5,000 m³/d 성능으로 개선 가능한 1.700 m³/d 규모의 해수 담수화 시설이 체더버그(Cederberg)시를 위해 남아프리카 램버츠 만에 베올리아 수자원 기술회사에 의해 세워진다.

1,700만 랜드(약 170만 달러)의 지원으로 베올리아는 표준적인 시설 구조를 개선해 높은 성능과 담수 기능을 유지하여야 한다. 에너지 절감과 이산화탄소 배출 절감을 위해 시설은 초기 자본 투자 목적에 부합한 완벽한 에너지 복원 시스템을 갖출 예정이다.

A 1,700 m³/d seawater desalination plant, upgradeable to 5,000 m³/d, is to be built in Lamberts Bay in South Africa for the Cederberg Municipality by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa. 

Under a R 17 million (US$ 1.7 million) Veolia has to optimise standard plant designs to maintain a high design-and-build quality. To ensure significant energy savings and reduced CO2 emissions, the plant will be fitted with a state-of-the-art energy recovery system as part of the plant's initial capital investment. 

Pretreatment will be by dual-media pressure filters, and the details of the operation and maintenance contract are currently being finalised with the municipality, says Veolia. 

The plant will help alleviate growing pressure on the region's water system and improve availability of high-quality water for the region's nearly 40,000 residents. 

"A steady increase in water consumption by the town and surrounding farmers has resulted in an overall drop in groundwater levels," says Cobus Olivier, engineering manager at Veolia in Paarl. "This new plant is part of the Cederberg Municipality's drive to correct this problem and improve water sustainability." 

The Lamberts Bay contract follows six seawater desalination plants installed by Veolia along the Cape coastline since 2009 at Canon Rocks, Bushman's River Mouth, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and Saldanha. 

[출처: D&WR / 2013년 6월 18일]