WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2013--
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on
addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced today
that it has won a contract to provide a dissolved air flotation (DAF)
pretreatment system to help ensure an uninterrupted potable water supply
to Abu Dhabi Emirate and the east coast of the United Arab Emirates
(UAE). The source water in the Gulf of Oman is subject to harmful algal
blooms (HABs) sometimes termed ‘red tides,’ which are aquatic blooms
that contain large concentrations of potentially toxic microorganisms.
Xylem’s Leopold® Clari-DAF® system is more than 95 percent effective in
removing these microorganisms prior to desalination ensuring the
production of clean, fresh drinking water.
Xylem will develop the new pretreatment DAF system for the Fujairah 1
Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP), which is owned by Emirates
Sembcorp Water & Power Company (ESC), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi
National Energy Company (TAQA), Sembcorp Industries and Abu Dhabi Water
and Electricity Authority (ADWEA). The new system will have a capacity
of 136,000 cubic meters per day (reverse osmosis output) to accommodate
an anticipated 15 percent increase in the population by 2016. It will
serve both the existing and new seawater reverse osmosis plants, which
have a combined capacity of 306,760 cubic meters per day and will be one
of the world’s largest operating desalination plants.
“We have almost 30 years of experience developing and supplying reverse
osmosis pretreatment systems in the Middle East,” said Safwat Gergis,
desalination pretreatment product manager for Xylem. “We are looking
forward to working on this exciting project and helping to address the
unique water challenges in this region of the Arabian Gulf.”
“Xylem’s pretreatment desalination expertise has been instrumental at
the Shuwaikh Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in
Kuwait and their involvement was critical for us to win this Fujairah
contract,” said Jesus Sancho, international engineering contractor
responsible for the team of companies that won the contract. “Xylem’s
experience with HAB-causing species gives us confidence that they are
best positioned to provide the technology and expertise necessary to
secure a clean water supply for this region of the UAE.”
Xylem’s Leopold Clari-DAF systems create millions of microbubbles that
float the algae to the surface of the water where they are removed as
floating sludge, usually by mechanical skimming. This technology is also
extremely effective for the removal of free and emulsified oil which is
very important for the protection of the downstream reverse osmosis
system.
About Xylem
Xylem (NYSE: XYL) is a leading global water technology provider,
enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water
in public utility, residential and commercial building services,
industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more
than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands,
and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on
finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and
wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with
2012 annual revenues of $3.8 billion and approximately 12,900 employees
worldwide. In 2012, Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability
World Index for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions
worldwide.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that
transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of
our water-centric business by linking it with the best water
transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more
information, please visit us at www.xyleminc.com.
Source: Xylem Inc.
Xylem Inc.
Jennifer Jacob, 914-323-5745
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