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Global water-treatment chemicals market set for solid growthAccording to a new study published by Transparency Market Research, entitled ‘Water Treatment Chemicals and Technology Market – Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2011–2018’, the global water-treatment chemicals and technology market was worth $115 809.7 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $149 895.6 million in 2018, grow-ing at a CAGR of 3.8% from 2013 to 2018.

More information:www.transparencymarketresearch.com

Nalco installs 20 000th 3D Trasar systemUS-based Nalco Co, an Ecolab company, has completed the installation of its 20 000th 3D Trasar technology system. It was installed at the Nestlé Waters North America bottling facility in Hawkins, Texas. The technology measures key system parameters, detects upsets and takes corrective action to maximise operating efficiency in cooling water, boiler water and membrane systems.

Osmoflo completes more than 18 months without a lost time injuryAustralia’s Osmoflo Pty Ltd, a reverse osmo-sis specialist based in Burton, Adelaide, reports that an underlying commitment to safety has resulted in it completing more than 18 months without a lost time injury (LTI). ‘Safety is of paramount importance to Osmoflo and to its key customers. Indeed, the consortia involved in the massive oil and gas projects off Australia’s north-west coast, and the global engineering companies respon-sible for delivering the necessary infrastruc-ture, rate safety as high as quality and price when considering the capability of Australian firms tendering for work packages,’ said Marc Fabig, Managing Director, Osmoflo.

Filtronics improves its Web-siteFiltronics Inc of Anaheim, California, USA, has revised its Web-site. According to the firm, it has been designed with a fresh experi-ence and user-friendly presentation of infor-mation covering its municipal and industrial water treatment products and services. It says the primary objective of the new site is to provide an effective business development tool. ‘We are placing an emphasis on mak-ing available the appropriate information and resources for our audience to learn about Filtronics and the various filtration process products and systems that we offer,’ said Steve Smee, Vice President, Operations, Filtronics.

More information: www.filtronics.com

focuses exclusively on the private sec-tor, has invested $12 million in Norway’s Aqualyng Holding As to expand the company’s sea-water desalination pro-jects in China – helping address the country’s water shortage problem.

The investment is part of Aqualyng’s recently completed $30- million fund-raising round, which also attracted investments from Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund, in which IFC is also an investor, and Pareto Staur Energy.

Aqualyng will use the funds to build new desalination plants in areas in China experi-encing water scarcity and other parts of Asia, producing up to 100 000 m3 (26.4 million gal-lons) of fresh water each day.

‘With IFC as an investor we will be better placed to attract additional private capital in the future,’ commented Bernt Østhus, Executive Chairman, Aqualyng.

‘IFC is known for quality investments and has a reputation for carefully selecting the companies with which it works. IFC’s global network will also help us to expand faster in emerging markets.’

This is IFC’s first investment in China’s emerging sea-water desalination industry.

Sérgio Pimenta, Director for East Asia and the Pacific, IFC, added: ‘Our investment in Aqualyng underscores our commitment to help China address water shortages, which seriously affect more than 100 cities in the country and millions of people.’

‘By partnering with a leading desalination company in Asia, we are also demonstrating that private sector players can be instrumental in helping solve such developmental challenges.’

Aqualyng and its joint-venture partner Beijing Enterprises Water Group recently com-missioned the first stage of the Caofeidian desalination plant in Hebei province, which can process 50 000 m3 (13.2 million gallons) of fresh water daily. The plant is one of the first large-scale, commercial sea-water reverse osmo-sis plants in China and is considered to be a model desalination project in the country.

Aqualyng’s equity investment in this project received a guarantee from the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment and Guarantee Agency.

Contacts:

International Finance Corp, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA.

Tel: +1 202 473 1000, www1.ifc.org

Aqualyng As, Lyng Industrial Park, N-7125 Vanvikan,

Norway. Tel: +47 7 485 5500, www.aqualyng.com

Aqualyng China, Level 29, Shanghai Kerry Centre,

No. 1515 Nan Jing West Road, Shanghai 200040,

China. Tel: +86 21 610 37591

Elga helps E.ON harvest rainwater as boiler make-up water

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

has supplied a two-stage membrane water purification system to E.ON UK Plc’s power station in Castleford to recover harvested rainwater for use as boiler make-up.

Castleford is a 56-MWe combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station and its 4.5 MPa (45-bar) boiler needs high purity make-up water.

The system enables up to 5 m3/h of water with a ‘‘mixed-bed’’ quality (better than 0.2 μS/cm conductivity with less than 10 μg/l of silica) to be produced from rainwater rather than mains water from the old plant.

Collected rainwater is stored in a holding tank, which also has an emergency mains water connec-tion, and is then pumped to the treatment plant. The treatment process consists of reverse osmosis (RO) followed by continuous electro-deionisation (CEDI), so there is no need to use regeneration chemicals. According to Elga, the Castleford plant is the first of its kind in the UK power-generating industry to use this technology.

The 2011–2012 winter period in the UK was particularly dry. However, during a very wet April, the site was able to collect 100 m3 of rainwater a day, says the company.

In order to minimise site construction time and avoid a prolonged shutdown as the new plant was commissioned, Elga built the MegaRO RO and Ionpro CEDI units in a container. The plant was pre-commissioned at works and then delivered to the site and simply connected to the recovered water tank and the boiler feed tank.

Contact:

Elga Process Water, Marlow International, Park Way,

Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL, UK.

Tel: +44 1628 89 7000, www.elgaprocesswater.co.uk

RWL Water to build and run brackish desalination plant in Colombia

US-based global water products, technology and services provider

RWL Water Group has announced that its subsidiary Nirosoft Industries Ltd has