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Aquatech designs SWRO system for detergent manufacturer in India
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quatech recently completed a project for Nirma, a multi-sector fast-moving consumer goods brand based in India. Nirma Ltd manufactures products that include detergents, cosmetics, soaps, salt and soda ash. It is one of the largest selling detergent brands in the country. The facility is located in Gujarat, a water-scarce region in western India. When Nirma expanded its facility, it had an increased requirement for fresh water. It selected Aquatech to design and supply a new sea-water reverse osmosis (SWRO) system, with a capacity of 25 million litres (6 604 301 gallons) per day. Aquatech says that it was chosen because of its advanced technology, with a focus on pretreatment, energy optimisation and overall water recovery. After studying the feed-water quality and issues with the existing operation, the company proposed the use of its patented LoWatt technology for the new SWRO plant. This process will reduce energy consumption for the facility and deliver water at a low cost to Nirma. For further information, visit: https://aquatech.com
Ecolab strengthens its position for water treatment in the US institutional market
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colab Inc, which specialises in water treatment, hygiene and energy technologies and services, has acquired Cascade Water Services Inc. Cascade Water Services is a privately owned company based in New York that provides water treatment programmes and services to the US institutional market – primarily in New York and Florida. Ecolab says that the move helps it to expand into this market place. The firm’s sales were approximately $35 million in 2017. The company will become part of Ecolab’s Water business. No further details were disclosed. ‘As commercial building, lodging and healthcare facilities continue to expand, the demand for experts who can bring effective technology, product and services to our customers’ waterrelated challenges has increased,’ commented 4
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Michael Johannsen, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nalco Water Global Light Industries & Water Services. ‘These challenges include increasing concerns regarding Legionnaires’ disease. We offer our customers programmes to manage their water efficiently and safely.’ Johannsen continued: ‘Cascade’s people and technologies complement Ecolab’s existing water business well and will enable us to provide its customers with our broader range of water treatment services to support growth and success.’ With sales of $13 billion in 2016 and 48 000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive technology and products and on-site services to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimise water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets, in more than 170 countries around the world.
Pork producer invests in membrane-based filtration plant
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ica des Sables, part of the Coopérative des Producteurs de Porc de la Réunion (CPPR) group – producers of pork on La Réunion – recently invested in a membrane-based filtration unit developed and built by Orelis Environnement. This unit, integrated into a container, was designed to meet the new conditions imposed by the local municipality and reduce the load of effluents discharged into the communal sewage system. Installed downstream of the site’s wastewater treatment plant, the filtration unit comprises ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) components, the details of which are summarsied below.
For further information, visit: www.ecolab.com
Sulzer acquires JWC Environmental
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ulzer Ltd, which specialises in pumps, services for rotating equipment, and separation, mixing and application technology, has acquired JWC Environmental Llc (JWC). JWC provides highly engineered, missioncritical solids reduction and removal products, such as grinders, screens and dissolved air flotation system for municipal, industrial and commercial wastewater applications. According to Sulzer, this transaction enables it to grow its wastewater treatment offering through complementary equipment, and improve its access to the municipal and industrial wastewater market in North America. Furthermore, Sulzer says that it intends to strongly pursue and support JWC’s geographic expansion into markets in EMEA and Asia. Significant sales synergies are expected through growth in JWC’s markets outside North America. JWC will operate as part of Sulzer’s Pumps Equipment division. The enterprise value of US$215 million, adjusted for an acquired tax asset, corresponds to a multiple of approximately ten times earnings for 2018 before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, says Sulzer. JWC’s headquarters are based in Santa Ana, California, USA. It employs around 230 people. For further information, visit: www.sulzer.com & www.jwce.com
• UF equipment, which uses KLEANSEP ceramic membranes, with a flow rate of 50 m3/day (9.2 gpm). The purified water at the outlet is used for cleaning and feeding the gas scrubber. • RO equipment, based on PERSEP polymeric membranes, with a flow rate of 20 m3/day (3.7 gpm). The water at the outlet is used to feed a cooling tower and the steam boilers. ‘The recycling of water and liquid resource is a key element of our growth strategy in the field of membrane technologies, explained François Garcia, CEO, Orelis Environnement. ‘Only an integrated offer of products and services along the entire value chain makes it possible to respond optimally to the specific needs of each customer and each industrial sector.’ A thermal oxidation vapour treatment system complements the plant, to reduce the current volume of effluents produced. The complete installation will achieve the goal of zero discharge of dirty liquid effluents into the sewage system, says the company. For further information, visit: www.orelis-environnement.com
Nomination period opens for 2018 WEF Awards
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he Water Environment Federation (WEF) – a not-for-profit technical and educational organisation that represents water quality professionals
February 2018
Aquatech designs SWRO system for detergent manufacturer in India
A
quatech recently completed a project for Nirma, a multi-sector fast-moving consumer goods brand based in India. Nirma Ltd manufactures products that include detergents, cosmetics, soaps, salt and soda ash. It is one of the largest selling detergent brands in the country. The facility is located in Gujarat, a water-scarce region in western India. When Nirma expanded its facility, it had an increased requirement for fresh water. It selected Aquatech to design and supply a new sea-water reverse osmosis (SWRO) system, with a capacity of 25 million litres (6 604 301 gallons) per day. Aquatech says that it was chosen because of its advanced technology, with a focus on pretreatment, energy optimisation and overall water recovery. After studying the feed-water quality and issues with the existing operation, the company proposed the use of its patented LoWatt technology for the new SWRO plant. This process will reduce energy consumption for the facility and deliver water at a low cost to Nirma. For further information, visit: https://aquatech.com
Ecolab strengthens its position for water treatment in the US institutional market
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colab Inc, which specialises in water treatment, hygiene and energy technologies and services, has acquired Cascade Water Services Inc. Cascade Water Services is a privately owned company based in New York that provides water treatment programmes and services to the US institutional market – primarily in New York and Florida. Ecolab says that the move helps it to expand into this market place. The firm’s sales were approximately $35 million in 2017. The company will become part of Ecolab’s Water business. No further details were disclosed. ‘As commercial building, lodging and healthcare facilities continue to expand, the demand for experts who can bring effective technology, product and services to our customers’ waterrelated challenges has increased,’ commented 4
Membrane Technology
Michael Johannsen, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nalco Water Global Light Industries & Water Services. ‘These challenges include increasing concerns regarding Legionnaires’ disease. We offer our customers programmes to manage their water efficiently and safely.’ Johannsen continued: ‘Cascade’s people and technologies complement Ecolab’s existing water business well and will enable us to provide its customers with our broader range of water treatment services to support growth and success.’ With sales of $13 billion in 2016 and 48 000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive technology and products and on-site services to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimise water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets, in more than 170 countries around the world.
Pork producer invests in membrane-based filtration plant
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ica des Sables, part of the Coopérative des Producteurs de Porc de la Réunion (CPPR) group – producers of pork on La Réunion – recently invested in a membrane-based filtration unit developed and built by Orelis Environnement. This unit, integrated into a container, was designed to meet the new conditions imposed by the local municipality and reduce the load of effluents discharged into the communal sewage system. Installed downstream of the site’s wastewater treatment plant, the filtration unit comprises ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) components, the details of which are summarsied below.
For further information, visit: www.ecolab.com
Sulzer acquires JWC Environmental
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ulzer Ltd, which specialises in pumps, services for rotating equipment, and separation, mixing and application technology, has acquired JWC Environmental Llc (JWC). JWC provides highly engineered, missioncritical solids reduction and removal products, such as grinders, screens and dissolved air flotation system for municipal, industrial and commercial wastewater applications. According to Sulzer, this transaction enables it to grow its wastewater treatment offering through complementary equipment, and improve its access to the municipal and industrial wastewater market in North America. Furthermore, Sulzer says that it intends to strongly pursue and support JWC’s geographic expansion into markets in EMEA and Asia. Significant sales synergies are expected through growth in JWC’s markets outside North America. JWC will operate as part of Sulzer’s Pumps Equipment division. The enterprise value of US$215 million, adjusted for an acquired tax asset, corresponds to a multiple of approximately ten times earnings for 2018 before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, says Sulzer. JWC’s headquarters are based in Santa Ana, California, USA. It employs around 230 people. For further information, visit: www.sulzer.com & www.jwce.com
• UF equipment, which uses KLEANSEP ceramic membranes, with a flow rate of 50 m3/day (9.2 gpm). The purified water at the outlet is used for cleaning and feeding the gas scrubber. • RO equipment, based on PERSEP polymeric membranes, with a flow rate of 20 m3/day (3.7 gpm). The water at the outlet is used to feed a cooling tower and the steam boilers. ‘The recycling of water and liquid resource is a key element of our growth strategy in the field of membrane technologies, explained François Garcia, CEO, Orelis Environnement. ‘Only an integrated offer of products and services along the entire value chain makes it possible to respond optimally to the specific needs of each customer and each industrial sector.’ A thermal oxidation vapour treatment system complements the plant, to reduce the current volume of effluents produced. The complete installation will achieve the goal of zero discharge of dirty liquid effluents into the sewage system, says the company. For further information, visit: www.orelis-environnement.com
Nomination period opens for 2018 WEF Awards
T
he Water Environment Federation (WEF) – a not-for-profit technical and educational organisation that represents water quality professionals
February 2018