Aqua-Chem Inc Is to Supply a Swro Plant for The Turks and Caicos Islands

Aqua-Chem Inc is to supply a seawater reverse osmosis(SWRO)cccin the West Indies.The state of the art 1136 m3/day plant,which features Aqua-Chem's process design and energy recovery technology,is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2013.It will be the fourth SWRO plant that Aqua-Chem has provided to the Turks and Caicos Islands government. This latest project is Aqua-Chem's first joint venture with micro utilities developer Matrix Enviro Ltd,which is based in the Bahamas. Aqua-Chem has been a leader in Caribbean SWRO projects for more than 25 years,with operations in the Bahamas,Turks and Caicos Islands,Haiti,US Virgin Islands,British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Jamaica, Mexico, Columbia and Aruba. David Gensterblum,Aqua-Chem president and CEO,said:"We are gratified by the confidence shown by the Turks and Caicos Islands government in awarding this contract to Aqua-Chem Inc.The nearly 20-year-duration of our involvement in supporting the Turks and Caicos'vital SWRO infrastructure is a testament to the government's willingness to address the water needs of residents and visitors alike." Headquartered in Knoxville,Tennessee,Aqua-Chem specialises in providing water treatment solutions with a full range of thermal and membrane water treatment technologies.These include vapour compression distillation,flash evaporation,reverse osmosis,membrane filtration and ion exchange.