Aquatech는 아랍에미리트 최북단인 Ras Al Khaimah에 위치한 Ghalilah 지역에 하루 60Ml 규모 해수 역삼투 기반의 담수화 플랜트를 설치했다. 아랍에미리트는 향후 2년 동안 최대 90%까지 지하수 의존도를 줄이려고 하고 있다.

FEWA는 Aquatech에 플랜트 EPC 계약을 수주했으며, Aquatech는 FEWA에 운영 감독 및 지원을 제공할 예정이다. 8천200만 달러 규모의 이번 플랜트는 지난 3월 운영에 들어갔으며 Ras Al Khaimah 지역에 식수를 공급하고 있다.

 

 

 

Water and wastewater technology company, Aquatech, has installed a 60 Ml/d seawater reverse osmosis-based desalination plant at Ghalilah, in Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

UAE is seeking to reduce its dependence on groundwater by 90% over the next two years. FEWA awarded Aquatech the engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contract to build the plant. Aquatech will provide operations supervision and support to FEWA.

 

The US$ 82 million plant was commissioned in March 2015 and supplies drinking water for the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. It is FEWA's largest desalination plant to date.

 

"This facility is a pioneer plant in term of the latest technologies that were used, which enables FEWA to save millions of Dirhams in term of reducing power consumption," said director general of FEWA, His Excellency Mohammed Mohammed Saleh.

 

Aquatech provided the core reverse osmosis plant, the seawater intake, ultrafiltration, post-treatment, and a sophisticated system for performance enhancement and data monitoring.

 

The company supplied dissolved air flotation technology to protect the plant from seasonal red tides of harmful algal blooms which can affect the taste and odour of the water and cause a plant shut down.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 9월 7일]