MARKET PROSPECTS

June 2013 Pump Industry Analyst3

and commissioning a membrane filtration system, combining the use of ultrafiltration and ultraviolet, for a community in British Columbia. Once installed later this autumn, the system will produce 1.1 MGD (4200 m3/d) of drinking water from a surface water source.

An end-user in California has selected H2O Innovation for the design, fabrication, assembly and delivery of an integrated membrane filtration system combining UF and reverse osmosis (RO) units. The proposed system will consist of a 0.5 MGD (1900 m3/d) UF unit and a 0.7 MGD (2650 m3/d) RO unit, which will treat concentrate from an electrodialysis reversal (EDR) system to minimise waste volume for this zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) facility.

A nanofiltration system will be delivered to Florida’s Everglades City to treat brackish water to produce 0.55 MGD (2080 m3/d) of drinking water.

H2O Innovation will also supply a 2-train RO system for an industrial water reclamation project in Iowa and a 2-train nanofiltration system for the production of drinking water in Québec.

Membrane technology benefits Italian tourist destination

The largest drinking water purification plant in Europe to

feature GE’s ZeeWeed 500 advanced water treatment technology is under construction in Ravenna, Italy.

Once operational, the new drinking water plant will treat an average flow of 95 million litres per day (MLD). GE will provide the ZeeWeed 500 technology to the engineering, procurement and construction joint venture led by Torricelli Srl, in partnership with Degrémont SpA. Featuring 40 cassettes filled with ZeeWeed 500 modules and distributed in eight filtration trains, the new facility will be the largest potable plant of its kind in Europe using GE technology. Located on the east coast of Italy, close to the Adriatic Sea and part of the Mediterranean Sea, the region is a popular tourist destination that can experience long periods of drought. When the reservoirs reach critically low levels, the region uses the Po River as a drinking water source.

“We had been experiencing water shortages and needed to add to our reliable supply of water. Building a new drinking water plant with

GE’s ZeeWeed technology is the key to turning the river into a safe and dependable source of potable water,” explained Andrea Gambi, CEO of Romagna Acque – Società delle Fonti SpA.

IFC funds Everbright water plants in China

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a US$70

million loan to China Everbright International Ltd to build three water plants in China.

The project will further develop China’s water sector and promote water efficiency in the country.

Everbright International will use IFC’s financing to build a 150 000 cubic metres per day wastewater treatment plant, a pioneering 20 000 cubic metres per day wastewater reuse plant and a ground water plant.

million in loans to water management solutions company Metito, and has arranged a further US$20 million loan to the company from the German development finance institution DEG - Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, to help increase water efficiency and improve wastewater treatment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The investment will provide Metito with long-term financing in a challenging market, and will allow the company to fund water treatment projects in water stressed countries across Africa and Asia.

EIB loan to upgrade French sewage treatment plant

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Syndicat

interdépartemental pour l’assainissement de l’agglomération parisienne (SIAAP) have signed a E600 million financing contract for the upgrading of the Seine Aval sewage treatment plant in Paris, France.

The Seine Aval site in Île-de-France is one of the largest sewage treatment plants in Europe and is responsible for cleaning the wastewater of nearly 5 million people.

Suez Environnement wins Czech water management contract

The Czech city of Benešov has selected VHS Benešov, a

subsidiary of Suez Environnemnent’s Ondeo Services CZ, to manage its water and sanitation services for a 10 year period.

The E28 million contract will begin on 1 January 2014.

DESALINATION

Veolia to build seawater desalination plant in South Africa

Under a R17 million contract, Veolia Water Solutions &

Technologies South Africa is to design, build and commission a 1.7 mega litre per day seawater desalination plant in Lamberts Bay, South Africa.

Due for commissioning in October 2013, the plant will source seawater from boreholes drilled nearby the shore, close to Muisbosskerm. This will provide a relatively clean source of feed water to the pre-treatment phase.

Pre-treatment will involve passing seawater through a number of dual media pressure filters which remove particles and other material in preparation for treatment by reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. During the RO phase, the salt water will be forced through semi-permeable membranes which retain salts and allow fresh water to permeate.

Desalination market moving to reverse osmosis

Nearly 80% of the investment in desalination this year will be for

membrane treatment as opposed to thermal.

The US$8 billion which will be spent on membrane systems represents a large market for suppliers of valves, pumps and filtration