovery? This is a full treatment-system job, not a single-item purchase. Feed variability, reuse targets, solids handling, and operating conditions all need to be resolved before the system can be properly specified.
Problems appearing after installation? Check the connection gaps before taking the next procurement step. Hydraulics, controls, utilities, and solids handling are often the missing pieces and should be captured before changes are quoted.

Quick enquiry

Share your equipment context, site constraints, and intended outcome. We'll identify the right configuration and the first deliverable that moves the procurement step forward.

Helpful context to include

  • Duty and operating profile (average/peak flow, batch events, shift patterns).
  • Water quality drivers (solids, oils, detergents, salinity, metals/organics where relevant).
  • Site constraints (space, connection points, shutdown period, utilities, access/maintenance).
  • Target outcome (reuse quality, discharge limits, cost control, reliability, operator simplicity).
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