Water. desalination + reuse

business Amiad filters to pretreat Korean steelworks RO feed Microfibre filters to pretreat a reverseosmosis (RO) plant are being provided for one of South Korea���s largest steel factories by Amiad Water Systems. This contract, worth US$ 2.85 million, follows the successful completion of the first two phases of the project, valued at approximately US$ 3 million, which were carried out between 2007 and 2011. Under this new phase of work, expected to be implemented in 2012, Amiad will install Micro Fibre filters with mesh sizes of 7 and 2 micron. They will filter outlet water from the plant���s wastewater treatment facility before it passes to the RO plant. Unlike traditional methods, Amiad���s solution is chemical free and has other environmental and economical benefits such as less energy and rinse-water use. The company sees RO pretreatment as a key growth area. US$ 1.3 million order for seawater pumps US supplier Met-Pro Corporation announced on 6 December 2011 that its Global Pump Solutions business unit has received an order worth more than US$ 1.3 million, to supply 80 Fybroc�� brand pumps for a large-scale aquarium/oceanarium located outside of the US. The order is expected to ship in the first quarter of the company���s next fiscal year. Raymond J De Hont, chairman and CEO of Met-Pro, said, ���The order reinforces the Fybroc�� brand���s reputation as the preferred choice for critical saltwater applications around the world and allows us to remain optimistic regarding other large projects we are pursuing.��� Sorek GRP pipe contract awarded to Protesa A contract for the supply and installation of 2,900 m of glass-fibre reinforced polyester (GRP) piping has been awarded to Protecciones Plasticas (Protesa) of Spain for the Sorek plant in Israel, the world���s second largest desalination plant to date. Protesa���s scope of supply includes the design, manufacture, installation and related engineering services for GRP piping and fittings in diameters ranging from 25 to 2,200 mm. The plant will use reverse-osmosis technology and will reach a capacity of 510,000 m3/d, which, once the project is completed, will cater for 65% of Israel���s drinking water consumption. Protesa says that this project, led by the Sorek Desalination Partnership - formed by IDE Technologies and Hutchison Water International Holdings Pte - constitutes an important reference in the sector due to its size and the high level of technology used and reaffirms the company���s experience in the desalination sector, as well as the company���s growth on an international level. HPD wins Australian brine-concentrator contract HPD, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been selected to provide its brine concentrator technology for a uranium mine in Australia���s Northern Territory. The brine concentrator will treat nearly 5,000 m��/d for Energy Resources Australia (ERA), one of the largest uranium producers in the world, at its Ranger mine. ERA considers this technology a proven, long-term solution to minimize the environmental impact of operations and significantly reduce process water inventory The Veolia brine concentrator uses thermal energy to evaporate water, which produces clean distillate that will meet strict water quality requirements for release into ERA���s constructed wetlands system. HPD was selected for this project because of its extensive experience in volume reduction applications, its ability to meet future needs of the mine, and its testing capabilities. This includes shipment of a pilot-scale brine concentrator unit to Australia for demonstration of the process. Commissioning of the brine concentrator plant is expected to be completed in mid2013. | 8 | Desalination & Water Reuse | February-March 2012 New US/Canadian contracts for H2O Innovation Canadian H2O Innovation Inc announced on 21 December 2011 that it had recently been awarded new membrane water-treatment contracts totalling Can$ 4.7 million (US$ 4.6 million). These contracts will see the company provide custom-built systems and equipment to industrial and municipal end-users in the US and Canada. One of the contracts will see H2O Innovation deliver a 1.15 MGD (4,350 m3/d) two-train reverse-osmosis (RO) system for the production of process water at a textile plant for a repeat customer. For a public utility company based in the US Mid-West, the supplier will build a double-pass RO system followed by electrodeionization and mixed-bed polisher for boiler makeup water production. Another contract will see H2O Innovation build and deliver a system to the Municipality of SainteH��l��ne de Bagot in Quebec, for which the company will manufacture a nanofiltration membrane system for the production of drinking water from underground sources. Acciona extends Chilean desalination contract work Spanish group Acciona has been awarded an extension to its existing contract for the Copiap�� desalination plant in the Atacama III region of Chile. The new contract from Pacific Mining Company to Acciona Agua and Acciona Infrastructure involves development of an end-to-end solution for the iron concentrate from the Cerro Negro Norte mine, including a transport system to the filtration plant, located 82 km away at the port of Punta Totoralillo. The project will include a steel pipeline and a series of pumping stations to take operational water in the other direction. The project will cost US$ 143 million, and the plant is expected to come into service in 2013.

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