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SEAGUARD UF PRETREATMENT AWARDED FOR 3 SWRO PROJECTS

Norit X-Flow SEAGUARD reaches 400 MLD awarded capacity

08.11.07

NAMIBIA
Norit X-Flow is proud to announce that it received the order from Keyplan, one of South Africa's leading water treatment companies, to supply dedicated SEAGUARD UF seawater pre-treatment membranes in front of seawater membrane desalination reverse osmosis (SWRO) for Namibia's Uramin SWRO plant. The Uramin SWRO plant in Namibia has a RO permeate water production capacity of 55 MLD Norit X-Flow’s scope of delivery for this fast track project, which should start up by the end 2008, is membranes, skids, engineering, and commissioning.

The selection of Norit X-Flow in this particular project was supported by an independent consultant's analysis, which evaluated multiple technologies. The final selection was made based on Norit X-Flow's track record, quality, guarantee, pricing, and overall performance. The SEAGUARD membrane, with its specialized membrane chemistry and characteristics, continually offers the highest quality RO feed water at a total cost of ownership lower than existing technologies.

As the selection of the UF supplier is one of the most critical milestones in the development of a project, Keyplan Management informed us that they will share their experiences and the results of the evaluations with other end-customers that are at the point of selecting a UF supplier.

TURKEY AND SPAIN
In addition, Norit X-Flow has been awarded two other contracts for the pre-treatment of SWRO with SEAGUARD membranes to be executed in the Mediterranean.

ATS (Aritim Teknolojileri), one of Turkey’s leading companies in water and wastewater treatment, ordered SEAGUARD membranes for the first phase of the Nuh Cimento Desalination Plant. This plant has a UF capacity of 13 MLD and will be delivered and started up in late 2007. Norit X-Flow's scope of delivery is membranes, engineering and commissioning.

MTorres, one of Spain's largest industrial engineering and manufacturing companies, ordered SEAGUARD membranes for its SWRO project in Spain. The project, with a UF capacity of 4 MLD, is part of a R&D program with two main objectives: to improve energy efficiency and to improve overall performance of desalination plants. . Norit X-Flow's scope of delivery, for this project which will start up in mid-2008, is membranes, pressure vessels, engineering, and commissioning support.

As more Mediterranean countries face serious periods of drought seawater desalination becomes an important source for fresh water. With the use of the SEAGUARD UF pre-treatment membranes governments and companies have the possibility to install seawater RO plants in places where the feed water quality is changing due to rural activity, river outfalls or storm events. Furthermore, it is proven that in such cases, the SEAGUARD UF pre-treatment technology is more cost effective and environmentally friendly than conventional pre-treatment.