Biwater Completes Virgin Islands Desal Plant
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Water technology company, Biwater, has started full commercial operation of a new 10,400 m³/day reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant constructed by the firm on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands
Biwater will operate the plant for 16 years under a build, own, operate and transfer deal with the Virgin Islands government.
Biwater's construction of the desalination plant and water storage facilities was funded using a $43 million loan from Barclays. The deal includes a water purchase agreement and Biwater has doubled the water storage capacity on Tortola to extend distribution to new areas of the island.
The improvements helps to meet Tortola's water treatment capacity needs as well as addressing a government requirement to meet the growing demands of of the Virgin Islands' tourist industry. The increased water production capacity will be used to supply cruise ships that dock in Tortola
The reverse osmosis plant uses a two pass system, running at 45% conversion efficiency. It incorporates four first pass trains and two second pass trains and is designed to run at 100% capacity. Pre-treatment consists of two-stage media filtration followed by five micron cartridge filtration, to protect the system from foulants.
Source: Desalination.Biz
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