국제 공개발표의 한 부분으로 네덜란드 기술 Nereda가 퀸즈랜드의 남부 Burnett지역 의회에 의해 계약이 체결된 이후 호주에서 처음으로 사용될 계획이다.

Aquatec Maxcon사는 1만2천500여 인구에게 서비스를 지원하기 위해 플랜트 업그레이드를 설계하고 시공할 예정이다. 이 업그레이드는 퀸즈랜드 주 정부로부터 호주돈으로 1천만 달러까지 지원될 것으로 보이며, 2016년 9월까지 완공될 것으로 예상된다. 이 시설은 Kingaroy 지역에 물을 제공할 예정이며, 이 물은 스포츠 운동장 관개에 재사용될 수 있다.

 

 

 

As part of its international roll out, Dutch technology Nereda will be used in Australia for the first time after a contract has been awarded by Queensland’s South Burnett Regional Council.

 

Aquatec Maxcon - the Australian Nereda technology partner of international engineering and consultancy firm Royal HaskoningDHV ? will design and construct the plant upgrade to support a population of 12,500.

 

The upgrade will be supported by AUS$10 million in funding from the Queensland State Government and is expected to be completed by September 2016. It will provide the Kingaroy community with water which can also be reused to irrigate sporting grounds in the area.

 

Nereda is derived from the name of a water nymph in Greek mythology. It was invented by the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and has taken 20 years to be developed through a public-private partnership.

 

The private entity in this group is Dutch consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV, with the Dutch Water Boards acting as the public partner.

 

Nereda treats wastewater with the features of so-called aerobic granular biomass: purifying bacteria that create compact granules with “superb settling properties”, according to the Dutch consultancy.

 

It was in May 2012 when the Dutch town of Epe opened the first commercial scale wastewater treatment plant to use the technology.

 

Over 10 plants using Nereda treatment technology are now in operation or being constructed, in the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa and Brazil.

 

Royal HaskoningDHV predicts that by 2018, there could be as many as 50 installations worldwide (see WWi story).

 

Commenting on the Australia contract, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann, said: "The project will deliver significant benefits for residents and businesses across Kingaroy, allowing for projected population growth over the next 20 years.”

 

Greg Johnston, managing director of Aquatec Maxcon, said: “The adoption of this first Australian Nereda process in Kingaroy should lead other utilities and councils to take a similar approach to sewage treatment processes.”

 

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 11월 19일]