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This configuration is mainly used in mod-ern MBR and MBBR wastewater treatment systems and reduces the strain on housings, pumps and controls, says the firm. With this new expansion of its product portfolio LiqTech is able to cover a wider spectrum of the market. Its tubular filter is suited to applications involving feeds with a low-solids content, while the FSM is better suited to ones with a higher solids content. The firm’s rotating discs are targeted at feeds with a very high solids content.

The high clean-water permeability of the SiC material – around 20 times more permeable than conventional polymeric 0.1-μm ultrafiltra-tion (UF) membranes and four times more per-meable than �-Al2O3 0.1-μm UF membranes (competing ceramic material) – enables com-pact systems to be built, says LiqTech.

The FSM is targeted at the MBR and MBBR wastewater treatment sector, which is among the most important areas for the application of membrane technology. According to the com-pany, the MBR market reached a size of about US$800 million in 2011 and is expected to grow at approximately 20% per year to exceed $3 billion in 2018.

LiqTech has entered into cooperation agree-ments with two system integrators with spe-cific knowledge and market access to develop market-driven products with what it believes to be the best value proposition. LiqTech currently expects to generate material revenue from sales of the flat sheet membranes in 2013.

Contact:

LiqTech International A/s, Industriparken 22C,

DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark. Tel: +45 4498 6000,

www.liqtech.com

BluMetric sees growing demand for its RO systems in Latin America

Environmental products and services company BluMetric Environmental

Inc is supplying water treatment sys-tems to clients operating in a broad range of industries in Latin America.

It has been awarded a contract worth US$1.38-million to supply a reverse osmosis (RO) system to a large diversified industrial chemicals producer in Peru.

The RO system will provide up to 3 million litres (793 000 gallons) of high-quality process water per day – helping to ensure reliable pro-duction and product quality.

‘This is the second, large sales announcement in Latin America during this quarter, and the first commercial water system sale in Peru, fol-lowing our intensified marketing efforts in the region,’ explained Harry Marshall, who is the president of BluMetric’s water division.

‘We are pleased that this element in our strategic plan is beginning to bear substantial fruit, and see this as the opening of a door to a dynamic market.’

William Touzel, Chief Executive Officer, BluMetric, continued: ‘This sale validates the rationale behind our initiatives in Latin America. It also demonstrates the expand-ing industry demand for our products and services, as well as the growing range of our technologies.’

In other news, the company has announced a shipment of RO equipment worth more than $1.6 million to other clients in the region, operating in the construction, hospitality and energy sectors.

Touzel continued: ‘This demonstrates the growing demand for water treatment across the commercial and industrial spectrum. Increasing demand is the foundation of our growth strategy.’

(Also see ‘BluMetric Environmental closes reverse takeover transaction with WESA’, Membrane Technology January 2013, page 16.)

Contact:

BluMetric Environmental Inc, 3108 Carp Road,

PO Box 430, Ottawa, Ontario K0A 1L0, Canada.

Tel: +1 613 839 3053, www.blumetric.ca

US producer of chicken products honoured for water conservation efforts

GNP Co, a US company that pro-vides chicken products to retail,

delicatessen and food-service custom-ers, reports that it has earned the poul-try industry’s highest environmental honour – the 2013 Clean Water Award from the US Poultry & Egg Association.

-ing water treatment facilities.

Clean, safe and energy-efficient water treat-ment has been one of the company’s main areas of focus over the past several years.

its existing water treatment facility at its pro-duction plant in Cold Spring, Minnesota, by installing a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system.

The Clean Water Award committee of the

is the only poultry company using MBR tech-nology. This installation is the largest MBR sys-tem currently in use in the state of Minnesota. The facility also uses an energy-efficient air-blower system for additional environmental and economic benefits.

‘Our company is committed to preserv-ing the viability and beauty of our natural landscape and resources. The investment we have made in water treatment exemplifies that, and we are honoured to receive this award,’ commented Mike Helgeson, Chief Executive

Using the MBR process the firm captures and reuses about one-third of the water it uses on a daily basis, or 1500–1900 m3 (400 000–500 000 gallons) of treated, reclaimed water in non-food-contact areas. Ultraviolet disinfecting is used to treat all water and ultimately results in it being returned to the local Sauk River – significantly cleaner than the naturally occur-ring water in which it enters.

This process also removes biological phos-phorus and nitrogen by-products, a critical issue for fish and other organisms. Sand fil-tration is also used in the process of treating reclaimed water. Overall, the cleaned water far exceeds industry standards and has no traceable

Solids remaining after water treatment are captured and used to make a premium compost product, putting important nutrients that oth-erwise would be wasted into the land.

Contact:

GNP Co, 4150 Second Street South, Suite 200, St

Cloud, MN 56302, USA. Tel: +1 320 251 3570,

www.gnpcompany.com

Water monitoring tool rapidly indicates total viable bacteria count

Elga Process Water, a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company,

has introduced a new monitoring tool to aid microbiological control of water systems.

Simple to operate, the Bactiquant-water test system gives a rapid indication of the total via-ble bacteria count – a test which normally takes two or three days – in under an hour. This means that system performance can be moni-tored on a day-to-day basis and any deviations from normal conditions can be detected early.

Membrane Technology May 2013