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Due to a rising water demand glob- transport, and water distribution. Due
ally, it needs the right technology to to their high efficiencies, which are
ensure a long-lasting and sustainable significantly above the industrial av-
water supply. More than 165 years erage, our pumps are highly cost-ef- More about
ANDRITZ pumps
of experience and comprehensive fective and have a long service life.
know-how, form the basis for the Additionally, their reliability and ro-
high-standard of ANDRITZ pumps. The bustness have made ANDRITZ pumps
trusted range of our pumps is used to the first choice for applications in the
remove water from wells and springs, water sector.
as well as for water treatment, water
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WATER 27 28
PURIFICATION
& TREATMENT
32
BUSINESS 42
Smart Water & Waste World looks
at the rapidly changing structure
of water purification & treatment
market and new power dynamics
within the segment with the
emergence of regional water
associations and entrepreneurs.
Inside>>
15 PRODUCTS 42
PROGRAMMES
WATER HARVESTING IS THE BEST
FOR IMPROVING WATER QUALITY IN
RURAL UGANDA
48 CSR UPDATE
SOLUTION TO REMOVE WATER GRUNDFOS INDIA BRINGS
EXPERT VIEW
CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO
16 SCARCITY
35 TECH FOCUS THIRUVANAI KOIL VILLAGE
URBAN WATER
HYDRATION MARKET
20
28 WORKING ON INNOVATIVE 44 COLUMNS
TRACKING DOWN MICROPLASTICS ECOLOGICAL WATER SOLUTIONS
- INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL
44 URBAN WATER
- INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS
VENGHAUS, TU BERLIN ABRAHAM, MD, JOSAB INDIA 45 WATER WISE
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Brown Brothers
maintenance, which will be
carried out by the company for
a period of 25 years.
Water Technologies
North-West of the country,
some 200 km west of Algiers,
on the Mediterranean coast,
thus helping to counter the
water scarcity problems in this
SWWW Staff sion, hydraulic systems for area.
Australia stormwater, sewage and do- In addition, the plant fea-
mestic hot water, as well as tures a system to generate elec-
BROWN BROTHERS ENGI- pump service and installation tricity sustainably by taking
NEERS/Kelair Pumps has ac- for the industry. advantage of the brine surplus
quired GT Water Technologies “Although a young compa- in the reverse osmosis process,
(GT Water) a company special- ny, GT Water has quickly es- which allows the facility’s ener-
izing in services around water tablished its service business, gy consumption to be reduced.
storage tanks to the building demonstrating strong, prof- Another environmental in-
and fire safety markets. itable growth and has a prov- novation that has been intro-
GT Water is a young, en record of taking market SWWW Staff The plant built by Abengoa duced by this plant is the CO2
fast-growing company based share,” says Ole Weiner, CEO, Algeria with reverse osmosis tech- production equipment from
in Melbourne. AxFlow Holding. “This is in nology and with a capacity of natural gas for the remineral-
GT Water is particularly line with AxFlow’s strategy of THE TÉNÈS DESALINA- 200,000 m3/d started its com- ization of the water prior to
strong in pump systems and adding value through product TION plant, in Algeria, built mercial operation in February entering the water grid.
assemblies with the main selection, system design, and by Abengoa, has reached 200 2015. This makes the water less
products being storage tanks construction, as well as local million cubic meters of pro- Since then, Abengoa is in corrosive after the reverse os-
and systems for fire suppres- service.” duced drinking water. charge of its operation and mosis process.
Wilo Opens a New Facility in Dubai ERI Awarded USD 4.4 Million
The pump manufacturer aims to strengthen its
for Desalination Projects in
commitment in the near and Middle-East. the Sultanate of Oman
SWWW Staff SWWW Staff for all projects by 16 MW, sav-
Dubai Oman ing over 138 GWh of energy
per year and helping the facil-
THE WILO GROUP is cele- ENERGY RECOVERY, INC. ities avoid over 82,800 tons of
brating the official opening of has announced total awards CO2 emissions per year.
its new facility in Jafza (Jebel of USD 4.4 million to supply Rodney Clemente, Energy
Ali Free Zone), Dubai. “With its PX® Pressure Exchanger® Recovery’s Vice President, Wa-
the opening of our first office technology for the desalina- ter, informed, “We have seen
in Dubai in 2008, we laid the tion projects in the Sultanate unprecedented large-scale de-
groundwork for successful de- of Oman. salination activity in the Sul-
velopments in the Near and Energy Recovery will sup- tanate of Oman over the past
Middle East. This new building From Left to Right: Yunjoong Kim (WILO SE), Georg Weber (CTO ply its PX-Q300 Pressure five years.”
WILO SE), Mohammed Al Muallem (Chairman of DP World & Jafza),
and its functional expansion Peter Fischer (German Ambassador to the UAE) and Yasser Nagi
Exchangers for multiple facil- Chris Gannon, Energy Re-
account for the strategic signif- (Group Director Sales Area MENA) at the Opening Ceremony. ities, which will collectively covery’s President & CEO,
icance of this central location produce up to 200,000 m3 of stated, “We are continuing to
within the region,” says Oliver er of pumps and pump system showrooms, and a logistics cen- water per day, the equivalent see growth in the global de-
Hermes, Chairman, and CEO solutions in local markets,” said ter, the Wilo complex, which of filling 80 Olympic-size salination market, in part be-
of Wilo Group. Georg Weber, Chief Technol- covers over 8,000 square me- swimming pools. cause desalination offers one
“Since the founding of our ogy Officer of the Wilo Group, ters, will also feature dedicated Energy Recovery estimates solution to the growing water
first office about ten years ago, during his opening remarks. training rooms and its own as- the PX devices will reduce the scarcity in different parts of
we have become a major suppli- In addition to office space, sembly line. facilities’ power consumption the world.”
The situation in
India is alarming,
and a recent Niti
Aayog report
that draws data
from 24 of the
29 states in India
proved that the
water crisis is
only going to get
worse. Currently,
600 million
Indians face
high to extreme
water stress
and about two
lakh people die
every year due
to inadequate
access to safe
water. Also, 21
cities are likely
to run out of
groundwater by
2020.
Q. Firstly, tell us about
the state of the Smart
Meters market in
India? Is it encouraging
enough? What potential
do you see in this
segment looking at
the smart cities and
Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI)
projects?
Mr. Vaidya: In India, a shift
Where exactly is
this basket used
within the scope of
the RAU project?
Daniel: First of all, its func-
tionality was verified in com- The Optimized Dutch Weaves from GKD Secure a Strict Separation Limit up to Six mm with a High Requisite Flow Rate
Regulating a Shitload
By Rajesh Rangarajan
Water
Purification
& Treatment
Business
Smart Water & Waste World looks at the
rapidly changing structure of water purification
& treatment market and new power dynamics
within the segment with the emergence of
regional water associations and entrepreneurs.
potential for regional sup- tion rate. Point of Use (PoU) nies like Brita, Grohe, and
pliers and international par- technology will continue to Bevi have introduced inno-
ticipants catering to a niche dominate the market due to its vative treatment systems that
customer base. Companies are operational flexibility, lower come with inbuilt hot and cold
increasingly focusing on digi- cost, and easy installation. The functions. For example, Brita’s
tal transformation and are set cost of replacement is relative- Vivreau tap dispense is a mul-
to transform the purification ly cheap when compared to tifunctional water dispenser
process that involves re-min- that of a PoE system. Counter- that provides instant filtered
eralizing the water with the top and under-the-sink filters chilled still and sparkling wa-
addition of essential nutrients. are expected to experience a ter. It also dispenses hot water
The water purifier market drastic growth as they provide and is suitable for workplaces
in India is highly price sensi- more thorough filtration when and HoReCa.
tive, and competition among compared to that by pitchers. The HoReCa segment is
the leading vendors is intense. The Internet of Things (IoT) one of the fastest growing seg-
The growing awareness about with its enormous growth has ments globally owing to the
the presence of harmful impu- changed the living environ- urbanization and increasing
rities and pathogens in the wa- ment of people by connecting income of the middle class. It
ter supplied to households and all types of digital devices to presents an exciting opportu-
other sectors have increased the Internet. Integrating the nity for customizing solutions
the demand for water purify- water treatment systems with for hotels, restaurants, and ca-
ing technologies. Despite the Cloud- and IoT-based technol- fes. Fast food chains like KFC
THE GLOBAL RESIDEN- and technologies are likely to awareness and efforts taken ogy helps companies to pre- and McDonalds and Cafés like
TIAL, light commercial and fuel up market demand in the to educate the masses, a large dict issues in advance – where Starbucks are growing rapidly
HoReCa (Hotels, Restaurants, coming years. chunk of the population still engineers can schedule main- in China and India. Everpure
and Cafés) water treatment Asia-Pacific (APAC) cur- relies on conventional ways of tenance visits. To improve the has been the top participant
systems hydration market is rently holds a 27% share in boiling water for the purpose customer experience, many in the food services industry
witnessing remarkable growth the revenue and is expected of purification. The constraints suppliers have begun to inte- having products that are cus-
in the last few years. The indus- to witness the highest growth of addressing issues pertain- grate their water purification tomized for its clients. Com-
try has escalated from using during the forecast period. ing to varying water textures systems to the IoT. Collab- panies should build a portfolio
clay filter out the sediments North America (NA) and Eu- as per changing geographies oration with Cloud and IoT of products addressing the
in old times to advanced wa- rope are mature markets due across the country are also solution providers could help HoReCa segment specifically
ter purification technologies to their relative saturation, likely to hamper the market in wider market penetration and expand their presence in
which use electricity and in- especially in the residential growth. The top two players, and increase interest among key regional markets. There is
ternet to provide people with segment, while light commer- Eureka Forbes and Kent RO consumers. For example, a huge opportunity in devel-
world-class services. Rampant cial and HoReCa segments are System Ltd, held a dominant Unilever’s water purification oped regions like North Amer-
industrialization as well as still experiencing some high share of 60% in the India wa- brand Truliva has collaborat- ica where companies like Ara-
increasing urbanization, in- growth. The market demand ter purifier market in 2018. ed with Alibaba’s Cloud and mark have been instrumental
dustrial waste and increasing in Latin America (LATAM) and The residential sector be- IoT technology. This strategic in the use of their products for
the number of cases related to the Middle East and Africa ing the largest accounts for collaboration aims at provid- the hotels and catering busi-
water-borne diseases has driv- (MEA) is fuelled by the perpet- 42.7% of the water hydration ing safe drinking solutions to ness.
en the growth of the global res- ually increasing demand for treatment systems market. The local consumers and helps in Today, a water purifier has
idential, light commercial and good-quality drinking water, light commercial (22.0%) and understanding the water puri- become a necessity at home.
HoReCa water treatment sys- especially in the water-scarce HoReCa (35.2%) segments are fication industry. The demand for affordable po-
tems hydration market, which regions. These regions current- also experiencing an increased Many offices and light com- table water purifier is expect-
was pegged to be at USD 22.92 ly hold 7.2% and 7.7% revenue installed base of water treat- mercial sites across the world ed to shape the water purifier
billion in 2018 and has been share, respectively. The water ment systems due to increas- have started to install water market in the coming years.
projected to grow with a CAGR treatment systems market is ing concerns regarding plastic purifiers to move away from Implementation of new tech-
of 6.1% till 2026. The market is relatively consolidated in some waste that is being generated bottled water and reduce sin- nology in water and wastewa-
expected to reach USD 34.75 product segments but is highly from the bottled water sector. gle-use plastics. The fade out ter infrastructure will further
billion by 2025. In addition fragmented in the overall mar- Due to affordable pricing of bottled water market, in push the demand for smart
to that, growth rates are much ket. Developed countries in and replacement cost, Europe- addition to increasing con- and sustainable solutions.
higher in emerging markets Europe and NA are more open an and North American coun- sciousness and environmental Anagha Lakshmi Jay-
like China, South Korea, India, to accept premium products tries are showing great interest awareness, paves way for mar- aprakash works as a Research
Japan, especially in segments with innovative technological in Point of Entry (PoE) water ket attractiveness and penetra- Analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
such as light commercial and variations, while APAC, MEA, treatment systems, thereby tion for the water treatment
HoReCa. Innovative products and LATAM portray immense raising the systems’ penetra- equipment options. Compa- @FrostSullivanEE
even the back-washed water ture; and distilleries, food pro- the exact treatment method/ treated water can be dispensed abad city. Similar projects have
can be reused. Thus, it is about cessing, etc. technology that is required to from the kiosk using the coins been meted out to us by Katol
being one with the environ- Our potential clients are remove the contaminants, and or pre-paid cards. The water Municipal Corporation (KMC)
ment and having a sustainable the Government of India, and at the same time we try to re- ATMs are located at prime and Nagpur Municipal Corpo-
life-cycle that assimilates back the Governments of different tain the “life in water” which is public locations and accessi- ration (NMC) under the State
into nature (once the miner- states of India, industries, nothing but “minerals”, and we ble 24x7. Government of Maharashtra.
al is taken out of the water and institutions like schools, also see to it that the systems The other inherent advan- Thus, Josab’s Water ATMs have
treatment segment, it can be hospitals, private industries, run smoothly for at least a cou- tage of the project is that we been received well, and the
reused as natural fertilizers for etc. Currently, we are working ple of decades. are trying to reduce the enor- quality of water through these
farming). To our knowledge, on providing municipal-level mous plastic waste that is pro- units has been winning acco-
this is a top ecological water water treatment plants, com- Q. Tell us about your duced through the use of bot- lades from the public and var-
treatment solution with a sus- munity-scale water treatment Water ATMs project. tled water. Any person passing ious local governments across
tainable lifecycle. units, smart city decentralized Dennis: Josab’s Water ATM by the water ATM can quench India.
water treatment systems, and project is one of its kind proj- their thirst by drinking water As on today, we are suc-
Q. What are the solutions. ect of providing pure, safe and using the glass available at the cessfully operating around
application areas for your mineral-rich drinking water kiosk or can refill their empty 200 Water ATMs across these
products? Who all are Q. Do you provide which accessible to everyone. bottles in hand. Our entry into states and the functioning of
your potential clients? customized or custom- Striking the cord between the water ATMs sector was each unit can be monitored in
Dennis: We have a large ap- built products as well? both, Josab’s water ATMs through the State Government real-time from any of our offic-
plication area. Our treatments Dennis: We will certain- provide “mineral-rich water/ of Telangana. GHMC (Greater es across the globe. We have
solutions can be used in large ly not jump into providing a water with minerals” at the Hyderabad Municipal Corpo- designed systems which are
to small potable water treat- “one-size-fits-all” kind of solu- most affordable prices in an ration) is focussed on the en- robust, fool-proof, easy-to-op-
ment market; the primary or tion which is neither ecolog- eco-friendly manner. Josab’s hancement of public health. erate and most importantly
tertiary wastewater treatment; ical nor sustainable. Instead, water ATMs treat water using They selected Josab and its which could connect and com-
ship ballast systems; animal we try to analyze the root our natural Zeolite to provide technology to accomplish the municate in real-time.
Husbandry, poultry, aquacul- cause of the contamination, water with minerals and this water ATMs project of Hyder- The Water ATM has not been
an on-the-shelf product for nology partners and affiliate developing/ integrating tech- break of various deadly dis- final decision based on the
Josab. It is a product which we companies located across the nologies, and providing solu- eases which can be attributed value proposition. This is a
have specially designed and globe. tions which are sustainable directly to the quality of water definitely a welcome change
developed after noticing the and which would bring forth a being consumed, the majority and an encouraging factor to
necessity for such a product in Q. The Indian water & significant change in the water of the population today is cau- companies like us.
our Indian market. Automated wastewater treatment and wastewater treatment in- tious and aware of the quality
dispensing units are a com- industry is highly dustry. and composition of water. The Q. From a geographical
mon sight in the west but in competitive. How do you same goes with letting out point of view, where do
India, these systems are quite plan to hold a strong grip Q. How aware and how waste or untreated waters into you see more growth
new and it is just a matter of in this market scenario? receptive do you find our drains or water bodies. happening for Josab
time that the public gets used Dennis: Well, we do believe your target market in Irrespective of the advance- India?
to these systems. that the Indian market is high- India? ments in technology and Dennis: Telangana, Kerala,
ly competitive but the compe- Dennis: Our target market the level of awareness in the Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Q. In how many countries tition is mostly centered and is every person and every in- market, the cost-component and Karnataka states have
you are offering your restricted to the cost/ quan- dustry in India who are look- is always a deciding factor shown that they are willing to
products? tity component and not the ing for a healthier life and for any buyer. In this context, make the changes for the bet-
Dennis: We are offering our quality component. In fact, sustainable solutions. We see the Indian buyer is definitely terment of public health. At
products in three continents, most small, medium and few a major change in the process cost-conscious. Most of the least, now there is a mindset
Africa, Europe, and Asia and large-players in the market are of how the drinking water has buyers today are giving equal to listen, research, and exe-
also expanding into Southeast just traders in the industry and been perceived by the com- importance to the value prop- cute. The process is slow but
Asia. We have onboard with us not true-blood manufacturers/ mon man 20 years before and osition. The buyer today is not we are optimistic that on the
few technologies which shall developers. I think that is what today. Previously, a person was simply being carried away by state levels water treatment
be a breakthrough in their re- makes us stand apart. We are comfortable drinking clean the cost but is trying to make would be considered for its
spective domain. These are not keen on volumetric busi- water, i.e., water which just a clear differentiation between merits rather than political
mostly developed by our tech- ness, rather we are focused on looks clear. But with the out- the products and making the conduciveness.
Q. Can you please tell us like China, Taiwan, Korea, and Sponsor (Preyas Polyplast Pvt. which is helping the industry would you give to those
a little about this year’s Vietnam will be there. Ltd.), Nice Industries (Regis- grow even faster. companies or water
WAPTAG Expo? What tration Desk Sponsor), Zedtech professionals who are
kind of response you Q. Which are the main Water Solution Pvt. Ltd. (Badge Q. What do you think are currently thinking of
are expecting from the sponsors and partners Sponsor), and Royal Technolo- key concerns and needs exhibiting at or visiting
market? And what will be have you got on board till gies - Zetta (Water Bottle Spon- of your association’s the WAPTAG Expo
the new attractions in the now? sor). members? How do you 2019? Why should they
show this year? WAPTAG Team: This year help them throughout participate?
WAPTAG Team: This is the we have 11 main sponsors on Q. Please explain the the year with various WAPTAG Team: WAPTAG
5th Edition of WAPTAG Water board with us, which are Lex- Water Purification and activities? Water Expo 2019 is the best
Expo, which will be held from Cru Water Purification (Title Treatment Market of your WAPTAG Team: There are platform in India to showcase
22-24 February 2019. This is Sponsor), Sure Water Technol- region for our readers. various activities that we con- your brand/product to a glob-
one of India’s largest water ogy (Powered Sponsor), Von- And how is the business duct in for the WAPTAG asso- al audience. This is the only
expo having 200+ exhibitors, tron Membrane Technologies these days? ciation members such as Skill opportunity when you get top
and we are expecting 15,000 Co. Ltd. / Max Pure (Powered WAPTAG Team: Water Puri- Development Technical Sem- buyers/sellers on a single plat-
visitors this year. The whole Sponsor), Cloud International fication and Treatment Indus- inars, Motivational Seminars, form so we will advise not to
exhibition has been Managed LLP (Convention Sponsor), Ex- try is one of the fastest growing Social Gatherings, and Gift miss this business opportunity.
by Moments Events and En- cel Filtration Pvt. Ltd. (Conven- industries having growth of Distributions. Through these By investing in this expo the
tertainment. This time, the vis- tion Sponsor), Cosmos Water 200% every year that creates activities, they feel encouraged exhibitors are going to get mas-
itors will get to see many new Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Branding a market for everyone. This and take initiatives to contrib- sive visibility which will lead to
products launched by the ex- Pavilion Sponsor), Cosmos Wa- industry segment is coming ute even more to the industry. success in their business devel-
hibitors. Also, 40+ internation- ter Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Direc- up with the latest technologies opment goals and will help the
al exhibitors from countries tory Sponsor), Food & Dinner and products every month Q. Finally, what advice entire water fraternity.
solutions provide an attrac- of water. The electrodes are lenged in the process.
tive alternative as a first step placed in the water and con-
in achieving the next rung on nected to the battery. The Rapid Sand Filtration
the sanitation ladder. Many current separates the sodium In many of the villages en-
of these methods have been from the chloride, producing countered, the water supply
tested and successfully imple- chlorine gas, which bubbles was a local mud hole, with tur-
mented by weDev Water’s ini- through the solution. 20 min- bidities exceeding 40 NTUs.
tiative in rural Uganda. utes is sufficient to achieve Disinfection becomes less
The WeDev Water (eV) Ini- about 400 mg/l of chlorine effective above 5 NTU. Rapid
tiative was developed to pro- solution. One capful per 20-li- sand filtration, while limited
vide the technology for this ter canister produces a solu- in effectiveness for the remov-
interim step and implement- tion of between 1 and 2 mg/l, al of bacteria, is effective in re-
ing the technology in rural the WHO recommended dose. moving turbidity.
communities. Careful consid- After 30 minutes of contact Any large sized container
eration is given to the culture time, the water is effectively is suitable for construction of
of the individual village, tai- disinfected. a filter. When using brick and
loring the solution to both the The battery can be recharged mortar, thought should be giv-
requirements of treatment and using a 75 W solar panel, en to providing an access hole
the technology that best fits which was relatively common for cleaning purposes. For the
the community. in the villages. 75 W is more work in Kyamagemule, a 1000
than sufficient for recharge. L poly water storage tank was
Disinfection: Salt The excess energy provides an used. The lowest layer should
Chlorination incentive for the villager pro- be gravel or rock to protect
Chlorination is one of the ducing the chlorine. the outlet pipe from clogging
most effective disinfection Care must be taken when and preventing loss of sand.
methods available. Producing producing chlorine. Chlorine A minimum of 60 cm of 0.3
chlorine is very simple. With a gas is toxic. The production to 0.8 mm sand is needed for
12 v car battery (45Ah is suit- should take place where no the turbidity removal process.
able), titanium electrodes and children are present and out- The remaining 20 cm between
a simple salt solution, enough doors because chlorine gas is layers was provided by coarse
chlorine can be produced in 20 heavier than air and can col- gravel. Filter cloth was tried in
minutes to disinfect the water lect in low-lying areas of the one iteration, but soon became
supply of a village of 100 per- house. To minimize the poten- clogged by fine sand particles.
sons. The methodology was tial for theft, the solar panel Backwash can be provided
implemented in three villages was roof-mounted and the either manually (where labor
The Water Ladder in Kymagemule and Zinga Is- battery was located indoors is inexpensive) or through the
land. with wires connected through use of a small elevated tank
WHO/UNICEF Joint Moni- ing communities. The prob- 20-40 grams of salt (about the window when chlorine was connected to the bottom of the
toring Program for Water Sup- lems of operating a treatment the size of a jerry cap) are produced. Re-training and ac- filter, providing the necessary
ply, Sanitation and Hygiene plant with minimal education, mixed in a 10-liter bucket ceptance continue to be chal- pressure to backwash the fine
(JMP) 2015 data estimates that obtaining or affording spare
more than 25% or 8.5 Million parts in remote areas, finding
people in rural Uganda have experienced repair and main-
no access to clean water. The tenance personnel should be
WHO recognizes that develop- considered in choosing the
ing access to clean water is of- appropriate technology. The
ten a process of several steps. cost of repair and the loss of
Implementing conventional properly trained personnel to
treatment technology at high higher paying jobs in the city
cost may not be the proper are also hindrances.
solution initially for develop- Low-tech water treatment
the water to the valley a con- combining a pond with more work is voluntary. Work in a
tinuous water supply can be conventional treatment vege- company provides income for
obtained. tation and papyrus may prove the student to support living
Measuring slope (see sand an effective combination, pro- expenses during the develop-
dam) is again a concern, as viding treatment and income ment period.
well as measuring the outflow to the local community. Testing of the prototype
from the ponds and evaluat- is essential and typically be-
ing how the relocation of the Mentoring Program gins one year prior to imple-
water supply from the hills One of the limitations of mentation. Implementation
affects the local vegetation. being a small NGO is the lim- is typically limited to the 2-3
The present overflow is spread ited manpower. As a senior week period of on-site work in
over the full area of the pond engineer, the knowledge is Uganda. For this reason, every
and underground. Measuring available to solve complex lo- possible limitation must be
the water by siphonage, emp- cal problems, but limited by tested. The considerations in-
information. The tools and veloped. Using these tools, the tying the pool manually and the difficulty of being in mul- clude the availability of tools/
skills of the weDev team are lo- field was staked, measured and measuring refill rates, and cre- tiple locations at one time. In materials in rural Uganda
cated in Europe, so measuring the slope estimated. The data ating a v-notch weir were all order to overcome this, weDev (sand, solar, brick & mortar,
methods must be developed will be CAD-processed in Ger- considered. Ultimately, it was Water has invested in a mento- clay, spare parts, etc); skill level
and relayed to local villagers many and the preliminary dam decided to insert a small diam- ring program for young engi- of the villagers; operation by
for action. designed. Due to irregularities eter pipe in the downhill side neers and university students. uneducated villagers; avail-
in field measurement, the of the pond, wait for the pond weDev developed relation- ability of skilled craftsmen;
Sand Dam dam will be over-engineered to achieve a stable water level, ships with several European theft-protection; and safety
A sand dam is proposed to accommodate. During the and measure the flow with a universities to mentor Masters considerations. These and
for the villages of the Nyanzi cost estimation phase, avail- bucket. students in water quality and many more questions must
region, whose water supply is ability and cost of clay will be water resources. be thought of and answered
limited to seasonal seepage estimated against the cost of Facultative Pond Wastewa- Under this program, a stu- before implementation. There
water. This project was chosen plastic sheeting. Additional ter Treatment Using Papyrus dent beginning his/her Mas- are always unforeseen lim-
as a Master’s thesis using tech- considerations are: directing An important consideration ter’s Thesis would work with itations in the local area that
nology developed in India. the overflow to a suitable loca- in the clean water cycle is a weDev engineer to develop cannot be planned for, but
One of the main difficul- tion, preparation of an emer- minimizing the contaminated a thesis based on a particular both the preparation phase
ties of building a sand dam gency overflow and estimating wastewater reaching the wa- need in a particular commu- and the implementation phase
reservoir is the lack of survey- the potential for damage in the ter supply. A local village on nity in Uganda. The suggest- develop essential adaptive
ing tools and skill in the local event of a catastrophic failure. Zinga Island was chosen for ed solution would be built to engineering skills that greatly
populace. Tools are limited to the development of a wastewa- prototype stage at weDev’s improve the students’ skill set
a water level and 10 m measur- Cascading Pools ter pre-treatment facultative facilities in Germany and thor- in preparation for a career in
ing tape. While it is possible to An additional Master’s the- pond using papyrus. Papyrus oughly tested, prior to being engineering.
measure slope with these tools, sis, a cascading pool network, is a well-suited plant for pond pilot-tested in the local vil- Many of the students have
they are limited by the short is proposed for Nyanzi. treatment as its root system lage. The mentoring program become a permanent part of
length of a straight edge (a pipe, There are two year-round floats on the pond water. It has has proved effective whether the weDev Water initiative. In
for example). Clear plastic tub- ponds available in the Nyanzi the second advantage of being the student works directly at this way, weDev has developed
ing in 10 m length was found area, remotely located near the a cash crop, used for thatched the AECOM Kaiserslautern a team of capable young engi-
in Kampala. Using the tubing, top of a steep hillside. By con- roofs and mats in the local office or remotely for another neers who can independently
a crude water level could be de- necting the ponds and piping economy. It is believed that company. The Master’s thesis implement water solutions
with a minimum of interaction
(by cell phone) with the senior
engineer. This, in turn, frees
the senior engineer to concen-
trate on the new technology
developed by the Master’s stu-
dent, who is then capable of
independently solving prob-
lems in the following year.
This process produces more
capable first-year engineers
than the typical university pro-
cess alone.
Mutag‘s Scope of
Supply
oP rocess design, including
flow sheets, mass balanc-
es, basic P&IDs
o Plans for a modular treat-
ment system
o Drawings of standardized
assemblies
o Variations in materials
to accommodate your
strengths and preferences
o Equipment datasheets
o Instructions on adapting
to specific applications
o Operational and Analyti-
cal manuals
o Support and trouble-
shooting
Example Drawing of MBBR Power Pack Unit
signed for municipal wastewa-
IN ORDER TO meet the glob- form of a franchise-concept. In years of experience and devel- panies in these countries are ter treatment at a capacity of
ally increasing requirements this way, companies engaged opment work. given the possibility to use 2,400 m³/d, the load of 6,600
on flexible, biological waste- in marketing and/or operating the long-term know-how and PE and 400 kg/d BOD at 15°C.
water treatment plants, Multi this technology, or being inter- What is so Different in engineering basic guidelines. Hence, the removal perfor-
Umwelttechnologie AG (Mu- ested in using this technology the Mutag MBBR Power They will hence neither need mance of the Mutag MBBR
tag) is now offering their basic as additional know-how can Pack™ Unit and what is any additional development power pack™ unit at the same
engineering support in the benefit from Mutag’s many Essential? nor highly-skilled employees. MBBR reaction tank volume
In Germany, the production Thanks to this franchise con- is a double or a multifold of
of standardized water treat- cept, the business idea of of- other available containerized
ment plants is currently not fering the production and the plants which are comparable
profitable due to high manu- operation of compact, flexible in size.
facturing and transport costs. wastewater treatment plants For the operator, it is also es-
In case that the steel structures is possible to be brought into sential to know that only one
and the pipework are man- price-conscious markets and Mutag MBBR power pack™
ufactured according to con- developing countries. unit will be required instead of
struction plans directly at the It is essential that highly ef- 2 or even more containers. As
site in the respective destina- ficient and flexible plants can a result, additional costs can
tion country where the plants be produced and operated di- be further reduced by provid-
are urgently needed, such- rectly on the spot. In this way, ing savings in both capital and
like plants can be produced any potential further costs can operational expenditure.
at significantly lower costs. be kept as low as possible.
Additionally, such support is The efficiency of the Mu- What are the Benefits
contributing to the further de- tag MBBR power pack™ unit Provided by this
velopment of the destination becomes obvious when com- Franchise Concept?
Mutag BioChip™ High-Performance Carrier Media for Biofilms - Un- countries. paring it directly to other con- The franchise is not only
colored, w/o Biofilm (White) In a franchise concept, com- tainerized plants which are supplied with the Mutag Bio-
tem was being affected by the switched the Landia pump on chopper pump for the slight-
build-up of the sludge blanket. for the first time. We thought ly smaller diameter Sandy
Our existing pumps would it could break everything up Harbor lift station, where the
get air-locked. It reached the to an extent, but it mixed ev- USD 15,000 pump failure had
point where we were having to erything, right into the corners occurred. Unlike the AeriGa- Since we started
spray under the pumps as we
were lowering them and tilting
of the Deer Haven lift station,
which was all the more impres-
tor, this chopper pump is not
fitted with a venturi nozzle be-
using the Landia
them to release air. This was a sive because of it being a hard- cause scum is not the primary pumps, the
challenge we could have done er to mix, rectangular (12’ by problem there. The EradiGa- waste build-
without. Despite our constant
efforts, we were fighting a los-
12’) tank. In just 30 minutes,
we could see a big difference”.
tor has a recirculation nozzle
that keeps the lift station well
up is no longer
ing battle, ultimately resulting Initially, the Landia AeriGa- mixed while macerating any sitting in the
in not being able to get to the tor was run 24-hours per day rags that could clog the duty lift stations, so
pumps through such a thick
blanket of scum”.
until the lift station reached
a point where there were no
pumps. Flow from the Sandy
Harbor lift station goes to the
we have a much
Tim also noted that there scum/plastics/solids on the Deer Haven lift station - and fresher product
is always the issue of plastics, surface. Once these layers of the combined raw wastewater with greatly
sanitary products - and occa-
sional, seemingly indestructi-
reduced odors.
ble mop heads - plus other un- - Tim Webb,
wanted surprises that make it Operations Manag
Art Savage from Landia (Left) into the sanitary sewer system
with Tim Webb, Operations Man-
ager at Llano County
- now a very typical scenario at Landia pumps would make a
many municipal lift stations big difference. The AeriGator
gling the floats had become all over the nation. can often eliminate the scum
routine. The whole thing was layers that form in a lift station
an unpleasant, tricky job hav- Chews Up the Rags and or wet well to the point where
ing to reach out and inevitably Breaks Down the Mass of wash-down water is no longer
get covered in sludge. Sim- Solids needed to break up even the
ply trying to get to the duty Llano County MUD #1 thinnest of scum layers”.
pumps, was difficult”. called upon Texas water and He concluded: “Since we
He added: “We’re on a pres- wastewater pump specialists, started using the Landia
sure system here. There’s no Smith Pump Company, who pumps, the waste build-up
gravity feed. Everything gets supply many of the grind- is no longer sitting in the lift
emulsified in the grinder er-pumps to homes in the area. stations, so we have a much
pumps that have been issued Customer Relations Manag- fresher product with greatly
to local residents, but the er, Darrel Mize suggested the reduced odors.
plastics float, rather than sink. Landia AeriGator - a chopper “The amount of time we
The whole time our float sys- pump with an external knife spend on call-outs to prevent
cutting system and a ventu- the lift stations from overflow-
ri nozzle that injects air into ing is now a thing of the past.
scum blankets. The combina- Because of the new pumps,
tion of chopping and injecting we’re back to where we should
air successfully chews up the be - basic preventative main-
rags and breaks down the mass tenance. And we always know
of solids that causes the many that we can depend on Smith
unwelcome labor hours spent Pump Company and Landia
these days at lift stations. for any assistance, which is
Angela Thomas, Gener- great peace of mind”.
All is Well Now at the Deer Haven Lift Station with Landia’s Art Sav-
al Manager at Llano Coun- age (Right) and Llano County’s Tim Webb
ty MUD #1 continued: “We About the Contributor
tried to resolve the lift station scum and trash were gone, the is then pumped to the City of Landia’s headquarters are
issues, but the band-aid ap- pump was adjusted to run for Horseshoe Bay WWTP. located in Lem, which is how
proach wasn’t for us. The loss just 15 minutes each morning. it has been since 1933. Today,
of our pump at Sandy Harbor With this new arrangement, A Much Fresher Product Landia has subsidiaries in
wasn’t something of course the Aerigator now prevents with Greatly Reduced England, Germany, Norway
that we wanted to repeat. new scum layers from form- Odors and the US, and a sales office
Darrel at Smith Pump told us ing. This protects the existing Tim Webb continued: “It in China. In addition, Landia
about how the Landia Chop- duty pumps from any possible may seem a small point, but products are sold in 45 coun-
per Pump would be the most heavy ragging and allows them we can now save USD 600 tries worldwide. Landia sup-
cost-effective and efficient to do their basic job properly. annually on the water hose plies pumping and mixing
purchase we could make for Following the success of the connection that we had to solutions to many different
the long term - but it’s fair to 6.5HP Landia AeriGator at the have available for wash-downs industries, with the most im-
Landia’s AeriGator was Rec-
say that because the blanket of Deer Haven lift station, Llano at Deer Haven. For locations portant ones being agriculture,
ommended by Smith Pump scum was so thick, we were all County MUD #1 introduced with no readily available water wastewater, biogas plants, and
Company a little apprehensive when we a 6.5HP Landia Eradigator supply, the installation of the the fish industry.
Roxborough
Water and
Sanitation
from the raw water source
used for the treatment plant. District chose
The small process footprint AQUAVISTA
allowed RWSD to save an es- Portal and
timated 30% on the total in-
stalled costs for the facility. Assist to help
To further aid the facility us optimize the
in reducing operational costs operation of
and capital expenditures,
and improving efficiency and our new water
stability, RWSD has selected treatment
AQUAVISTA™ Portal and As- plant to control
sist, Veolia’s smart water solu-
tion. costs, manage
RWSD General Manager, maintenance,
Barbara Biggs states, “Rox- and document
borough Water and Sanitation
District chose AQUAVISTA regulatory
Portal and Assist to help us compliance.
optimize the operation of our - Barbara Biggs,
new water treatment plant to
control costs, manage main- General Manager,
tenance, and document regu- RWSD
latory compliance. Over time,
the AQUAVISTA algorithm give RWSD a single point of
will anticipate process chang- reference for all information
es in response to changing wa- related to their system in re-
ROXBOROUGH WATER Systems that will be support- water pumping system and ter supply characteristics and al-time and AQUAVISTA™ As-
AND Sanitation District ed by AQUAVISTA™ include their UV disinfection system. streamline our operations. sist will provide an added lay-
(RSWD) has awarded a con- 3 existing Veolia ACTIFLO® The ACTIFLO® process has And access to Veolia’s team of er of support to the operator at
tract to Veolia Water Technol- trains in operation since 2017, the ability to remove over 99% process experts will be a real RWSD with regular reviews of
ogies, Inc. for the implemen- chemical feed systems, polish- of turbidity, discolorations, asset to our operators.” system performance by Veolia
tation of AQUAVISTA™ Portal ing sand filters, the finished iron and other contaminants AQUAVISTA™ Portal will process experts.
and Assist for their water treat-
ment facility in Littleton, Col-
orado.
AQUAVISTA™ is a digital
services platform from Veolia
Water Technologies, which
offers a wide and flexible
range of customized digital
solutions for water treatment
systems.
RWSD is capable of pro-
ducing 8 MGD of high-quality
drinking water for the growing
community just south of the
Denver metro area.
supplies are unfit for human water scarcity: water source and its harvest-
or ecological uses. o By educating people to ing is the accumulation and
change consumption habit storage of rainwater for reuse
Reasons for Scarcity and lifestyles on-site, rather than allowing
Scarcity is human driven
and is due to human water
o By increasing the recycling
of water
it to run off. Rainwater can be
collected from rivers or roofs,
The drinking water
consumption in volumes: o By improving irrigation and and in many places, the wa- which is available
agriculture practices, by pro- ter collected is redirected to a about 3% but
o Pollution is a major cause
of water shortage and water
moting the installation of
drip irrigation systems
deep pit (well, shaft, or bore-
hole), a reservoir with percola-
readily it is less
is polluted when industrial o By pricing water, as the little tion, or collected from dew or than 1% out of
wastes are deposited into cost paid will certainly re- fog with nets or other tools. Its total available
water bodies and make it
unfit for human consump-
duce consumption of water
o By increasing regular plan-
uses include water for gardens,
livestock, irrigation, domestic
water and water
tion. tation and planning to re- use with proper treatment, in- affects every
Water Scarcity o The increasing population duce destruction/ cutting of door heating for houses, etc. continent and
The subject matter is the
availability of pure drinking
at the rate of 1.13% or 80
million say 8 crores people
trees and by motivating and
strengthening the methods
Rainwater harvesting is
one of the simplest and old-
around 2.8 billion
water otherwise there is 71% every year. of shifting the trees est methods of self-supply of people around the
water on the surface. The o Due to a decreasing num- o By promoting waterless water for households usually world at least one
drinking water which is avail-
able about 3% but readily it is
ber of forests and trees and
increasing pollution, the
dying technology in textile
processing
financed by the user.
month out of every
less than 1% out of total avail- problem of global warming o By installation of soil mois- Modes of Recharging year.
able water and water affects has increased and climate ture monitoring systems to Groundwater Aquifers
every continent and around change is becoming a ma- improve productivity Groundwater aquifers can
2.8 billion people around the jor problem. Due to all this, o Resource efficient cleaner be recharged by various kinds
world at least one month out either there are too heavy production in sugar facto- of structures to ensure percola- During 2014, it was
of every year. The people, at rains or very less. Heavy ries tion of rainwater in the ground discussed by the
large, even knowing about the rains result in floods, de- o Balancing supply & demand instead of draining away from representatives of
scarcity of water, waste the wa- struction including loss of through water metering the surface. Commonly used CEO Water Mandate,
ter in bulk due to availability lives while lesser rains re- o Reducing the cost of water recharging methods are: CDP, The Nature
in their taps supplied by the sult in a scarcity of water reuse in the textile sector o Recharging of bore wells Conservancy, Water
governments. Due to increas- and then to meet with the o Basin based approach for o Recharging of dug wells Footprint Network,
ing population, demand for demand, groundwater is groundwater management o Recharge pits WWF and others. The
water is also increasing while used more and which has o Effluent treatment and aqui- o Recharge trenches scarcity, in fact, is
the availability of water is re- resulted that the ground wa- fer storage for agriculture o Soak ways or recharge shafts lack of freshwater
ducing day by day. ter level is decreasing day use o Percolation tanks resources. The water
During 2014, it was dis- by day and has reached up o Innovative public-private In ancient times in India, scarcity reflects the
cussed by the representatives to 500 ft or deeper. Out of partnership to improve wa- about 53,000 lakes and ponds physical abundance
of CEO Water Mandate, CDP, 5723 groundwater blocks, ter quality and availability were in use for the rainwater of freshwater rather
The Nature Conservancy, Wa- more than 50% are in the o Reducing water use in fish harvesting. In around 300 BC, than whether the
ter Footprint Network, WWF dark zone and the position and seafood processing farming communities in Balu- water is suitable to
and others. Scarcity, in fact, is growing worse to worst. o Intergraded water resource chistan, Afghanistan, Iran and use. For instance,
is lack of freshwater resourc- The decreasing groundwater management in agriculture Kutch (India) used rainwater an area may have
es. Water scarcity reflects the level is a big warning for the and so on...but the rainwater harvesting for agriculture and abundant water
physical abundance of fresh- future and we have to think harvesting is the best solu- many other uses. Rainwater resources but have
water rather than whether the over to solve all this increas- tion in all these solutions. from the Brihadeeswarar tem- severe pollution that
water is suitable to use. For in- ing water scarcity. ple (located in Thanjavur, TN these supplies are
stance, an area may have abun- Rainwater Harvesting India) was collected in Shiva- unfit for human or
dant water resources but have The Solution Rainwater is a renewable, ganga tank. During the later ecological uses.
severe pollution that these We can solve the problem of sustainable and a high-quality Chola period, the Vīrānam
Tailored Water
By Robert C. Brears
ity demand as waste heat can es of each customer. In 2017 the price decreasing with qual-
come from various sources in- alone, the utility provided 96.9 ity. The classes are Class A+
cluding power plants, refinery million cubic meters of indus- recycled water, which is very
plants, and waste incineration trial water and 158.7 million highly treated recycled water
plants, etc. cubic meters of drinking wa- and is usually only required
ter through more than 14,000 for industrial process water or
Tailored Industrial kilometers of the pipeline net- for the irrigation of minimally
Water in Flanders work. Evides Industriewater processed food crops), Class A
In Flanders, De Watergroep focuses on providing process and B recycled water, which
provides tailored industrial water to the chemical indus- is recycled water that requires
water for industry and service try, petrochemicals, and food additional treatment process-
business customers. The water industry with an overall em- es above the normal sewage
utility’s “Industry and Services phasis on tailoring water to the treatment processes that are
Business Unit” charts the com- needs of customers. The utility sufficient to allow effluent to
pany’s internal water streams, delivers different process wa- be discharged into the envi-
analyses sources of available ter based on a Design, Build, ronment, and Class C recycled
water, including groundwa- Finance, and Operate con- water, which is the lowest qual-
ter, surface water as well as tract, which involves Evides ity of recycled water supplied
wastewater or reusable process Industriewater, on behalf of by the utility.
water, and seeks ways of op- its customers, purifying water
timizing water consumption. and reusing water. Some of the Malta’s New Water
WATER IS A KEY component crease its water use by 400%. The quality of water supplied main industrial water prod- Malta’s Water Services Com-
of local and national econo- depends on the customer’s ucts Evides Industriewater of- mission has established the
mies with the resource often a Meeting Rising Demand requirements, for example, fers to customers includes ag- New Water program, which
key input in a variety of indus- with Nonconventional whether they require cooling ricultural and irrigation water, involves treated wastewater
trial value chains. As industri- Supply water or demineralized water cooling water, industrial water, going through ultrafiltration
al demand for water increases To ensure industry has ac- etc. The Business Unit usually and demineralized water. De- to remove bacteria, reverse
the sector needs to increase its cess to adequate supplies of carries out its industrial water mand has now resulted in Ev- osmosis to remove chemicals,
water productivity. A failure to good quality water and main- projects according to the con- ides Industriewater providing and advanced oxidation to
do so could lead to the loss or tains productivity, utilities cept of Design, Build, Finance solutions to 75 installations, remove remaining pollutants.
disappearance of jobs. have been researching and and Operate (DBFO) contracts. including 12 DBFO plants as Each year the program produc-
developing ‘non-conventional’ The Business Unit has also de- well as mobile installations in es 7 million m3 of high-quali-
Majority of Jobs sources for large-scale custom- veloped a mobile pilot installa- the Benelux and Germany. ty water suitable for safe crop
Dependent on Water ers. Examples of which are as tion and drilling team unit for irrigation. This will potentially
It is estimated that more follows. business customers to see how Fit for Purpose meet up to 35% of the current
than 1.4 billion jobs, or 42% of the utility can match desired Recycled Water total demand of the agricul-
the world’s total active work- Research on Industrial water quality with available Queensland Urban Utilities tural sector. In addition, the
force, are heavily water-depen- Wastewater Reuse water resources. The pilot sys- supports the sustainable use high-quality water can be used
dent while another 1.2 billion Singapore’s Public Utilities tem uses various techniques of recycled water across its for landscaping and industry,
jobs or 36% of the world’s total Board (PUB) has been con- including ultrafiltration and service territory with numer- ensuring New Water is fully
active workforce are moderate- ducting research on recycling reverse-osmosis on a small- ous environmental benefits utilized during periods of low
ly water dependent. In total, and reuse of industrial waste- scale, enabling customers to including conservation of wa- demand by the agricultural
78% of jobs in the global work- water. Industrial wastewater make decisions on invest- ter resources, reduced nutrient sector. Currently, New Water
force is dependent on water. is a by-product of manufac- ments and the techniques to loads being released into wa- is available through hydrants,
turing processes at industrial be used. terways, improved quality of which are accessed by elec-
Water-Dependent or commercial premises. With public assets e.g. sporting field tronic cards. As of 2018, seven
Industries suitable treatment, industrial Customized Process surfaces, and support of agri- hydrants are available in the
Half of the global workforce wastewater can be recycled Water in the Netherlands culture where environmental North region of Malta. Moving
is employed in eight water and and reused as the boiler or Evides, a water utility that sources of water are insuffi- forward, the program is de-
natural resource-dependent cooling tower feed water in provides drinking water to 2.5 cient. A key aspect of the util- veloping three additional net-
industries including agricul- addition to irrigation and toi- million consumers and busi- ity’s recycled water program works to increase the number
ture, forestry, fisheries, ener- let flushing. PUB has also been nesses in three Dutch provinc- is that recycled water must be of hydrants available for water
gy, manufacturing, recycling, conducting research on Low- es of Zeeland, the south-west- fit for purpose. Specifically, users.
building, and transport. Cur- Temperature Thermal Desali- ern part of Zuid-Holland, Queensland Urban Utilities Robert Brears is the au-
rently, industry and manufac- nation (LTTD), a desalination and the south-western part of provides various qualities, thor of Urban Water Security,
turing account for around 4% process that utilizes low-grade Noord-Brabant, offers indus- or classes, of recycled water Founder of Mitidaption, and
of global water withdrawals. industrial waste heat to pro- trial water, or ‘process water’ treated to meet the custom- Our Future Water.”
By 2050, it is projected that duce high-quality freshwater. that is customized for specific ers’ requirements from each
manufacturing alone could in- This requires minimal electric- requirements and preferenc- recycled water schemes, with @Mitidaption
HYREC’s,
Osmotically
Assisted Reverse
Osmosis (OARO)
overcomes the
limitations of
Reverse Osmosis
and offers an
alternative
to thermal
concentrators.
ered water.
Hyrec technology can also
concentrate salts other than
NaCl and Na2SO4, such as
CaCl2, MgCl2, LiCl, etc. Com-
pared to other concentration
Hyrec Near-Commercial Size Pilot Plant
methods, e.g. thermal evapora-
tors, MVR, and electrodialysis,
RO IS THE most efficient from the high-pressure side to ference between the feed and osmosis for high salinity brines, Hyrec saves more than 40% in
method to desalinate low-sa- low-pressure side as in stan- the permeate sides allows the and its energy consumption is capital expenses and up to 60%
linity water streams. RO con- dard RO. However, unlike treatment of ultra-saline feeds lower than mechanical vapor of operating expenses.
centrates wastewater to approx- RO, OARO employs two feed at pressures as low as 70 bars. compression. Hyrec’s demon- Hyrec is now building com-
imately up to 10% TDS with an streams. The first feed stream is Thus, OARO’s maximum recov- stration plant has been opera- mercial size plants to introduce
osmotic pressure (π) of ∼59 bar. the same RO feed stream which ery is not limited by the burst tional for more than six months to the Indian market and plans
For higher salinities, thermal is dewatered through the mem- pressure of RO membranes. and its energy consumption is to fully commercialize its tech-
technologies are used to con- branes and leaves the module Hyrec technology maintains approx. 5.8 kWh/m3 of recov- nology in 2019.
centrate brine streams to ap- with increased concentration. the pressure difference in a
proximately 20-25% TDS brine This concentrated stream is safe range to protect the mem-
(π ≈ 290 bar). then recycled back to the op- branes and optimizes the net
But thermal systems are cost- posite side of the membranes driving pressure to minimize
ly, and high-pressure RO sys- as a second feed stream, di- energy consumption.
tems need special membranes luted through the membranes Hyrec technology is adap-
which increase CAPEX and and leaves the module with tive, flexible, and modular.
OPEX. decreased concentration. The When solutions are too concen-
In OARO, permeate flows reduced osmotic pressure dif- trated for RO to treat, hybridiz-
ing the OARO with RO is the
most feasible method.
There are many opportuni-
ties in India for ZLD, especially
with the types of waters that are
generated from textile produc-
tion. OARO is well-suited for
textile manufacturers because
they can use a higher TDS brine
as part of their manufacturing
process.
Pilot results show that the
OARO dewatering process im-
Net Driving Pressure Distribution through Cascading Multi-Stage System proves the recovery of reverse Hyrec System Integrated to Textile Plant for Zero Liquid Discharge
POST EVENT
9th Water Quality India Association (WQIA)
General Body Meeting
January 10, Ahmedabad, India
Around 60 participants from the water treatment industry from all over the country
attended this day-long meeting.
THE 9TH WATER Quality Sunil Trivedi talked about the sociations.
India Association (WQIA) accomplishments of WQIA – VA Raju from Alfaa UV
meeting was held on 10th Jan- their membership growth; the updated about the initiatives
uary at Renaissance Hotel in NGT (National Green Tribu- taken by WQIA’a Standards
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. nal) order (that RO purifiers Committee on coming up with
Around 60 participants cannot be banned); the part- two standards, i.e., Evaluating
from the water treatment in- nership with Indian Plumbing Safety of Material Pertaining
dustry from all over the coun- Skill Council (IPSC) for Service to PoU (Point-of-Use) Water
try attended this day-long Technician Course; and about Purification Systems and Com-
meeting. planning more educational ponents, and Water Efficiency the water industry by refusing bership, Education, Public
The President of WQIA, programs with the regional as- Rating of Point-of-Use Based ban RO purifiers. He also talk- Relations & Standards were
Reverse Osmosis Drinking ed about the representation of formed, and members vol-
Water Treatment Units. The WQIA in this matter as a trade untarily joined them to grow
Standards Committee mem- association, and that the peti- the association. The meeting
bers also opined to work on tioner was unable to provide was adjourned with the vote
the performance standards for concrete evidence for banning of thanks by Dr. Sandhya Sri-
components. RO purifiers. A new committee vastava from Bhavan Research
Prof. T Pradeep from IIT, has been formed to address Centre, Mumbai.
Chennai gave a scintillating lec- the NGT lawsuit and provide The next meeting of WQIA
ture on ‘nanotechnology’ and inputs to an expert committee will be held in New Delhi on
how it can be useful for water of NGT (responses from in- 9th August 2019.
treatment. He sighted many ex- dustry to be submitted to this Smart Water & Waste World
amples where nanotechnology committee). (SWWW) magazine covered
is used for mitigating arsenic There was an interesting the event as the water indus-
and heavy metals contamina- session on “Advertising and try’s media representative.
POST EVENT
4th National Summit Sustainable on
Water & Sanitation
January 10-11, Bengaluru, India
The two-day summit gathered over 200+ attendees with a range of national &
international water and sanitation experts.
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Water is the Elixir of Life. We at L&T Construction value the Over 20 million people in India have benefited from our water
importance of water and are creating world class infrastructure in infrastructure projects. With an experience of over 57,000 KM of
India and abroad. water and waste water pipeline networks and more than 4000 MLD
of water, waste water and effluent treatment plants, we are India’s
We provide turnkey EPC services for Municipal, Industrial and
largest water infrastructure company.
Agriculture sectors with focus on:-
• Urban and rural water supply and treatment From the high caliber engineers at our Engineering Design &
• Municipal waste water network and treatment Research Centre to experienced project managers on the field, we
have a team with full complement of skills to provide complete
• Industrial water systems and effluent treatment plants
solutions for building defining water infrastructure.
• Irrigation networks and canal lining / rehabilitation
• Desalination plants
• Water management
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