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CHINAS GREAT WALL MARK II: SNWT WT 28
Totalling a century from conception to completion, at nearly $70 billion, Chinas South-North Water Transfer Project will be one of the greatest engineering feats of the modern era. But at what environmental cost?
WATER TREATMENT PLANT COMMISSIONING 35
To ensure problems are minimised during the operation of water plants, the commissioning phase should not be underestimated. This article provides practical advice and outlines the procedure in Australia.
PINPOINTING LEAKS IN MANILLA 38
Rather than spending over $40 million to recover 5,000 m3/day of water lost through leaks, instead a Philippines-based utility instead used hydraulic modelling to identify and repair the leak, at a fraction of the cost.
PLUGGING SRI LANKAS SANITATION GAP 40
At a cost of $100 million, the Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project is hoped to help the nation meet its Millennium Development Goals. Find out the latest developments in this article.
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
PRODUCT FOCUS: TANKS AND STORAGE 42
Tension fabric buildings with rigid frame design; US tanks used to expand Saudis potable water supplies; sludge cake storage contract awarded in the UK and pre-stressed concrete tanks used for potable water.
PRODUCT FOCUS: MEMBRANES 47
A digital modeling tool launched for evaluating water treatment components from DW&PS; upgrade for Palls lube oil flter element range; Applied Cleantech gets positive results from fne flter trial in Scotland; novel activated sludge cake fltration bags grant in Singapore & Lanxess steps up production of weak acid cation exchange resin in Germany.
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EDITORS NOTE 4
NEWS 6
TECHNOLOGY ROUNDUP 42
PRODUCT REVIEW 43
DIARY /AD INDEX/WEB PROMO 44
U P F R O N T
WWIS TOP 25 INDUSTRY LEADERS 10
The water industry is full of innovators and leaders. Find out who our readers have voted as the top 25, concluding with a full interview with the winner.
2014 YEAR REVIEW: WATERS HIGHS & LOWS 16
Although 2014 could be seen as relatively quiet on the municipal contract front, industrial water treatment really picked up. Read our year review of the biggest contracts signed, sealed and delivered around the world.
THE BIG QUESTION: PUMPS 22
In the ongoing WWi technology series, we ask pump manufacturers: how can pumps help meet the growing environmental concern of food alleviation?
TECHNOLOGY CASE STUDIES
WASTEWATER REUSE 25
The San Diego city council has voted unanimously for a multi-billion dollar plan to recycle over 300,000 m3/day of water. How will this ft in with desalination plans?
UNEARTHING MINING WATER TECH 32
New mining discharge regulations and water access challenges are creating opportunities for the application of new water technologies. Which will emerge as successful?
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anuary is a funny month. A time when gym owners cash in on new members
trying to undo calorifc damage from the festive period. A time when New Years
resolutions are made and broken within days. Yet rather than trying to give
something up, instead I always try and use this time to take on something new. This
normally takes the form of a physical challenge.
For 2015 Ive lined up, with a group of friends, a 20 mile obstacle run, a couple
of half marathons and also a Man Vs Mountain event. The latter is 23 mile run/
hike/crawl up to the top of Mount Snowdon and back. To some this sounds like
hell. To me? Pure joy!
The message Im trying to get across is that we should never be content with just
getting by. We should always be trying to better ourselves to self improve, develop
and continue to take on and conquer new challenges. And its this continued
journey of development that we are celebrating in this issue of WWi (here comes the
tenuous link).
As the cover concept suggests, we have put together a list of 25 top leaders in
the global water/wastewater industries. Together with an advisory committee, we
came up with 25 individuals and then asked our readers to vote on who they think
deserves to take the top spot. Turn to page 10 to read our six-page special, counting
down from 25 and fnishing with an interview with the winner Neil Palmer, CEO
of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA).
Australias desalination industry has come under fre recently. Infrastructure
built during a period of drought is now not needed after the rains have returned.
Between 2004 and 2012, six large scale desalination plants were delivered. As you
can read from our interview on page 14, Palmer is adamant that the droughts will
return and built plants will be used. With a AUD$12 billion price tag hanging over
the projects, lets hope so. Boasting a career spanning 40 years, Palmer has played a
key role in helping the country to secure water supplies for years to come.
On the topic of multi-billion dollar investments, Chinas South-North Water
Transfer project is progressing. The central route of the mammoth engineering
project was completed towards the end of last year. As you can read from our
in-depth article on page 28, the project is having wide environmental and political
implications for a country that will be reliant upon the transfer as a water lifeline.
Nor was it just the Asia/Australasia region that sparked headlines towards the
end of 2014. In November the San Diego city council in the US voted unanimously
for a multi-billion dollar plan to recycle over 300,000 m3/day of water (read page
25). This new addition will see reused water go to a reservoir, before further
treatment to allow direct addition to the water grid.
Whether its making direct potable reuse more publically acceptable, completing
Chinas water transfer or climbing Mount Snowdon, we should all be setting our
own mountains to conquer, no matter the size. So heres to 2015: taking on new
challenges and celebrating successes, both personally and professionally.
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US: TEXAS
The Texas Research & Technology Foundation has launched a Texas Water
Technology Accelerator called AccelerateH2O. Designed to help develop
Texas $9 billion water technology market, AccelerateH2O will bring together
the states 18 academic research centers, 4,300 water entities, 5,000 medium-
and large-scale corporate facilities.
WORLD NEWS
SAUDI ARABIA
Consultancy Black &
Veatch has won the fourth
phase expansion of the
Jeddah desalination plant,
awarded by Saudi Arabias
Saline Water Conversion
Corporation. A 400,000 m3/
reverse osmosis (RO) plant
will be added as part of
the engineering and design
contract.
PANAMA
The Panama Ministry of Health has awarded a 65 million contract
to maintain and operate the wastewater collection systems, pumping
stations and other networks in Panama City over a period of four
years. Suez Environnement subsidiary Degrmont will operate and
maintain the 162 km system of pipes that is due to be extended to 248
km in 2016. The contract includes the repair of certain infrastructures
and the supply of equipment.
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Qatar Public Works Authority
(Ashghal) has awarded a 300 million
contract to Spanish frm FCC Aqualia
to manage the sewerage system in Al
Dhakhira (Qatar) for the next 10 years.
Representing the companys frst entry
in Qatar, FCC Aqualia won the tender
against several companies, including
Spanish rivals Cadagua and Acciona
and multinationals such as Daewoo,
Samsung and Marubeni.
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Tunisias national water
company, Sonede, is expected
to launch a tender for the
construction of its 150,000
m3/day desalination plant
in Sfax in May 2015. Funded
by the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency, the new
facility would supply potable
water to the coastal city and
industrial centre, Sfax.
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The Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA) has reached a 40-
year milestone, frst passed
by Congress in 1974. At the
time, more than 50% of water
facilities surveyed were
diagnosed with conditions
that posed potentially serious
public safety hazards. Under
the SDWA, the EPA has
regulations in place for more
than 90 contaminants, including
microorganisms. There remains
a $384 billion gap in drinking
water infrastructure needs.
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CHINA
Beijing Drainage
Construction Company has
awarded a second contract
for the use of Thermal
Hydrolysis Process (THP),
following an initial contract
awarded in September. The
contract at Xiaohongmen
follows the recent contract
award to Cambi for
Gaobeidian WWTP, Beijings
largest. Beijing Drainage
Group will use the THP
process to upgrade the
Xiaohongmen WWTPs fve
large egg-shaped digesters to
advanced sludge treatment.
POLAND
The Pollet Water Group
Belgium has acquired Alamo,
a domestic water treatment
company in Poland. The
takeover follows PWG
taking over Watertec at the
beginning of 2014 and the
move is expected to add 10
million to the groups current
150 million annual turnover.
AUSTRALIA
Neil Palmer, CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia
has claimed top spot in a new WWi Top 25 Leaders feature, voted by readers. He
was competing against industry leaders from Nobel Laureates, to engineers who
have grown multi-million dollar empires. With 40 years experience, he played a
key role between 2004 to 2012 in Australia when the country delivered six large
seawater desalination plants, worth AUD$12 billion of investment. Turn to page
10 to read the full article.
SINGAPORE
A S$1.4 million (US$1.1m)
grant has been awarded by
the Singapore Environment
and Water Industry
Programme Offce to
develop a novel wastewater
fltration process that turns
activated sludge into a
fltration medium. Global
pump company Grundfos
will use the grant to focus on
the industrial treatment of
wastewater using a cake flter
made from activated sludge.
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The 60,00 m3/day RO
desalination project in
Nungua, Ghana, has been
completed. Local sources
quoted deputy minister
of communications, Felix
Kwakye-Ofosu as confrming
the $125m project had
been completed. Abengoa
is undertaking the project
under a DBOT basis.
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Water industry regulator Ofwat ruled
that water bills in England and Wales
will fall by 5% by 2020. This could
see a saving of 20 in average bills,
coming into effect in April 2015. The
news generated mixed reactions. The
Consumer Council for Water said
utilities can still add infation to bills that
could hurt households. Meanwhile
Anglian Water said it was good news for
its customers.
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HYFLUX HOPES TO SPRINGBOARD OFF OMAN $250M PROJECT ACROSS REST OF MIDDLE EASTSingapore frm Hyfux has been
awarded a US$250 million contract
to design, build, own and operate the
Qurayyat 200,000 m3/day desalination
project in Oman.
Hyfux fought off stiff competition
for the reverse osmosis (RO) project,
with bids from six groups including
Abgengoa and Acwa Power. Together
with the National Power and Water
Co, Hyfux is scheduled to commence
operation of the plant by May 2017
under a 20-year water purchase
agreement with the government owned
Oman Power and Water Procurement
Company (OPWP). Hyfuxs role
includes turnkey engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) as
well as operation and maintenance of
the plant.
The frm expects demand in the Middle
East to accelerate after this frst major
municipal contract in the region.
Group CEO Olivia Lum told Nikei
Asian Review: Pent-up demand in the
Middle East and Africa is driving the
revival of water infrastructure projects.
The project is not expected to have
a fnancial impact on Hyfux for the
fnancial year ended 31 December 2014.
TRIPLE EUROPEAN CONTRACT WIN HELPS AQUALIA ENTER TWO NEW MARKETSSpanish frm FCC Aqualia has been
awarded three new contracts in the
cities of Madrid (Spain), Vrsac (Serbia)
and Prizren (Kosovo), worth a total
of 21.6 million. The contract won
through Aqualia Infraestructuras for a
drinking water plant in Vrsac in Serbia
is Aqualias frst in the Balkan country.
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42M DESAL
PLANT
MUSED FOR
SOUTH
ENGLANDA 40 million desalination plant
producing 200,000 m3/day could be in
operation along Englands south coast by
2028, according to utility Southern Water.
Southern Water told WWi: Currently,
a desalination plant is being considered
for construction in Southampton by
2028 but comprehensive planning
with the regulators, local authorities
and environmental and community
groups would be required if it was to be
pursued.
The desalination option which we
have outlined would run alongside
other regular resources and would only
typically be used during periods of
drought.
In its draft Water Resources
Management Plan the utility outlined a
range of water resource improvements,
including desalination. This would be
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In Kosovo, regional water company
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a contract to Aqualia, again through
Aqualia Infraestructuras, for the
construction of the Prizren treatment
plant.
The 10.5 million contract is scheduled
to be signed in January 2015 and is
another frst in the country for Aqualia.
Once completed, the plant will treat the
citys wastewater with a capacity in the
initial stage of an equivalent population
of 50,000.
The Spanish frm is currently building
treatment plants at Niksic and Pljevija
(Montenegro) and in Konjic (Bosnia),
under contracts worth a total of 30
million. In Spain, Aqualia will be
responsible for operation & maintenance
tasks at 28 wastewater treatment plants,
owned by the Canal de Isabel II water
authority.
The plants are located in 28 municipal
districts in the Madrid region, in the
catchment area of the river Alberche.
This new contract, worth nearly 5.5
million, is for two years, extendable for a
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the second major municipal desalination plant in the country.
In June 2010, the UK opened its frst municipal desalination plant in Beckton,
East London, operated by utility Thames Water and capable of supplying 150,000
m3/day of water. Although Thames Waters Beckton site is considered the frst
major municipal desalination plant in the UK, the Scilly Isles 227 m3/day facility
has been operating since the early 1990s.
A report from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) predicted that at
least four major plants and up to 800 smaller units could be in operation in the UK
by 2050.
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The global water/wastewater industries have spoken! From Nobel Laureates, to water reuse pioneers
and engineers who have grown billion dollar businesses in less than a decade: the water industry is full of
innovators and thought leaders. Here we take a close look at the top 24 before an interview with the winner.
CELEBRATING THE WATER
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25 LI GUOYING, FORMER COMMISSIONER, YELLOW RIVER CONSERVANCY COMMISSION, CHINA (NOW VICE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES) From 2001 to 2011, as commissioner for the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC), he helped to transform Chinas second longest river. YRCC overcame natural and man-made challenges through innovative and sustainable policies to enable the Yellow River to fow unabated over the last 10 years. Improved water supply from YRCCs efforts are said to have beneftted and enhanced the quality of life for over one hundred million people. Life and vitality were cited to be restored to the river, according to the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize nominating committee, who awarded YRCC the 2010 prize in Singapore.
24 HON EK SONN CHAN, CAMBODIA UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WATER (FORMER GENERAL DIRECTOR, CAMBODIA WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY - PPWSA)Decades of confict left Cambodias capitals water supplies running low. In 1993 Chan was appointed as general director of PPWSA. He oversaw the utilitys dramatic turnaround. A total of 1,500 kilometres of new pipelines were laid, helping to expand water output by 600%. By confronting VIP nonpayers and cutting supplies after refusal to pay, he achieved a collection rate of 99% by 2003. Water losses due to leakage in pipes and pumps declined from 72% in 1993 to 6% in 2008.
23 DR JIM BIRKETT, PROPRIETOR (RETIRED) WEST NECK STRATEGIES, US Widely considered one of the desalination industrys most respected professionals, Dr. Birkett has more than four decades of experience in the study of desalination, advanced water treatment and membrane separation industries and technologies. He was the frst elected President of the International Desalination Association (IDA). He later served as Treasurer and was a director for many years. From 2009-2013, he served as Chairman of the Editorial Boards for the IDA Journal of Desalination and Water Reuse.
22 NEIL MACLEOD, FORMER CEO, ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY, SOUTH AFRICA Macleod demonstrated how to turn a struggling utility into a proftable business. Since 2000, he oversaw eThekwini Water & Sanitation to connect 1.3 million to piped drinking water while helping to generate $520 million per year. This is as well as connecting over 700,000 citizens to wastewater services. Winner of the 2014 Stockholm Industry Award, he was credited with helping eThekwini to serve as a sterling example for the many communities worldwide facing similar challenges. Not content with fully retiring, Macleod is now travelling the world to promote driving down water losses.
21 PADDY PADMANATHAN, CEO, ACWA POWER INTERNATIONAL, UAE A civil engineer with 30 years of experience, Padmanathan built ACWA Power to become a leading developer of privately fnanced power generation and desalination water production plants in the GCC and MENA region. Over eight years, he grew the business into a $1.3 billion company to deliver 2.4 million m3/day of water and 13,000 MW of power. An engineering graduate from the University of Manchester, UK, he started his career with a British Consulting Engineering practice, before moving onto Black & Veatch.
20 LEON AWERBUCH, PRESIDENT, LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES, US Known as the hybrid desalination pioneer, Awerbuch has been involved in the desalination business for 40 years. He was also one of the early pioneers of desalination aquifer storage and recovery. Past president of the IDA and chairman of six IDA World Congresses, he holds 23 patents including the MED-MSF-RO-NF integrated hybrid technologies and has published over 80 technical papers. He received a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from Warsaw Technical University.
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19 MUNIR CHERYAN, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, MUNIR CHERYAN, US Dr. Munir Cheryan is founder and president of consultancy Munir Cheryan LLC which provides consulting services in bio-separations, particularly membrane technology. He has been a consultant to and/or served on technical advisory and/or management boards of over 55 companies, from multinational giants to start-ups, as well as government organisations and the UNDP-FAO. He has been founder, chief scientifc advisor and/or president of three start-up companies since 2001. He has 16 issued US and Canadian patents and is the author of the best-selling Ultrafltration Handbook.
18 KAZUO YAMAMOTO, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN Yamamoto was the inventor of the submerged membrane bioreactor concept in 2008 and led research and development into membranes for advanced water treatment and reclamation. He received the Sidney Loeb Award from the European Desalination Society for invention of the submerged membrane bioreactor concept. He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1979.
17 KHOO TENG CHYE, FORMER CEO, PUB, SINGAPORE Chief executive of Singapore utility PUB from 2003 to 2011, Khoo can be credited with turning Singapores water utility into a world leader: reducing its reliance on water imports from Malaysia and making direct wastewater reuse publically acceptable. Beginning his career at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, he helped transform Singapores urban planning and regulatory regime. A graduate in civil engineering from Monash University in Australia, he also holds a Masters of Science in Construction Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
16 NEIL MCDOUGALL, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, MODERN WATER, UK A qualifed chartered accountant, Neil McDougall co-founded Modern Water and was jointly responsible for helping to bring a university R&D project on forward osmosis through to commercialisation and installation in Gibraltar and Oman. A chartered accountant, McDougall was formerly chairman of Mid Kent Water Group and chairman and CEO of Cascal NV and a director of Biwater. He has worked extensively with private equity investors and infrastructure funds.
15 DR ANDREW BENEDEK, CEO, ANAERGIA, HUNGARY A leading authority on global water issues, Dr Benedek founded Zenon Environmental in 1980, growing the business to become a leader in membrane treatment before being sold to GE. With over 30 years experience in wastewater treatment, he won the Stockholm Water Industry award in 2003 and the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize in 2008. Chairman and CEO for Anaergia, Dr Benedek graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and PhD from the University of Washington.
14 BORIS LESJEAN, R&D PROGRAM MANAGER, BERLIN CENTRE OF COMPETENCE FOR WATER, GERMANYA well-respected researcher in Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology, Lesjean has been working since 1997 in R&D related to urban water management. For the past 10 years he has been with the Berlin Centre of Competence for Water, where he initiated, developed and coordinated applied research and development projects, with a focus on membrane technologies. He has coordinated several European projects, including the FP6 project AMEDEUS, dedicated to the development of membrane-activated sludge processes. Since 2006 he has been developing the MBR-Network.
CHOOSING THE TOP 25 HOW WE DID IT
You may be thinking that selecting only 25 individuals out of the
thousands, millions that work in the global water industry was a tough
job. It was. So to help we put together a small advisory committee of
experts to submit their nominations.
With the list of 25 compiled, we then surveyed WWi readers to vote
on who they think deserves to top this list of 25. After two rounds of
voting, the results (and the winner) were clear. Readers from Canada
all the way to Australia voted. We would like to thank the following
individuals for their help on the committee:
Jean-MichelHerrewyn,CEO,VeoliaWater
DavidLloydOwen,managingdirector,Envisager
YeoShengWei,assistantdirector,PUB(Singapore)
JimSouthworth,CEO,JimSouthworthConsulting
AnnSeamonds,president,Seamonds&Company
PatriciaBurke,directorgeneral,IDA(InternationalDesalination
Association)
DrGraemePearce,principal,MembraneConsultancyAssociates
AngelaGodwin,chiefeditor,WaterWorldmagazine
PeterCartwright,president,CartwrightConsulting.
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13 PROFESSOR TONY FANE, DIRECTOR, SINGAPORE MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, SINGAPOREA chemical engineer with a PhD from Imperial College in London, Professor Fane has developed membrane theory and application since 1973 when he joined the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is a former director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology and the director of the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. SMTC has a group of over 80 researchers dedicated to applied research into membranes for the water cycle.
12 OLIVIA LUM, CEO, HYFLUX, SINGAPORE It was in 1989 when Olivia Lum left her corporate life as a chemist with Glaxo Pharmaceutical to start up Hydrochem, the precursor to Hyfux. Managing the group for 25 years, she has helped Hyfux expand into an international business, winning major projects in Singapore and overseas in Algeria and recently Oman. A true entrepreneur, Lum won the Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth 2006 and the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2011. She holds an Honours degree in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore.
11 DR WILLIAM MUHAIRWE, SENIOR TEAM LEADER, 2ML CONSULTING (FORMER CEO, UGANDAN NATIONAL WATER & SEWERAGE CORPORATION - NWSC), AFRICAHaving managed public companies in Uganda and abroad for more than 19 years, Professor Muhairwe has received many international awards, including from the International Water Association in 2010. In 1998 he took over the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) as managing director a state organisation that was almost collapsing due to mismanagement. He was then responsible for one of the African water industrys greatest success stories. Over the course of 13 years he grew NWSC to become one of the most successful and proftable utilities in Africa.
10 LISA HENTHORNE, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, WATER STANDARD, US Holding three patents in water treatment, Henthorne has more than 25 years of experience in the desalination and water treatment industry. The frst female president of the International Desalination Association from 2007-2009, while heading the desalination business for CH2M Hill, she acted as technical advisor on many challenging projects in the Middle East, Australia, US and Asia. Henthorne graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering and Missouri State University with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry.
9 AMARTYA SEN, PROFESSOR, INDIA A Nobel Prize winner in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, Sen is seen as one of the key thinkers in international development and helped to shape the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Educated at Presidency College in Kolkata, he went on to receive a B.A, M.A and PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1998 he was appointed master of Trinity College, Cambridge - a position he held until 2004, when he returned to Harvard as Lamont University Professor. His views and published work have helped shaped policy makers decisions.
8 DR BORIS LIBERMAN, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, IDE TECHNOLOGIES, ISRAEL Active in the feld of desalination for 20 years, Dr Liberman developed the Pressure Centre desalination concept, Direct Osmosis Cleaning, 16 membrane arrangement in a vertical position and has overseen some of the largest projects in the world. He has pending applications in reverse osmosis for power generation. A graduate of the Institute for Scientifc Research in Water Supply, Moscow, he holds several granted patents in the feld of reverse osmosis desalination.
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7 MIRIAM BALABAN, SECRETARY GENERAL, EUROPEAN DESALINATION SOCIETY, US A chemistry graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, Miriam Balaban has served as the secretary general of the European Desalination Society (EDS) since its founding and has authored more than 9,000 papers over 40 years of desalination research. In 1966 she founded the journal Desalination: The International Journal on Science. In 2009 she was awarded the EDS Lifetime Achievement award for her contributions to the feld. She also helped establish the School for Science Communication, Mario Begri Institute for Biomedical Research in Italy.
6 DR ADIL BUSHNAK, CEO, BUSHNAK GROUP, SAUDI ARABIA Dr Bushnak helped establish the International Desalination Association (IDA) and led the private Saudi effort to commercialise the use of direct seawater for irrigation to produce food crops. He has played a key role in promoting water desalination technologies such as reverse osmosis, ultrafltration and membrane fltration for seawater desalination, helping the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) become the largest desalination country worldwide. He is chairman of Bushnak Group headquartered in the KSA, which has several companies active in water, environment and energy services.
5 PROFESSOR SIMON JUDD, PROFESSOR OF MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, UKProfessor Judd lectures at Cranfeld University in the UK and Qatar University in the Middle East. He has 22 years experience in teaching the fundamentals of water and wastewater technologies and has completed over 30 post-graduate research student project programmes. He has managed over 15 large industrially-funded projects for UK and overseas water utility and technology suppliers, and has provided consultancy and training to clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
4 MIKE MARKUS, MANAGER, ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT (OCWD), US Markus joined OCWD in 1988, overseeing construction of many water facilities. In 2002 he was tasked with managing a $481 million Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS). As a result, he has helped OCWD pave the way for public acceptance of water recycling for indirect potable use, replicated in countries such as Australia and Singapore. Under his leadership, GWRS won 21 awards, including the Stockholm 2008 Industry Award and Lee Kuan Yew Prize 2014.
3 DR JAMES BARNARD, GLOBAL PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADER, BLACK & VEATCH, SOUTH AFRICAWinner of the 2011 Lee Kuan Yew Prize in Singapore for revolutionising used water treatment, technologist Dr James Barnard was recognised for his ground breaking invention of Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) technology, an environmentally sustainable, biological method to treat used water. Internationally recognised as the Father of BNR, Dr Barnard began exploring the possibility of removing phosphorus and nitrogen from used water when faced with water quality challenges in his native South Africa and arid Namibia in the 1970s.
2 PROFESSOR ASIT BISWAS, FOUNDER, THIRD WORLD CENTRE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT, INDIAAcknowledged universally as one of the worlds leading authorities on water management, Professor Asit K. Biswas has been a senior advisor to 19 governments, six heads of the United Agencies and secretary general of OECD. Professor Biswas also advises four multinational companies in the top 50 of the Fortune 500 companies. He is a past president of the International Water Resources Association and co-founded the World Water Council. Author of over 80 books, his work has been translated into 37 languages.
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WWi readers have had their say. Your votes have been added up to decide the winner of this years Top 25
Industry Leaders. Please step forward, Neil Palmer, CEO, National Centre of Excellence in Desalination
Australia (NCEDA). Tom Freyberg caught up with the CEO while on his travels across the US.
LEADER OF THE PACKAustralias Desalination Guru Claims Top Spot
Water & Wastewater International
magazine (WWi): Congratulations on
taking frst place in WWi magazines
25 Industry Leaders. How do you feel
about that accomplishment?
Neil Palmer, CEO, National Centre of
Excellence in Desalination Australia
(NCEDA): Im very humbled. I would
consider it a very signifcant honour to
be regarded as one of the industrys top
leaders. Ive been in the water industry
for 40 years now. One does try to make
sensible decisions, recommendations
and fndings. Ive met a lot of people
in that period and Im delighted and
humbled that people feel that Ive
achieved some recognition for my work
in water.
WWi: No need to be so humble
youve clearly had a fruitful career.
We last spoke to you at the IDA
World Congress in Perth about the
formation of the NCEDA. How is this
developing?
Neil Palmer: The NCEDA has been
established fve years now. It is now
completing its 50th project of a wide
range of activities in order to improve
desalination effciency and provide
solutions for people, particularly in
remote and outback areas of Australia.
The achievements have seen a big
international recognition of the centres
work. Weve made good progress within
this period. One of the interesting
challenges is to continue the work given
the fnancial constraints in Australia.
NCEDA comprises 13 Australian
universities and CSIRO and our base
is at Murdoch University in Western
Australia.
WWi: But youve just travelled 36
hours to be in America? Thats a long
way from home
NP: Correct. Im now in Tucson
(Arizona) with Professor Wendell Ela
of the University of Arizona, who has
accepted the position of desalination
and water treatment professor at
Murdoch University. He starts in
January. Were very excited to see this
establishment of desalination research
and teaching at Murdoch University as
a direct outcome of the activities of the
NCEDA.
WWi: Desalination is gearing up in
the US, particularly California. There
are perhaps some similarities with
Australia before your big desalination
push in 2004?
Tomorrow Ill actually be in California.
Theres been a lot of scaremongering
and wildly inaccurate statements about
desalination in California. Im here to
provide some factual information. Its
important that people understand.
WWi: So youre sharing lessons from
Australia on how to deal with negative
publicity?
NP: We have some experience to
share we had to build plants quickly.
Between 2004 to 2012 we delivered six
large seawater desalination plants over
the eight year period. Thats AUD $12
billion dollars worth of investment. So
we were able to fast track them because
we were facing the drought. Had the
drought continued, we could have run
p Top spot: Out of 25 nominated leaders in the global water
industry, Palmer was voted number one by WWi readers
WHILE THE MELBOURNE DESALINATION PLANT IS NOT BEING USED NOW, IN ITS
DESIGN LIFE - WHICH IS MORE THAN 50 YEARS - IT WILL BE RELIED UPON TO PROVIDE WATER SECURITY AND AVOID FUTURE RESTRICTIONS IN WATER SUPPLY
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a major city out of water, it was that
serious. No government can stand back
and do nothing when that scenario
is approaching. There will be more
droughts and [desalination] provides
tremendous security. And frankly, the
cost for Melbourne residents for this
insurance is AUD$0.40 per day per
person. Thats not an unaffordable cost.
Its probably a lot less than you pay
for house and contents insurance. Its
small price to pay for no future water
restrictions.
WWi: When you wrote an article
for WWi three years ago, the theme
was desalination has come of age
in Australia. Things have changed
considerably since. Whats the current
situation with the built desalination
capacity?
NP: In the eastern states, it seemed to
follow a pattern: build a desalination
plant and then the rains fell. However,
Australia has a very variable climate
and two things are certain: there will be
droughts in the future and population
and water demand will grow. So some
of the desalination plants that arent
being used at the moment are essential
to provide future water security,
particularly to Sydney and Melbourne.
Melbourne is growing rapidly and
is expected to double in population
by 2050. Theres no other new water
supplies that are available. So while
the Melbourne plant is not being used
now, in its design life - which is more
than 50 years it will be relied upon to
provide water security and avoid future
restrictions in water supply. This is as
well as making sure Melbourne remains
one of the worlds most liveable cities.
WWi: Talking about the future,
how important is leadership in the
water industry to attract younger
generations of engineers?
NP: One of the exciting aspects of
water and desalination is the use of
renewables to power desalination and
provide fresh water in places where
they never had it before. I think the use
of renewable desalination will attract
young minds. I think it has already.
All the Australian desalination plants
have their energy completely offset by
wind energy. You could argue that the
desalination plants are carbon neutral in
their operation phase. Thats something
we are proud of. Its more expensive but
it is something that people are conscious
of and the utilities that built the plants
recognise this. Certainly for myself,
its not the desalination process thats
fascinating, its creating the fresh water
and the possibilities this brings.
WWi: How is the Desalination
Discovery Centre helping to spread
the word on some of this work youre
doing?
NP: Over the years, the Desalination
Discovery Center has reached out to
more than 6000 children. Its been a
very effective means of explaining
desalination issues such as energy usage
and the impact on marine environment.
For example, we have a desalination
plant in Perth thats been operating for
eight years at 100% fow into Cockburn
Sound a confned body of water. There
has been no adverse impact on the
environment on the intake or the outfall.
WWi: You say youve had 40 years in
the business I cant imagine you will
want to eventually retire quietly with
all your desalination knowledge. What
are your plans?
NP: Ill be around for a few more
years yet Tom! There are many new
adventures to be had. What Ive learned
over the 40 years has been put to good
use with sensible decisions. And in
that case a sensible decision means
that places like Perth have a number
of supplies, but desalination is part
of the portfolio to make sure you get
optimum use of the water and you get
water security. Thats a message Ive
learned. Also, weve had some of the
technical research projects, which may
bring water security to indigenous
communities in Australia. Thats a very
worthwhile objective. There are health
benefts for the people in the long-term.
To be involved in projects that beneft
local people who have had unreliable
and poor quality water supplies is
something I would like to continue to
help with.
WWi: That sounds like a worthy cause.
Thanks for your time Neil and again,
congratulations on being crowned
the winner of WWi magazines Top 25
Industry Leaders series.
BIO BOX - NEIL PALMER
Palmer has degrees in civil and public health engineering. His professional experience includes
the South Australian Engineering and Water Supply Department, the Fiji Public Works
Department, the South Australian Environment Protection Authority, United Utilities Australia
and general manager, technical services at Osmofo, the largest Australian desalination
company. He is currently the CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination
Australia, a partnership of 14 Australian universities conducting desalination research. Palmer
is the vice president of the Asia Pacifc Desalination Association, a director of the International
Desalination Association and life member of the Australian Water Association.
p Teamwork: Palmer (right) with Professor Wendell Ela (left), who has accepted the position of desalination and water
treatment professor at Murdoch University
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The global picture for water and
wastewater projects reveals
some key markets starting to
make good on their promised potential
and various interesting niches being
exploited, while activity in some of the
more mature markets remains relatively
fat.
Consultancy Envisagers David Lloyd
Owen, who for many years produced
the much-missed Pinsent Masons Water
Yearbook, notes that it has been a fairly
quiet year for water and wastewater
contracts. There doesnt seem to have
been any great change in recent trends
on the municipal side, he observes.
There has been a little bit of progress in
size and scope in the private sector.
Much of the action has been taking
place outside Europe, he adds, although
the giant French players, Veolia and
Suez Environnement, have been very
active and continue to expand. India and
China are a strong focus for water and
wastewater activities, and he sees more
impetus coming from locally-based
companies.
The industrial sector is also more
active, Lloyd Owen notes, and it is
here that innovation is taking place.
It has been a waiting year, generally
speaking, he says.
However, quiet ground is often an
ideal place for interesting developments
to take root. Lloyd Owen observes:
At the development stage, there is a
remarkable amount of innovation taking
place: things like smart water and low
energy wastewater treatment. This
makes 2014 an interesting year, he adds
somewhat lacking in major headlines
but exciting behind the scenes.
He observes: We are living in most
exciting times, but whether utilities
will be adopting these technologies is
another question altogether.
EUROPE
In this extremely mature marketplace,
Lloyd Owen tips Ireland as a market
to watch. There have been massive
demonstrations against paying for
water. There doesnt seem to be any give
and take from the government if they
had said yes, you must pay for your
water but we will take something off the
tax bill, that would have worked, but
they havent.
WATERS HIGHS & LOWS:2014 YEARREVIEW
Although 2014 may have been
quiet on the municipal contract
activity, its the industrial activities
providing room for growth. WWi
provides an overview of the major
contracts won over the course of
2014, region by region.
In the UK, Thames Waters massive and
controversial London Tideway project is
undoubtedly the largest around
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There has already been signifcant
investment on the wastewater side,
but smaller schemes for smaller towns
- comprehensive refurbishment and
extension - are needed. The practical
emphasis has to be on smaller schemes,
Lloyd Owen says. If they are going to
charge for water, people will want to see
better services for their money.
A number of signifcant contracts have
nevertheless come through elsewhere in
Europe. In April Suez Environnement,
via its subsidiary Safge, won a fve-
year, 17 million ($21.3 million) contract
to project manage long-term partner
Syndicat des Eaux dIle de Frances
(SEDIFs) drinking water supply
structures. Safge will project manage
potable water plants and recovery,
storage and transfer facilities, and
will also project manage long-term
programmes to renew distribution
pipelines between 2015 and 2017 in the
Oise and Marne areas, representing
102 municipalities and 60 million ($75
million) worth of work.
A municipal contract for Nova Gorica
on Slovenias Italian border awarded in
January sees rival Veolia undertaking
a $20.98 million contract to provide
an EU-fnanced wastewater treatment
plant using its Biosep MBR treatment
plant with a sludge dryer treatment
line capacity of 52,000 PE. The main
consultant is Slovenias Projekt.
Veolia has also won a contract to
supply an anaerobic wastewater
treatment plant for a new Paulaner
brewery on a greenfeld site in
Langwied, near Munich - by far the
largest project for a brewery in Germany
for the next few years. The plant
capacity is 2800 m/day, with a COD
load of 23,500 kg/day.
In the Netherlands, the company
recently commissioned a sweet contract
for the Mars plant in Veghel, the worlds
largest chocolate factory. The solution
involved building and operating
a wastewater treatment facility
equipped with Veolias Memthane
anaerobic MBR technology (combining
Veolias Biothane anaerobic biological
wastewater treatment and Pentairs
X-Flow ultrafltration membrane
separation process), which can turn
99% of organic pollution into a source
of biogas. The solution in its frst use
in Europe - will cut the Veghel plants
energy bill by 10%. Veolia was main
contractor on the project.
In the UK, Thames Waters massive
and controversial London Tideway
project is undoubtedly the largest
around. Thamess key contracts
commissioned in 2014 support its
ambitious strategy to minimise
wastewater discharges to the tidal
Thames.
These include the 712 million
($1116 million) Lee tunnel, which was
scheduled to complete in December,
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and major upgrades to its Beckton
and Crossness wastewater treatment
works, worth 222 million ($348 million)
and 220 million ($344.8 million)
respectively.
Black & Veatch provided its services
to another recently commissioned major
contract, helping United Utilities unlock
a valuable source of renewable energy
at its massive Davyhulme wastewater
treatment works. The upgraded
Manchester facility uses biogas to
generate green energy - enough to meet
its own power requirements and export
to the National Grid.
Somewhat further south, a Modern
Water Services/Northumbrian Water
joint venture won preferred bidder
status in October for a new wastewater
treatment plant serving Gibraltar.
The 22 million ($35 million) DBFO
project will treat urban wastewater and
stormwater fows for the entire territory.
MENA
The Middle East North Africa
region will once more be a key area
of interest in the near future, Lloyd
Owen predicts. We are forecasting a
big uplift from next year onward, he
says. Desalination may be losing some
of its favoured status while wastewater
recycling gains favour as a less resource-
intensive option for irrigation, but
activity is by no means at an end.
For example, in Saudi Arabia, the
Saline Water Conversion Corporation
recently announced plans to increase
desalination capacity to cope with
rising demand, and contracts coming
on stream soon in the kingdom include
Jubail 3 and the Jeddah 3 desalination
facility. The country is also increasingly
turning towards membrane solutions,
and there are a few solar desalination
trials taking place. Its all a question of
scale and cost, in the long run it could
be very interesting, says Lloyd Owen.
Once the capex spend is over, it could
have quite an interesting impact on
operating costs.
One important traditional project
in the region teams Japans Hitachi
with Veolia Environnement through
its subsidiary OTV. Together with
Egyptian engineering frm Arabco, the
consortium recently won an engineer,
procure and construct (EPC) contract for
a pre-treatment system and ancillaries
including the river water intake
and water transport facilities for a
desalination plant in Basrah, Iraq.
The order, from the Iraqi Ministry
of Municipalities and Public Works, is
worth Y24 billion ($203 million) in total,
of which the Hitachi/Veolia share is
around Y10 billion ($84.5 million).
Construction was set to begin in
October and completion is scheduled for
April 2017.
Suez subsidiary Degrmont won
a major contract to design, construct
and operate the desalination element
of the new Mirfa independent water
and power project, 160 km west of Abu
Dhabi city, which is worth a total of 146
million ($182.8 million). South Koreas
Hyundai Engineering & Construction
chose the Suez subsidiary to build the
RO plant as part of an Abu Dhabi Water
and Electricity Authority (ADWEA)
contract.
Mirfa will have a 140,000 m3/day
capacity and will use SeaDaf fltration
technology to pre-treat the algae-rich
Arabian Gulf water, followed by a
double RO system. This contract will be
followed by a 29 million ($36.3 million)
contract for the plants operation and
maintenance, awarded to Degrmont by
the Mirfa International Power & Water
Company.
In Morocco, Biwater International
recently commissioned a new
wastewater treatment works for the
city of Khenifra, incorporating trickling
flters to improve odour control and
the quality of the effuent discharged.
The client was the Offce National de
lElectricitet de lEau Potable Branche
Eau (ONEE), and the project benefts
around 150,000 residents.
AMERICAS
What has been happening in the
American market is most interesting
it has seen the development of much
more focused contracts, with companies
taking on aspects of water management
rather than the whole, says Lloyd
Owen.
On the municipal side it has been
business as usual he says, with more
progress on the specifc outsourcing
side. The reason, he notes, is that there
is less political risk involved. It is
simpler.
America remains a fascinating place,
he adds the bastion of free enterprise,
but with attitudes towards water that
run counter to this principle. It is a big
challenge for the water industry, he
says.
The signifcant projects for MWH
Global this year are good examples
of the move towards more focused
solutions, as they include some major
environmental creation and restoration
activities and a signifcant CSO
alleviation contract.
MWH is providing engineering
and design services for the Easterly
tunnel dewatering pump station
project, one of the largest CSO pump
station projects in the US and a critical
element in addressing CSOs for the
city of Cleveland and surrounding
communities in northeast Ohio.
The 605,000 m 3/day project for the
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
will involve constructing a massive
pump station 240 ft underground to
house nine pumps. This will enable the
citys stormwater storage tunnels to
capture fows in a controlled way - these
would otherwise have been discharged
to surface waters, causing urban
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fooding and discharges of sanitary
sewage to the environment. This
project is due to complete in late 2016.
Engineering design cost on the project is
$6.94 million, and the total construction
budget is $73.2 million.
Several high profle environmental
improvement projects have also
started up: the South Florida Water
Management District awarded the high-
profle Everglades restoration project
in mid-June, for which MWH will
provide construction management and
engineering services to help implement
the $880 million Restoration Strategies
Regional Water Quality Plan.
Californias drought has led to much
tighter restrictions on groundwater use,
and this is also generating opportunities
for projects. For example, CH2M Hill
was awarded a $141.2 million contract
by the Woodland-Davis Clean Water
Agency for the cities of Davis and
Woodland to develop and operate a
system to treat surface water from the
Sacramento river. The project, which has
a 2016 deadline, will replace existing
groundwater sources.
A number of interesting contracts
have been awarded in South America,
including Degremonts 30 million
($37.6 million) EPC contract to provide
water treatment facilities for Klabin,
Brazils biggest packaging paper
exporter. Degremont will provide a
5900 m3/hour process water plant
equipped with its Densadeg technology
followed by Aquazur flters, and a boiler
feedwater plant with an ion exchange
system.
ASIA
China is clearly the place where things
are happening, says Lloyd Owen.
It stands out above all others. Water
problems there are now at the point
where they are affecting development,
which provides the incentive to make
progress.
The country also now has a true
national player, Beijing Enterprises
Water Group (BEWG), which provides
water and environmental services to
around 70 million people. Three to four
years ago there were no Chinese players
serving more than 13 to 14 million
people. BEWG is the frst company with
customers across China rather than a
regional player, Lloyd Owen says.
The company has also expanded its
activities to Portugal and Malaysia,
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and recently announced it has won
preferred bidder status for the second
Changi NEWater plant DBOO project in
Singapore.
China has a national strategy to
improve wastewater treatment by
90% over fve years, which has given
tremendous impetus to improvements.
BEWG recently signed a $288 million
B-loan agreement with the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) to upgrade
and operate wastewater treatment
plants across the country to meet the
1A standard, the countrys strictest
requirements for wastewater treatment.
Treated wastewater will be reused
for industrial and urban environmental
uses including machine cooling, boiler
operation and construction site cleaning.
The countrys Water Pollution
Prevention and Control plan is expected
to be introduced this year or next, and
investment in the water sector is forecast
by analyst Barrons to increase to CNY2
trillion ($326.7 billion) between 2016 and
2020, with tighter policy enforcement
and government monitoring as well as
stricter discharge standards.
Underlining the markets buoyancy,
the joint venture Yangzhou Sino
French Environment Company won
a 20-year contract in February worth
24 million ($30.1 million) to operate
the Yangzhou sludge drying plant in
Jiangsu province. The contract will
start in 2015 and involves drying 300
t/day of sludge, rising to 500 t/day,
mainly from Yangzhous Tangwang and
Liuwei facilities, which serve 4.5 million
inhabitants.
Sembcorp has been carving its own
niche in the burgeoning industrial
wastewater treatment market it was
chosen by the Jiangsu Environment
Protection Department to acquire and
upgrade a 20,000 m3/day industrial
wastewater treatment facility for
the Lianyungang Lingang chemical
industrial park in Jiangsu province.
The upgraded plant will be able to
treat highly concentrated industrial
wastewater and will serve as a model
for other industrial parks in the
province.
Meanwhile, Veolia has also been
making inroads in China. In the oil and
gas market, it signed a key project in
May for the Veolia/Sinopec operating
jv, Beijing Yanshan Veolia Water. For
this project, Veolias proprietary OPUS
technology will be used to reclaim 200
m3/hour of brine and enhance recovery
from an existing UF/RO refnery
wastewater recycling system. Main
consultant on the project is Sinopec
Ningbo Engineering Company and
the main contractor is Beijing Yanhua
Construction Engineering Company.
In Singapore, a joint venture between
Black & Veatch (B&V) and AECOM was
chosen in June by PUB, Singapores
national water agency, to provide
engineering services for Phase 2 of the
Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS).
The B&V+AECOM jv will work with
PUB to shape one of the most signifcant
and anticipated water projects in Asia.
The Drainage Services Department
(DSD) of the government of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR), has awarded Black & Veatch
(B&V) a feasibility study project to
relocate Sai Kung wastewater
treatment plant to caverns.
The effort is part of the
HKSAR governments
policy to boost land
supply for long-term
development needs.
The company is
also celebrating
completion
of a 10-year
programme
to improve drainage works in East
Kowloon. Construction of the 46,000
m3/dayPasay wastewater treatment
plant in Manila was a January win for
Veolia that involves a $25 million DBO
contract with a one-year O&M period
(for process proving).
The plant design and layout take into
consideration a future upgrade to meet
future standards, which are expected
to be stricter. The plant will incorporate
Veolias primary settlement - activated
sludge UV solution.
The main consultant was Arup at
tender stage and OEC at construction
stage, which started in May.
Commissioning is due in early 2015.
The Indian market is also fnally
taking off in spectacular fashion. We
often forget about India, says Lloyd
Owen. One of the most interesting
things is a culture shift a lot of utilities
until recently said that as long as we
deliver water regularly we dont need to
deliver it continuously.
Wastewater contracts are also fnally
beginning to appear Prime Minister
Narendra Modi recently made a
swatcha (cleanliness) pledge that aims
to create a clean India, a concept that
includes ending open defecation by the
150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi on 2
October 2019.
Austrias Va Tech Wabag won a Rs250
Cr (40 million) JICA-funded contract
from BWSSB at the beginning of the
year to design and construct a 90MLD
wastewater treatment plant at Bellandur
Amanikere in Karnataka, with a seven
year O&M period.
SPML Infrastructure has picked
up a number of contracts across the
country. One example of the companys
impressive workload being a recent
R372.70 Cr ($60.2 million) order from the
Public Health Engineering Department
(PHED), Jodhpur, for a water supply
scheme for 256 villages and the town
of Bhinmal, with a
Teamwork: Labelled as one of the most signifcant water projects in Asia, Phase 2 of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage
System (DTSS) was awarded to a B&V+AECOM jv
Construction of the 46,000 m3/day Pasay wastewater
treatment plant in Manila will include primary settlement -
activated sludge UV solution.
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10-year operation and maintenance
phase. Other recent awards include a
Rs164.60 Cr ($26.6 million) order from
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage
Board (BWSSB) to improve the citys
water distribution system, reduce
unaccounted-for water and undertake
leakage control, topped by a fve-year
O&M phase.
AUSTRALASIA
Municipal desalination has lost its
impetus in most urban areas apart from
Perth with the easing of Australias
big dry with more abundant rains.
Many of the countrys landmark projects
including the Melbourne, Sydney
and Gold Coast plants (and shortly
Adelaide, when its two-year trial period
is completed in January) have been
mothballed.
The practicalities remain pretty
unimpressive, Lloyd Owen remarks.
Now that dams are flling up again,
the one area of change may well be
in considering private investment in
maintaining and managing dams as well
as pondering new ones.
On the industrial side, he notes that
Queensland is pondering offering
50-year leases for 16 industrial water
pipelines operated by Sun-Water.
Some of the biggest contracts this
year have involved supplying water
to remote mining and industrial sites.
GHD undertook a key element of a
major AUD$300 million ($258.3 million)
contract to construct the Mundaring
water treatment plant in Western
Australia, a 165,000 m3/day facility
expandable to 240,000 m3/day.
Helena Water will operate and
maintain the plant for 35 years, and
further contracted Acciona and Trility
to design, construct and commission the
facilities, with the design undertaken
in collaboration with GHD. State utility
Hunter Water Corporation also awarded
Veolia a contract this year to operate and
maintain 25 of its water and wastewater
treatment plants in New South Waless
Hunter region.
The 193 million ($241.8 million)
contract is the largest ever awarded by
the utility and involves Veolia operating
and maintaining the plants, which
supply services to over half a million
people in the region.
In New Zealand, Mott MacDonald
won a contract from Watercare Services
to design the NZD63 million ($49.5
million) expansion of Aucklands
Rosedale wastewater treatment plant,
one of a series of projects intended to
cater for predicted population growth.
The expansion includes a new 3
km pipeline and pump station, an
additional primary sedimentation tank,
digester and feed tank system, and a
modifed Ludzac k Ettinger reactor to
treat wastewater. The project is due to
complete in 2019.
Meanwhile, TaKaDu won a contract
extension from Queensland water
utility Unitywater on an expansion of
a trial project to improve the utilitys
operational visibility and effciency
and reduce costs and water losses.
Jacobs, TaKaDus Australian technology
partner, managed the deployment.
The contract extension will increase
the amount of network being monitored
by the TaKaDu solution since its trial
installation in 2013, nearly a billion litres
of water (equivalent to AUD$2 million,
or $1.7 million) has been saved, the
company reports.
The article was produced by WWi magazine
with assistance from David Lloyd Owen,
managing director of consultancy Envisager.
The article can be found online at www.
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In the next instalment of WWis technology series, we tackle the key industry product of pumps. With winter in
full swing in Europe and headlines circulating about fooding threats, we ask the question: How can pumps help
meet the growing environmental concern of food alleviation?
Flooding is not just the most
common cause of disaster in the
world; it is also by far the fastest
growing. At the same time, not all foods
are alike. Some foods develop slowly,
while others can develop in just a few
minutes even without visible signs of
rain. Some foods are local, impacting a
neighbourhood or community; others
are very large, affecting entire river
basins and multiple countries.
That means that for reliable food
control theres a lot at stake. Initially,
the protection of people, their homes,
production facilities, crops and livestock
is a priority. And in the longer term,
proper food control solutions that can
prevent contamination of drinking
water supply systems, damage to
infrastructure and the potential risk of
famine are required.
Limiting the potential damage of
coastal and inland fooding requires
among other necessary aspects - a
pumping solution that is dependable.
And that is as true for preventive
food risk management as for food
event management (during an event
of fooding) and as well for post food
measures.
Preventive food risk management
requires dependable pumping
solutions. These range from house
drainage pumping stations and
stormwater solutions, to network
pumping stations that handle rainwater
in scattered settlements and urban
areas. Also required are solutions
ranging from main pumping stations
in rainwater systems with associated
stormwater basins. This is as well as
mega stations for handling water fows
in tributaries to larger rivers and outlet
to the receiving waters or the sea.
Flood event management requires
reliable pump solutions where effcient
control and monitoring plays a major
role in securing effective operations
during the fooding occurrence.
Concepts for service, preventive
maintenance and preparedness for
existing installations are central to this.
Post-food measures are needed.
Immediately after a food, a
community faces great challenges.
The population is at risk, as drinking
water supplies may be infected. To
get the infrastructure back on track,
sewage must be removed and entire
areas cleaned up. Pumping of excess
water requires suitably portable pump
solutions as well as mobile disinfection
solutions to maintain a drinking water
supply.
The amount of food scenarios has
increased over the past decades and
at the same time populations have
also become more vulnerable, due to
increased settlement in low-lying areas
and ne
