부유 이온교환(Suspended Ion Exchange)와 세라믹 미세 정화 설비르 이용하는 수처리 플랜트가 네덜란드 PWN 테크놀로지의 CeraMac 기술을 채택하는 영국의 South West Water 사에 의해 설립될 예정이다.

북부 플라이머스(Plymouth), 로버로우(Roborough)에서 진행되는 이번 설립은 크라운힐(Crownhill)에 세워진 하루 150톤 처리 성능의 시범 플랜트를 기반으로 시행될 것으로 보인다. 이는 PWN 사의 기술이 영국에 도입된 첫 사례이다.

향후 18개월 동안, 유능한 연구단이 다양한 천연 수자원을 이용하여 시범 운영 및 테스트를 진행할 것으로 알려졌다. 위 시범 운영은 PWN 사와 South West Water 사로 하여금 2018년부터 본격적으로 가동될 본 플랜트의 원활한 프로세스와 디자인을 교정하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

A water treatment plant using suspended ion-exchange (SIX) and ceramic microfiltration is to be built by the UK's South West Water using CeraMac technology from PWN Technologies of the Netherlands.

The installation, at Roborough, north of Plymouth, will be based on a 150 m³/d demonstration plant built at Crownhill. It is the first time that PWN technology has been used in the UK. 

Over the next 18 months, a dedicated team will be testing the process with a variety of raw water sources. This will enable PWN and South West to fine-tune the process and help with the design of the new treatment works, which is scheduled for operation in 2018. 

Chris Rockey, South West's science and water quality manager, said: "The processes required to produce high-quality drinking water have traditionally been both energy and chemical-intensive and produce a lot of waste. Advances in drinking water technology and new approaches to the management of raw water supplies are beginning to offer more cost-effective and sustainable alternatives to how drinking water is produced." 

"We have always been convinced of the advantages of our SIX and CeraMac technology," said Jonathan Clement, CEO of PWN Technologies. We are very pleased that South West Water has recognized these advantages of our technology in a very early stage of the demoproject." 

"The results of our CeraMac demo plant in Singapore has already proved its potential. It exceed all expectations, and I am confident this will happen again," he added. 

[출처: D&WR / 2013년 7월 17일]