Biwater AEWT Awarded Desalination Contract in California
01 October 2009
Biwater AEWT Inc. (BAEWT) has announced, following a competitive bid, that it has been awarded a contract to design and supply a new membrane desalination system for the City of Port Hueneme. The new membrane system will deliver a total of 1 million gallons per day (MGD) of high quality drinking water when completed.
The new system will be installed as a replacement for an existing electro-dialysis reversal system, which has proven to be too costly to maintain and operate.
Biwater AEWT, who is well known for their highly advanced, innovative membrane treatment systems, will be designing and supplying a new energy efficient desalination system that will incorporate two separate energy recovery systems.
One energy recovery system will be provided to transfer hydraulic energy from the second stage concentrate to the second stage feed. The second energy recovery system will transfer the hydraulic energy from an existing raw water bypass line to produce electrical energy to the plant.
This fast track project is due to be complete within 130 days. When completed the entire facility will be producing 4 million gallons per day of potable mineralized water in accordance with strict US standards at significantly reduced energy consumption.