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Municipal contract

services

The German subsidiaries of Vivqndi Environnement, Paris, France, are to partially privatise the German city of Gorlitz’s municipal services company, Stadtwerke. Under the agreement, Vivendi Environnement will pay DMlD6 million (US$49 million) for 75% of Stadtwerke capital stock. Vivendi Environnement, through its German subsidiaries, will then aid the management of the town’s water and wastewater services, energy services, local transportation and waste management. l

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Membrane research meeting Between 6-7 September 2001 the 3rd Network Young membrains will be held at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. tt is specially aimed at young researchers (PhD or MSc), working in the field of membrane technology in Europe. More information on the congrerr can be found at: ng. tudelt%&yi.htm

Asian filtration Sunic-AirPol

& separation

Environ-

The Illinois, USA based

mental Technologies

Flex-Kleen

Corp, the Beijing, China

and water pollution

based subsidiary of AirPol

systems manufacturer

Division

contracts When awarded, the con-

of air

tract will cover the financing,

control

construction

Met-

and management

of new wastewatcr

Inc has won an order to

Pro Corp, has received an

installations

supply what it said to be the

order worth more than US$ 1

treatment

first flue gas desulphurisation

million to supply a major

000 m3/day capacity and a 24

(FGD)

petrochemical

km collecting

svstem to the Chinese ,

glass smelter industry.

company with

six dust collector

Under the agreement,

modules to

including a sewage plant with a 135 network.

ONDEO’s

subsidiaries

filter fly ash from an incine-

ONDEO

Services

which was placed by Shenzhen

ration system located in

ONDEO

DegrPmont

Southern

Malaysia.

working in partnership

Glass Co Ltd, Sunic-

AirPol will supply a magne-

The modules will handle a

and are on the

tender. Both companies

sium oxide (MgO) based

total air volume of over 50

already serve South Korea’s

liquid scrubber

000 m’/min. The order is

municipal market where they

dust and sulphuric dioxide

expected

offer water-related

removal from glass furnace

early 2002,

system for

exhaust. In addition to being

to be delivered in

Met-Pro

services

from plant design and Corp has its

construction

through to

the first FGD system for the

headquarters

in Harleysville,

management

of water

Chinese glass smelter industry,

Pennsylvania,

and manu-

installations.

it is also claimed to be the first

factures

major MgO based FGD

and water pollution

system in China.

systems,

Sunic-AirPol

is a joint

equipment

water, industrial

Sunic Corp. It was established

applications,

in 1999 in an effort to pene-

dry particulate

trate the China air pollution

collectors. activities

services.

the contract

and custom

generate

million).

town in South Korea, with a the water

population

subsidiary of French

of approxmately

Lyonnaise to win

ONDEO

was recently

established through the

an 1 S-year build, operate and

unification

transfer (BOT)

water activities

contract

builds, installs and services

manage wastewater

industrial air pollution

installations

to

treatment

in the citv of

Pusan, Korea.

4

million.

nologies

control

with

to

revenues of e490

company MPM Tech-

systems.

million,

Pusan is the second largest

des Eaux, is expected

Inc, and designs,

package for

expected

million (US$437

dust

utility group Suez

AirPol Inc, belongs to US

million (US$l43

and liquid and

ONDEO,

and engineering

The investment

the ROT is worth EI 60

for drinking

venture between AirPol and

equipment

control

fume scrubbers,

filter products

control market, using localised

such as air

of all of Suez’s under a single

gloablc brand name.

(Flltratlon+Seporation May 2001,p.lO).

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Patent for waste reuse process Canadian company Therm0 TechTY Technologies Inc, has been granted a Canadian Patent for its Therm0 Ma&e+ system, a tbermophilic, aerobic fermentation process for the treatment of organic waste. The process is used in compact environmentally friendly plants that convert wastewater sludges into fertiliser concentrates, and biodegradable food waste into high protein animal feed.

Zero discharge for power plant USFilter

has won a contract

system to Constellation High Desert

Under the agreement, a range of integrated technologies concentration, requirements

June 2001

in California, USFilter

USA.

will provide

water treatment media filtration,

chemical

disinfection

blow-down crystallisation

will be converted

to a drvi solid in a system to achieve zero liquid

discharge. USFilter deionisation

will also supply a continuous system to supply demineralised

water for the power plant and chemical

for the power plant. These will

include clarification, dewatcring

treatment

Energy Group’s new

Power project

membrane and sludge

to meet the capacity and

The 750.megawatt plant,which

High Desert

Power

is said to be the first ne\v major California

area in more than a decade, is scheduled to bc in

aquifer banking system,

commercial

For treating cooling tower blow-down,

feed

systems, as required.

power plant to serve the Southern

of the power facility and the

operation

by July 2003.

the

company will supply softening micofiltration (MF) followed by high recovery (RO) for pre-concentration.

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to provide a zero

liquid discharge water and wastewater

reverse osmosis

Finally, the

Filtration+Separation