Ultrafiltration Tech Helps Clean Water Supplying
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Xylem Inc. Has Provided UltrafiltrationSolutions to the Santa Eufemia Municipal Water Treatment Plantas Part of a Recent Effort to Expand the Treatment Capacity of the Utility
The facility, based north of the city of Oporto, has a new capacity of 24 million liters per day as a result of the upgrade, providingclean drinking waterto roughly 80,000 people in the Guimarães and Vizela regions.
Xylem has worked with Moinhos Ambiente, the company in charge of engineering, procurement and construction for the project, to provide GE's ZeeWeed* 1500 membrane modules and Lowara pumps, as well as process and design engineering support, in a contract worth €430,000 ($552,500) to Xylem.
The Santa Eufemia plant treats water from the nearby Rio Ave River and is operated by Vimágua, the municipal authority forwater managementin the region. Plant upgrade work was required as a result of deteriorating water quality from the river. The plant is now one of the largest installations of GE's ZeeWeed 1500 modules in Europe and the Middle East.
Xylem has been a distribution partner for GE's membrane filtration products since November 2011. GE's ZeeWeed 1500 membranes were chosen for the Santa Eufemia plant because of their reliable filtration that provides superior water quality.
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