Zenon To Supply New Membrane System For Waikato River Project.BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- ZENON Environmental
ZENON Environmental is a Canadian water treatment company based in Oakville, Ontario. Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :ZEN.) (TSE:ZEN.A.) announced today that it will be supplying its leading edge ZeeWeed(r) membrane filtration technology to a new drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. plant to be built along the Waikato River Waikato River River, North Island, New Zealand. Rising on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu as the Tongariro River, it flows north through Lake Taupo, then northwest to enter the Tasman Sea. in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Watercare Services Ltd, the water authority responsible for the project, awarded the contract to a consortium composed of McConnell Smith & Beca Consultants, Thiess Contractors, and CH2MHill. This consortium chose ZENON to be the supplier of its industry leading ZeeWeed(r) membrane filtration system. ZENON's portion of the contract is valued at approximately $7 million. The plant, scheduled to be operational by 2002, will service the Auckland community and has planned expansions to over three times its initial size over the next 15 years - making this one of the largest ultrafiltration ultrafiltration /ul·tra·fil·tra·tion/ (ul?trah-fil-tra´shun) filtration through a filter capable of removing very minute (ultramicroscopic) particles. ul·tra·fil·tra·tion n. plants in the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . "The success in this project has great strategic value to ZENON as it will be the first major reference plant in the Pacific Rim region. This area has great opportunities for ZENON's technology and our recently opened Singapore office has the opportunity to exploit this," stated Dr. Andrew Benedek, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "ZENON is proud to have the opportunity to serve Watercare Services Ltd., a highly prestigious water company, providing water to the largest population base in New Zealand," continued Dr. Benedek. ZENON is a world leader in providing advanced membrane products and services for water purification, wastewater treatment and water recycle. The ZENON group of companies operates from six locations in North America, six in Europe, and one in each of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. ZENON's products and services are marketed for a variety of industrial, institutional, and government applications through ZENON's offices and representatives located throughout the world. Additional information is available at the company's web site www.zenonenv.com. |
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