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EDR : GE's Next Generation Water
Treatment
 TREVOSE,
PA -- GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General
Electric Company, launched the next generation of
Electrodialysis Reversal (EDR) solutions today – enhancing
its portfolio of advanced water and wastewater treatment
solutions designed to address the world’s growing water
demands.
“With over 50 years of experience
and thousands of installations, the next generation of our
EDR technology leverages our expertise in the water industry
-- bringing to market an advanced water treatment solution
that has one of the highest water recovery rates available,”
said Jeff Garwood, president and CEO, GE Water & Process
Technologies. “Our EDR technology will expand our
capabilities in regions -- like China, Australia, Spain and
the U.S. -- where the demand for robust solutions to tackle
water scarcity and water quality challenges continue to
rapidly grow.”
Today over 1.1 billion people
lack adequate access to a safe water source, and symptoms of
water scarcity like groundwater depletion and water source
contamination only continue to place stress on limited fresh
water supplies. GE EDR desalination technology removes salt,
radium, arsenic, perchlorates and other potentially harmful
contaminants from tough-to-treat well and surface waters.
Using an electrochemical
separation process that allows selective passage of ions in
solutions, GE EDR technology produces high-quality water for
a variety of industrial applications, such as cooling and
boiler make-up water, and its rugged membranes and high
chlorine tolerance make it ideal for a variety of wastewater
reuse projects. The most common EDR applications include:
municipal drinking water, industrial process water, and
wastewater reuse.
For more information on GE Water
& Process Technologies, visit
http://www.gewater.com/
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ATEC Steel Tank acquires TARSCO
 Baxter
Springs, KS -- ATEC Steel & the T.F. Warren Group are
pleased to announce the purchase of Tank & Refinery Services
Company, Inc. (TARSCO), effective September 28, 2007,
through a joint venture agreement.
TARSCO, located in Santa Fe
Springs, California, just outside of Los Angeles, is active
in new tank construction and tank maintenance throughout the
West Coast and Puerto Rico. TARSCO is a family owned
business with a 26 year history. With close to 90 employees,
TARSCO is highly regarded in the industry for their safety
record, quality assurance and field construction services
offered.
“TARSCO field services are second
to none in the industry and it is our intent to add our
combined company strengths and network to help them grow
their business to the next level,” stated Noel Garrett,
president of ATEC Steel.
ATEC Steel, located in Baxter
Springs Kansas, is an industry leader in the design,
fabrication and construction of field welded storage tanks.
ATEC services are provided for new construction and repair
throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
ATEC is also a member of the Tank
Connection Affiliate Group, which is recognized as world
leaders in dry bulk and liquid storage applications.
More information visit:
http://www.tankconnection.com/ |
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Greenhouse uses UV to Disinfect
Water
 Erlanger,
KY -- Aquionics UV technology has been selected by NZ
Hothouse, a leading New Zealand provider of fresh produce,
to disinfect the water used for soil-less plant cultivation
in its glasshouses.
Located near Auckland on North Island, NZ Hothouse has
almost 50 acres of glasshouses on two sites growing
tomatoes, capsicums and cucumbers for distribution both
nationally and internationally.
The
source of the water is a combination of rain water and
borehole water, which is stored in large outside holding
ponds. The main microbial challenge organisms in the water
include fungi such as Pythium, Phytophthora and Fusarium,
bacteria such as Clavibacter, and viruses such as tomato
bronze (wilt) virus and tomato mosaic virus.
No
conventional microbiological checks are carried out, but NZ
Hothouse uses what it calls 'bait tests' with very young
plants to see if they fall victim to any of these
water-borne pathogens.
Two
Aquionics PMD200 medium pressure systems are installed - one
for each site - treating up to 18,000 gallons of water per
hour. UV treatment is ideal for this application as it is a
completely clean technology that introduces no chemicals or
unwanted disinfection by-products into the water and does
not alter its pH.
The UV
systems feature an automatic wiper which prevents the
build-up of deposits on the quartz tube, ensuring optimum UV
dose at all times. Photon control panels provide the
operators with data on flow rate, UV dose and intensity and
can log up to one year's performance data, which is
downloadable to a PC via an RS323 port. The control panel
can also be operated remotely, allowing the system to run 24
hours a day. Maintenance of the unit is restricted to the
replacement of a lamp every 12 months, a simple operation
that can be carried out by on-site staff.
All
Aquionics UV disinfection systems are easy to install, with
minimum disruption to the plant. They need very little
maintenance, the only requirement being replacement of the
UV lamps and servicing of the wiper systems every 12 months,
depending on use.
For
more information please visit:
http://www.aquionics.com/
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Beijing Airport to Reuse
Wastewater
 Greifenberg,
Germany -- When millions of sportsmen and women,
tourists and media professionals rush to the new Beijing
Capital International Airport during the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games, they will use water purified by dizzer®
Multibore® ultrafiltration (UF) membrane modules
manufactured and supplied by Inge AG, a membrane
specialist.
In August 2007, Inge was
awarded a contract to supply its patented membrane
technology for the wastewater reuse project of the new
Beijing Capital International Airport. The total
treatment capacity is 10,000 m3/day, which is the daily
water consumption of about 20,000 people. The UF system
using Inge’s technology serves as pre-treatment to a
reverse osmosis system to treat Beijing’s municipal
wastewater. The treated water will be supplied to office
buildings at the airport and toilets in the Airport
Hotel; it will also be used to wash vehicles, irrigate
plants, clean roads and provide cooling recirculation
water.
“Winning a project which is
related to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will
significantly upgrade the brand and image of Inge”, says
Mareike Schmidt, head of Inge China operations. “As the
Chinese want their new airport to be an outstanding
project not only in design – from a bird’s eye view it
is shaped like a dragon - but also in terms of
state-of-the-art technology, the award of this project
is evidence for the growing acceptance worldwide of our
technology in the water purification market.”
As an international UF
membrane specialist that operates throughout the world,
Inge has been in China for a quite few years. The water
quality in China varies widely all over the country, and
the Northern part is especially known for the scarcity
of its water resources. The amount of daily wastewater
capacity in China is estimated to be 3.7 billion m3.
Approximately 10,000 wastewater treatment plants are
needed to treat only 50 percent of this large amount.
The scarcity of freshwater sources and the fact that it
is cheaper to reuse wastewater than to buy expensive
municipal drinking water opens a large market for the
German Inge AG.
About Inge AG
The internationally active
Inge AG has its headquarters located in Greifenberg near
Munich, Germany. The company manufactures and sells
ultrafiltration membranes and modules for the treatment
of drinking water, process water and wastewater.
For more information visit:
http://www.inge.ag/
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