GE Awards WEB Aruba With ecomagination Leadership Award; WEB Aruba Applauded for Their Outstanding Environmental, Conservation and Societal Contributions.

TREVOSE, Pa. -- GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), presented Water and Energy Aruba N.V. (WEB Aruba), a large water and power producer in the Caribbean, with GE's ecomagination Leadership Award today. GE presented the award, which honors recipients for striking a positive balance between industrial and environmental challenges, at the International Desalination Association World Congress in Singapore.

"Aruba's beaches are some of the most pristine beaches in world, which is part of the reason why tourism is the country's top industry," said George Oliver, CEO, GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies. "Tourism and growth depend on maintaining Aruba's natural beauty, so it is critical that the island's businesses understand the benefits of maintaining a healthy balance between industrial and environmental needs. By partnering with GE's ecomagination technology, WEB Aruba not only decreased industrial environmental impacts, but they also demonstrated that what's good for the environment is increasingly good for business."

WEB Aruba is responsible for the entire island of Aruba's water supply -- producing nearly 11 million gallons of drinking water a day and serving over 26,000 homes and businesses. The island's water has been rated by the World Health Organization as one of the best on the world.

Since partnering with GE's ecomagination technology, WEB Aruba has been able to decrease overall environmental impacts, energy use, smokestack plume and emissions output while conserving water and increasing water quality.

The ecomagination Leadership Award is presented to the top one percent of GE customers, whose environmental contributions include: conserving water; reducing environmental contaminants, effluent and emissions; decreasing energy use and overall operating costs.

GE's ecomagination products aid the potable, industrial and agriculture industries in meeting their water needs, achieving regulatory compliance and minimizing environmental impacts.

GE's ecomagination products include:

--Water Scarcity Solutions, produce fresh, usable water for drinking, irrigation and industrial uses; lessen stress placed on limited sources of fresh water; and decrease dependence placed on environmental factors, like irregular rainfall.

--Advanced Membrane and Separation Solutions Technologies, produce customized, clean, usable water that benefits a wide-range of industries, most of whom depend on water as their lifeblood. GE's Advanced Membrane and Separation Solutions Technologies help industries, like the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, food and beverage, increase productivity, reduce energy and cut overall costs.

For more information on water scarcity solutions and ecomagination, please visit www.gewater.com.

GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies

GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, is an industry leader in solving the world's most pressing water reuse, industrial, irrigation, municipal, and drinking water needs. Through desalination, advanced membrane, separation solutions, and water reuse and wastewater management and process technologies, GE delivers added value to its customers. By improving performance and product quality, reducing operating costs, and extending equipment life through a broad range of products and services that are designed to optimize total performance; protect customers' assets; prevent fouling and scaling; and safeguard the environment through water conservation and energy reduction. For more information on GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, visit www.gewater.com.