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March 2017 


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INTRODUCTION 

Issue Content....................................................01 

Opening Letter...............................................02 

MENA Water Digest.......................................04 

WATER TREATMENT 

Groundwater Treatment 

The Environmental Impacts of TWW on 

Groundwater & Drainage Water in Tunisia........07 

WASTEWATER TREATMENT 

Wastewater Treatment Equipment 

Exploring the Use of Wastewater 

in Agriculture.................................................10 

DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY 

Multistage Flash Distillation 

Reduction of CO 2 

Release in MSF Distillers: 

NF Pretreatment as CO 2 

Deaerator..................14 

FEATURE 

Dams 


At High Risk for Catastrophic Deterioration......18 

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS 

Centrifugal Pumps 

ME Centrifugal Pumps Market 

Steady Boost to Growth................................23 

Chlorinators & Softeners 

Water Softeners & RO Water Purifiers: 

An Effective Combination...............................26 

Trenchless Technology 

Keeping Microtunneled Pipelines on Track.....29 

COUNTRY REPORTS 

Egypt 

Egypt’s Renewable Energy Sector 

Presents Strong Investment Opportunity..........35 

Japan 

New Energy Strategy to 2030 and Beyond......36 

Turkey 

Opportunities and Challenges 

for Water Security in South-East Turkey...........38 

United Kingdom 

The Way UK Organizations Manage Water 

is about to Change Forever.........46 

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DEPARTMENTS 

Corporate Happenings...................................47 

E-News..........................................................49 

Products & Services.......................................50 

Projects & Developmets.................................55 

Events Preview................................................57 

SERVICES 

Coming Events..............................................58 

Buyers’ Guide................................................59 

INFO 

Advertisers’ Index..........................................60 

General Information........................................61 

Closing Letter.................................................62 

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02 OPENING LETTER 

الرسالة اإلفتتاحية 

Water Purifiers 

Making Headway in MEA 

أجهزة تنقية املياه تحرز تقدمًا 

يف منطقة الرشق األوسط وأفريقيا 

Residential water treatment devices help eradicate undesirable chemicals, 

gases, suspended solids or biological contaminants from water, thus making 

it safe to consume. The residential water treatment devices market has 

been experiencing stable growth over the years due to improved availability 

of purification and filtration devices, wide product choice, and growth in 

population, with the last factor having resulted in increased contamination 

of fresh water sources and rise in construction of new residential building, 

according to a recent report by Future Market Insights. 

The Middle East & Africa (MEA) market is also witnessing mass migration 

of people to urban centers, leading to increased demand for water purifiers 

in these centers. Economies of North Africa, on the other hand, have also 

been expanding at a healthy growth rates in the last few years, a factor 

which in turn is expected to further fuel growth of the overall residential 

water treatment devices market in the MEA region. GCC region is 

witnessing entry of globally established water purifier brands, which has 

resulted into increased competition in the market. Increased competition, in 

turn, ensures marginal decline in price of residential water treatment devices 

in the retail market. The report states that around 44 percent of the Middle 

East & Africa population still lives in rural area and is not aware about the 

necessity and techniques of purifying and filtering water. Penetrating these 

markets may be a challenging task for the concerned market participants, 

as most of the vendors will have to begin by creating awareness regarding 

water purifiers and filters and the importance of these products. 

The March 2017 issue of Arab Water World (AWW) magazine covers a 

number of interesting projects and topics. On page 07, the article sheds light 

on the environmental impacts of TWW on drainage water and groundwater 

in Cebala – in Tunisia. The article on page 14 discusses the influence of 

nanofiltration on carbon dioxide (CO 2 

) release in MSF distillers. Moreover, 

the article on page 26 highlights the global water softener market which 

is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.98 

percent from 2016 to 2020. This issue is also abounded with a number of 

technical articles, country reports as well as news about latest innovations 

and market trends. Your comments and remarks are appreciated; please 

don’t hesitate to contact us through our email content@cph.world 

تساعد أجهزة معالجة املياه يف املباين السكنية يف القضاء عىل املواد الكيميائية غري 

املرغوب فيها،‏ والغازات،‏ والعوالق الصلبة أو امللوثات البيولوجية من املياه،‏ وبالتايل 

جعلها آمنة لالستهالك.‏ ووفقًا لتقرير صدر مؤخرًا عن رشكة فيوترش ماركت إنسايتس 

Insights( ،)Future Market شهدت سوق أجهزة معالجة املياه يف املباين السكنية 

استقرارًا يف نسبة النمو عىل مدى السنوات األخرية،‏ بفضل تحسُّ‏ ن توافر أجهزة التنقية 

والتصفية،‏ وتوفُّر اختيارات واسعة للمنتج،‏ ومنو عدد السكان.‏ ويسهم هذا العامل األخري 

يف زيادة تلوث مصادر املياه العذبة،‏ وارتفاع نسبة إنشاء األبنية السكنية الجديدة.‏ 

تشهد سوق منطقة الرشق األوسط وأفريقيا هجرة جامعية للناس نحو املراكز 

الحرضية،‏ األمر الذي يؤدي إىل زيادة الطلب عىل أجهزة تنقية املياه يف هذه 

املناطق.‏ كام خربت اقتصادات شامل أفريقيا توسُّ‏ عًا مبعدالت منو جيدة يف 

السنوات القليلة املاضية،‏ األمر الذي سيعزِّز منو إجاميل سوق أجهزة معالجة 

املياه يف املباين السكنية يف منطقة الرشق األوسط وأفريقيا.‏ وتشهد دول مجلس 

التعاون الخليجي دخول العالمات التجارية العاملية لتنقية املياه،‏ ما أدَّ‏ ى إىل 

زيادة املنافسة يف السوق.‏ وأدّ‏ ت زيادة املنافسة بدورها إىل انخفاض طفيف يف 

سعر أجهزة معالجة املياه يف املباين السكنية يف سوق التجزئة.‏ ويشري التقرير إىل 

أنه نحو 44 يف املئة من سكان منطقة الرشق األوسط وأفريقيا ما زالوا يعيشون يف 

املناطق الريفية،‏ وهم ليسوا عىل دراية برضورة تنقية وترشيح املياه وال بتقنياتها.‏ 

لذا يعدُّ‏ اخرتاق هذه األسواق مهمة صعبة للمشاركني يف هذه السوق،‏ إذ سيضطر 

معظم التُّجار إىل تعزيز الوعي حول أجهزة تنقية املياه والفالتر وحول أهمية 

هذه املنتجات.‏ 

يُغطي عدد آذار / مارس 2017 من مجلة عامل املياه العريب مواضيع مختلفة ومثرية 

لإلهتامم.‏ فيلقي مقال الصفحة 07 الضوء عىل اآلثار البيئية ملياه الرصف الصحي 

املُعالجة عىل مياه الرصف واملياه الجوفية يف مدينة السبالة يف تونس.‏ ويتناول مقال 

الصفحة 14 تأثري الرتشيح النانوي عىل ثاين أكسيد الكربون املنبعث يف جهاز التقطري 

الوميض املتعدد املراحل.‏ أمَّا مقال الصفحة 26 فريكِّز عىل سوق مُزيل عُ‏ سْ‏ املاء التي 

من املتوقع أن تنمو مبعدل سنوي مركب بنسبة 6.98 يف املئة بني العامني 2016- 

2020. كام يزخر هذا العدد مبقاالت تقنية وتقارير حول البلدان باإلضافة إىل آخر 

األخبار حول أحدث ابتكارات سوق املياه واتجاهاتها.‏ آراءكم وتعليقاتكم تهمّ‏ نا،‏ فال 

ترتدّ‏ دوا بالتواصل معنا عرب الربيد اإللكرتوين content@cph.world 

Fathi Chatila 

Editor-in-Chief 

فتحي شاتيال 

رئيس التحرير 

Honorary Content Consultants (HCC) 

• Dr. Bakenaz A. Zeydan - Head of Water Engineering Department, 

Tanta University, Egypt 

• Dr. Eng. Darwish Ibrahim Yousef - Prof. of Yousef Office for 

Science & Engineering, Syria 

• Dr. Jalal Halwani - The Lebanese University, Lebanon 

• Eng. Mohamad Amin Saad - President Masar Technologies, USA 

• Dr. Mritunjay Chaubey - Pentair Water, India 

• Euro Ing. Prof. Nidal Hilal - Director of The Centre for Clean Water 

Technologies, Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre, 

School of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. 

• Dr. Riyad Abou Maizar - Associated Consultants Engineers (ACE), Bahrain 

• Dr. Walid Saleh - Int’l Network on water, Environmental & Health 

(INWEH), The United Nations University, Jordan 

• Dr. Yousef Al. Rumikhani - Assistant Professor - King Abdul Aziz City 

for Science & Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia 

• Prof. Adel Sharif - University of Surrey, UK 

• Dr. Ing. Aiman Eid Al-Rawajfeh - Tafila Technical University Dep. 

Chemical Engineering - Jordan 

• Dr. Sajid Mahmood (Azeemi) - Assistant Professor in Water Resources 

Management, COE in Water Resources Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan 

• Dr. Adil AL Tamimi - Associate Professor of civil enginering and Director of 

the institute of Materials Systems “IMS” School of Engineering, 

American University of Sharjah UAE

04 MENA Water Digest 

Jordan 

Jordan Makes Use 

of Solar Power 

Yellow Door Energy (YDE), a Dubaibased 

firm that invests in and operates 

distributed solar and energy efficiency 

assets, has announced the signing of an 

agreement with Jordan Hospital to build, 

develop and operate a 4.7 MWp PV solar 

power plant. The partnership comes as 

part of Jordan Hospital's efforts to reduce 

its CO 2 

footprint by moving to electricity 

generated from renewable energy sources. 

Dr. Abdullah Al-Bashir, General Manager 

of Jordan Hospital and Jeremy Crane, 

CEO of Yellow Door Energy signed the 

agreement recently in Amman. "As part of 

the hospital’s energy diversification strategy, 

we are looking at, meeting our electricity 

needs through power generated by natural 

resources and, in doing so, reducing 

our carbon footprint and greenhouse 

emissions,” said Ahmad Khattab, Managing 

Director of Jordan Hospital. “The project will 

contribute towards meeting the hospital’s 

medium and long-term electricity needs, as 

it is scheduled to be connected to the grid 

by 2017. 

North I, which was developed under a 

public-private partnership model, the 

first steps have taken in this direction. Al- 

Marzouq also commented on the recent 

deal among OPEC and non-OPEC 

members to cut oil production across the 

board. He emphasized this is not about 

pushing commodity prices up: “The oil 

price is a product of supply and demand 

and OPEC’s price-influencing mechanism 

is less powerful than a decade ago now 

that there are other important actors on 

the market,” he told TBY. “This dialogue 

is important for sustainable energy 

production across all markets.” 

industry experts throughout the Gulf region 

to share best practices.“For every barrel 

of oil produced in Oman, roughly 9 barrels 

of water are produced along with it. Every 

day more than one million cubic meters 

of produced water are generated in the 

Sultanate’s oilfields,” explained Siddiqa Al 

Lawati. “There is a clear imperative to put this 

precious resource to good use. However, 

before it can be utilized in applications from 

industry to agriculture, the water has to be 

treated. Treatment of produced water is 

energy intensive, consuming vast quantities 

of steam and electricity, typically produced 

by burning natural gas. 

Kuwait 

Al-Marzouq Interviews 

with the Business Year 

The global publisher The Business Year 

(TBY) recently met with Essam Abdul 

Mohsen Al-Marzouq, the newly appointed 

Minister of Oil and the Minister of Electricity 

and Water of Kuwait. The Minister spoke 

extensively about privatization plans in 

the electricity sector and elaborated on 

his intentions to move the Ministry of 

Electricity and Water away from being 

a producer in order to become more of a 

regulator. With the finalization of Kuwait’s 

first commercial power plant, Al-Zoor 

Oman 

The Oilfield Produced 

Water Conference 

GlassPoint Solar, the well-known supplier 

of solar to the oil and gas industry, 

presented at the 2 nd Middle East Oilfield 

Produced Water Conference in Muscat. 

GlassPoint water expert, Siddiqa Al Lawati, 

discussed the environmental and economic 

advantages of using GlassPoint’s solar 

technology in the produced water treatment 

process. The 2017 bi-annual event, held 

under the patronage of Salim bin Nasser Al 

Aufi, Under Secretary, Ministry of Oil and 

Gas, brings together water and oil and gas 

Qatar 

Crystal Lagoons Unveiled 

New Technology 

Crystal Lagoons, the multinational water 

innovation company and developer of 

the “world’s top amenity”, has held 

a series of meetings with prominent 

Qatari real estate developers as the 

country looks to capitalize on a growth 

in tourism numbers and estimated 

revenues. According to the Qatar 

Tourism Authority, the country aims 

to welcome between seven and nine 

million tourists annually, supported 

by USD40-45 billion worth of sector 

Arab Water World (AWW) March 2017 / Vol. XL Issue 3

05 ملخّ‏ ص املياه يف الرشق األوسط وشامل أفريقيا 

investment under the country’s National 

Tourism Sector Strategy 2030 plan, up 

from an estimated 4.3 to five million in 

2022 – when it is set to host the FIFA 

World Cup. “We have developed our 

patented technology and a proven 

business model to ultimately add 

significant value at a very low cost. Our 

ultrasonic filtration system means we 

Saudi Arabia 

Exchange of Expertise 

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Environment, 

Water and Agriculture, Engineer 

successful Saudi experience in other 

member countries. The President 

of the IsDB Group at the meeting 

expressed the Bank’s readiness to 

arrange exchange of expertise and 

knowledge between the Ministry 

and other member countries. The 

meeting also reviewed the sustainable 

agricultural activities as well as the 

relevant economic, financial, and 

social investments. 

use less than 2 percent of the energy 

required by conventional filtration 

systems, half the water of a park 

of the same size and 30 times less 

water than a golf course,” said Carlos 

Salas. Showcased for the first time in 

Doha, Salas unveiled a new film-based 

evaporation technology. 

Abdurrahman Abdul Mohsen Al- 

Fadli, has discussed cooperation 

opportunities between his ministry 

and the Islamic Development Bank 

(IsDB) Group. He also reviewed with 

the President of the IsDB Group, Dr. 

Bandar Hajjar, and his accompanying 

delegation at the Ministry’s premises 

in Riyadh, on Sunday, the Bank’s 

experience in supporting agriculture 

and water supply in member countries. 

The Minister then attended a detailed 

presentation on IsDB Group’s 

activities and operations in the field of 

water and food security and touched 

upon Saudi Arabia’s national strategy 

for food security which has achieved 

a great success underlining the role 

IsDB Group can play in replicating the 

UAE 

Masagos Zulkifli Visits the 

Sustainable City 

Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the 

Environment and Water of Resources of 

Singapore, visited The Sustainable City, the 

first Net Zero Energy city in Dubai and the 

Middle East’s first operational sustainable 

community. The Ministry party was led 

by Masagos Zulkifli, who was joined by 

Samuel Tan, Ambassador of Singapore 

to the UAE and other delegations from 

the ministry and representatives from 

the National Environment Agency in 

Singapore. The group’s visit included 

a tour around the residential clusters, 

the green spine, and the sustainable 

plaza. Faris Saeed, Engineer and CEO 

at Diamond Developers, the realestate 

company behind the Sustainable 

City, said: “We are honored to welcome 

Masagos Zulkifli to our city. We hope 

that this visit helps us exchange solutions 

and practices contributing towards 

sustainable developments that are 

capable of dealing with climate change 

without wasting natural resources or 

impacting quality of life.” The Sustainable 

City has welcomed a number of official 

delegations from a number of different 

countries to observe a unique experience, 

including academic representatives and 

delegations from the UN. These visits aim 

to address opportunities that support the 

city’s goals to cope with climate change, 

and continue to promote the development 

of sustainability in conjunction with the 

UN Framework Convention on Climate 

Change (UNFCCC). 

عامل املياه العريب آذار ‏)مارس(‏ / 201٧ مجلّد - ٤٠ عدد ٣

Water Treatment 

Groundwater Treatment 

07 

08 

08 


Groundwater & Drainage Water in Tunisia 

VAG Novel Solutions for Water Treatment 

LANXESS Adjusts Products Prices 

Wastewater Treatment 

Wastewater Treatment Equipment 

10 

11 

12 

12 

13 


in Agriculture 

Spiral Water Introduces Model S1000 Filter 

Innovative Systems for Fine Grit Removal 

Suspended Solids Density Meter Aids in Wastewater Treatment 

HUBER Presents New Rakemax ® Hybrid Screen 

Desalination Technology 

Multistage Flash Distillation 

14 

16 

16 




Deaerator 

Hitz Expands Business in Water Market 

MEDRC Promotes Water Research in Oman

مُ‏ عالجة املياه 

معالجة املياه الجوفية 

07 


Groundwater & Drainage Water in Tunisia 

Treated wastewater (TWW) can be used for irrigation under controlled conditions. In fact, it has been largely used in 

agriculture due to its high content of nutrients. TWW may also contain harmful substances like heavy metals, pesticides, 

industrial contaminants, microorganisms, inorganic and organic compounds, and pharmaceuticals products. Because 

some of them are partially removed by conventional wastewater treatment, they may remain in the TWW and affect its final 

use. The effect of TWW is usually studied for short periods on plant and soil. In this paper, the effect of about 26 years of 

TWW use was analyzed. This study focuses on the environmental impacts of TWW on drainage water and groundwater in 

Cebala – Borj Touil area. 

The perimeter Cebala – Borj Touil is the 

largest area irrigated with TWW in Tunisia 

(3200 ha) since 1989. It is situated about 

20 km North of Tunis city in a plain of the 

lower Mejerda River. The climate is semiarid; 

the soils are silt clayey with a shallow 

saline groundwater table. A sector of about 

748 ha containing 13 secondary open 

drains and a main canal was selected 

to study the environmental impact of 

the reuse of TWW. The field sampling 

of the groundwater was performed on 

two campaigns in September 2014 and 

March 2015. Groundwater levels were 

monitored on 16 piezometers. The water 

from the drainage ditch was sampled on 

scale of time. The following parameters 

were determined in the samples from 

drainage and groundwater: pH, electrical 

conductivity (EC), major cations (Na + , Ca 2+ , 

Mg 2+ and K + ), major anions (Cl - , SO 4 

2- 

, 

HCO 3- 

) and metallic traces elements (Co, 

Cd, Cr and Pb). 

During the experimental period, the quality 

of the TWW was controlled. The 

characteristics are listed in Table 1. The 

average of pH was 7.7 slightly alkaline. 

The salinity (EC) was about 4.18 dS/m. 

The soluble salts showed that the TWW 

are dominated by sodium and 

chloride. The concentrations of the 

metallic trace elements in the TWW 

were conforming to the Tunisian 

norms for wastewater reuse in 

irrigation (NT 106.03). 

Effects of TWW on groundwater 

During the study period, the average 

groundwater level was less than 1.5 m 

(Table 2). It reached in some places the 

surface during rainfall events because 

of drainage problems. The average pH 

Table 1: Chemical characteristics of the treated wastewater (average value), (N=16). 

Table 1: Chemical characteristics of the treated wastewater (average value), (N=16). 

Unit Average Tunisian Norm 

“The average values of Cd 

surpassed the Tunisian norm 

(0.005 mg/L) especially in winter” 

عامل املياه العريب آذار ‏)مارس(‏ / 201٧ مجلّد - ٤٠ عدد ٣ 

1 

NT 106.03 

pH Standard 7.700 6.5 - 8.5 

EC dS/m 4.180 - 

Na+ me/L 21.780 - 

K+ me/L 0.920 - 

Ca²+ me/L 3.170 - 

Mg²+ me/L 5.330 - 

HCO₃− me/L 10.110 - 

Cl− me/L 20.840 - 

SO₄²− me/L 8.860 - 

Cd me/L 0.010 0.010 

Co me/L 0.020 0.100 

Cr me/L 0.030 0.100 

Pb me/L 0.030 1.000 

value of groundwater samples was slightly 

basic. The EC decreased from 14.6 dS/m 

in September 2014 to 12.2 dS/m in March 

2015. This could be due to rain that leads 

to the mineralization of waters. The soluble 

salts were dominating by the Na + cation, 

the dominating anion is Cl - . 

Co value increased from 0.081 to 0.124 

mg/L. Pb amount raised significantly in 

winter until about 0.202 mg/L with an 

over run of the Tunisian norm, which was 

0.1 mg/L. During summer, an average 

contamination was observed. There was 

a high contamination by Cr. During the 

winter season, we noticed a decrease of 

the Cr content. The decline may be due 

to the high precipitation in winter. The 

average content of Cd was approximately 

0.011 mg/L in September 2014 and about 

0.021 mg/L in March 2015. The average 

values of Cd surpassed the Tunisian norm 

(0.005 mg/L) especially in winter. 

Effect of TWW on drainage water 

The contamination of groundwater 

can affect drainage water so the 

metallic trace elements Cd, Cr, Co 

and Pb exported by drainage water were 

analyzed and compared with the Tunisian 

norm NT 106.02. The amount of Cd in 

drainage water had big variations with 

peaks of more than 0.025 mg/L and 

decreased up to 0.008 mg/L, confirming 

the excess of Tunisian norm (0.005 mg/L).

08 WATER TREATMENT 

GROUNDWATER TREATMENT 

Table 2: Chemical characteristics of the 

groundwater in summer (18/09/2014) 

and winter (03/03/2015), (Average of 

16 piezometers). 

Table 2: Chemical characteristics of the groundwater in summer (18/09/2014) and winter 

(03/03/2015), (Average of 16 piezometers). 

9/2014 3/2015 

DEPTH (m) 1.31 0.71 

pH 8.00 8.40 

EC (dS/m) 14.60 12.20 

Cl− 89.40 71.60 

Anions 

HCO₃− 9.20 8.70 

(me/L) 

SO₄²− 26.10 25.20 

Ca²+ 6.70 13.40 

Cations 

Mg²+ 17.30 9.60 

(me/L) 

K+ 1.00 1.60 

Na+ 87.60 79.30 

Cr ranged between 0.19 mg/L to 0.02 

mg/L and constantly stands out the 

Tunisian norm of 0.01mg/L. Co contents 

showed less variation and varied between 

a maximum of more than 0.17 mg/L and 

a minimum of 0.005 mg/L. The content of 

Co outran the Tunisian norm (0.1 mg/L) 

between November and December 2014. 

Pb in drainage ranged between 0.23 

mg/L and about 0.06 mg/L. In winter, 

the amount of Pb highly exceeded the 

Tunisian norm (0.1 mg/L). 

Finally, the groundwater varied between 

summer and winter. On both sampling 

days the content of Cd, Cr in the 

groundwater overpassed the thresholds 

of the norm. For Co, only some places 

exceeded the limits. This demonstrates 

that the irrigation of soils with TWW 

causes groundwater contamination, 

especially during rainy periods. The water 

flows to the drainage ditches and finally 

reaches the Mediterranean Sea and 

affects marine ecosystems. 

Mariem Dahmouni 

PhD Student, Sousse University 

Email: mariem_dahmouni@yahoo.fr 

Georg Hoermann 

Dep. Hydrology and Water Resources 

Management, Kiel University 

Email: georg.hoermann@gmail.com 

Mohamed Hachicha 

National Institute of Rural Engineering, 

Waters and Forest, Carthage University 

Email: hachicha8@gmail.com 

يمكن استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي المُ‏ عالجة في الري ضمن ظروف خاضعة للرقابة.‏ في الواقع،‏ يتمُّ‏ استخدامها وبشكل واسع في الزراعة ألنَّها غنية 

بالمغذيات.‏ كما قد تحتوي مياه الصرف الصحي المُ‏ عالجة على مواد ضارة مثل المعادن الثقيلة،‏ المبيدات الحشرية،‏ الملوثات الصناعية،‏ العضويات الدقيقة،‏ 

المركبات العضوية وغير العضوية،‏ والمنتجات الصيدالنية.‏ وألنه تتم إزالة بعض هذه المواد جزئيًا باالعتماد على طرق معالجة مياه الصرف الصحي 

التقليدية،‏ قد تبقى هذه المواد في مياه الصرف الصحي المُ‏ عالجة،‏ وتؤثر في االستعمال النهائي لها.‏ ويتم دراسة أثر مياه الصرف الصحي المُ‏ عالجة على 

النبات والتربة لفترات قصيرة من الزمن.‏ ويحلِّل هذا المقال تأثير حوالى 26 سنة من استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي المُ‏ عالجة.‏ فتركِّز هذه الدراسة على اآلثار 

البيئية لمياه الصرف الصحي المُ‏ عالجة على مياه الصرف والمياه الجوفية في مدينة السبالة،‏ منطقة برج الطويل.‏ وتعتبر هذه المنطقة من أكبر المناطق 

التونسية التي تتم عملية الري فيها منذ سنة 1989 باالعتماد على مياه الصرف الصحي المعالجة وتبلغ هذه المساحة 3200 هكتار.‏ 

VAG Novel 1 Solutions for 

Water Treatment 

Everywhere in 

water treatment 

applications, from 

a filter system to a 

seawater desalination 

plant, VAG valves 

control the pressure and flow rate, reliably shut off flows 

of water, protect pumps and pipelines. VAG is the world’s 

leading provider of solutions for valves used in water 

treatment with a wide range of durable valves for almost 

any application. In filter systems, VAG RIKO ® Plunger Valves 

performed 450,000 closing cycles without any adverse 

effect on their function. For seawater desalination plants, 

VAG supplies valves with parts coming into contact with 

water being rubber-lined or made entirely of stainless steel. 

Special materials and coatings make the valves suitable 

for use with drinking water to the most stringent standards, 

resistant to brackish water, sea water and other water 

compositions. VAG operates service locations all over the 

world and performs service tasks ranging from assembly 

and maintenance up to the production of spare parts. VAG's 

journey from a traditional manufacturing company to a 

modern solutions provider has surely not gone unnoticed. 

LANXESS Adjusts 

Products Prices 

Specialty chemicals 

company LANXESS 

globally increases the 

prices for ion exchange 

resins, reverse osmosis 

membrane elements 

and iron oxide absorbers 

for water treatment 

by three percent on 

average with immediate 

LANXESS’s membrane elements 

effect. Increasing input 

costs have led to this price adjustment. These measures vary 

according to field of application and region. LANXESS is one 

of the world’s specialists in providing water treatment products 

and liquid purification solutions. The high-performance 

products of the Liquid Purification Technologies business unit 

(LPT) are used in numerous industries to treat and purify water 

and other liquid media. The most significant field of application 

is the treatment of industrial process water. Energy suppliers 

use these products in the production of boiler feed water and 

steam to avoid scale and corrosion. This results in a significant 

increase in the efficiency, operational reliability and service life 

of power plants. 


10 WASTEWATER TREATMENT 

WASTEWATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT 


in Agriculture 

W 

ith food demand and water scarcity on the uptick, it's time to stop treating wastewater like garbage and instead manage 

it as a resource that can be used to grow crops and help address water scarcity in agriculture. Properly managed, 

wastewater can be used safely to support crop production — directly through irrigation or indirectly by recharging 

aquifers — but doing so requires diligent management of health risks through adequate treatment or appropriate use. How 

countries are approaching this challenge and the latest trends in the use of wastewater in agriculture production was the focus of 

discussions by a group of experts in Berlin during the annual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture. 

"Although more detailed data on the 

practice is lacking, we can say that, 

globally, only a small proportion of 

treated wastewater is being used 

for agriculture, most of it municipal 

wastewater. But increasing numbers 

of countries — Egypt, Jordan, 

Mexico, Spain and the United States, 

for example — have been exploring 

the possibilities as they wrestle with 

mounting water scarcity," says Marlos 

De Souza, a senior officer with FAO's 

Land and Water Division. "So far, the 

reuse of wastewater for irrigation has 

been most successful near cities, 

where it is widely available and usually 

free-of-charge or at low cost, and 

where there is a market for agricultural 

produce, including non-food crops. 

But the practice can be used in rural 

areas as well — indeed it has long 

been employed by many smallholder 

farmers," notes De Souza. The 

important thing is that wastewater be 

managed adequately and safely used 

in a way that is appropriate to local 

conditions, he adds. 

An alternative source of a critical 

resource 

Water is of course fundamental for 

food production, and the intensifying 

scarcity of this important natural 

resource — likely to be more intense 

in a context of climate change — 

has very significant implications 

for humanity's ability to feed itself. 

Globally, population growth and 

economic expansion are placing 

increasing pressure on freshwater 

resources, with the overall rate of 

groundwater withdrawals steadily 

increasingly by 1 percent per year since 

the 1980s. And those pressures are 

now increasingly being exacerbated 

by climate change. Already, agriculture 

accounts for 70 percent of global 

freshwater withdrawals — with demand 

for food estimated to grow by at least 

50 percent by 2050, agriculture's 

water needs are poised to expand. Yet 

demand from cities and by industries 

is on the rise as well. Greater use of 

non-conventional, alternative sources 

of water — including the urban effluent 

and farm-runoff — can help mitigate 

this competition, if properly treated. 

“… the reuse of wastewater for 

irrigation has been most successful 

near cities” 

In addition to helping cope with water 

scarcity, wastewater often has a high 

nutrient load, making it a good fertilizer. 

"When safely used and managed to 

© 

USDA 

avoid health and environmental risks, 

wastewater can be converted from a 

burden to an asset," De Souza says. 

Managing risks 

Untreated wastewater often contains 

microbes and pathogens, chemical 

pollution, antibiotic residues, and other 

threats to the health of farmers, food 

chain workers, and consumers — and 

it also poses environmental concerns. A 

number of technologies and approaches 

exist that are being utilized around the 

globe to treat, manage, and use 

wastewater in agriculture, many of 

them specific to the local natural 

resource base, the farming systems 

in which they are being used, and 

the crops that are being produced. 

In Egypt, for example, where water 

supplies are limited and wastewater 

tends to be highly contaminated, 

constructed wetlands are proving to 


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be a promising, economically viable 

approach to treatment. In Egypt and 

also in Tunisia wastewater is 

being widely used in agroforestry 

projects, supporting both wood 

production as well as antidesertification 

efforts. 

In Central Mexico, municipal 

wastewater has long been used to 

irrigate crops. In the past, ecological 

processes helped reduce health risks. 

More recently, crop restrictions — 

some crops can be safely grown with 

the wastewater, while others cannot — 

and the installation of water treatment 

“In Central Mexico, municipal 

wastewater has long been used to 

irrigate crops” 

facilities have been added to the 

system. In Jordan, reclaimed water 

represents an impressive 25 percent of 

all total water use in the country. In the 

United States, treatment and managed 

aquifer recharge is a common practice, 

especially in the West. Beyond helping 

tackle the problem of water 

scarcity, reducing environmental 

contamination, and supporting 

food production, infrastructure 

and management systems for 

reclaiming, treating, and re-using 

wastewater can be job creators, 

according to De Souza. 

Food and Agriculture Organization 

of the United Nations 

Web: www.fao.org 

مع ازدياد الطلب على المياه وتزايد حدة ندرتها،‏ آن األوان للتوقف عن النظر إلى مياه الصرف الصحي على أنها نفايات،‏ والتعامل معها كمصدر يمكن استخدامه 

لري المحاصيل والمساعدة على معالجة ندرة المياه في قطاع الزراعة.‏ يمكن استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي،‏ إذا ما أُديرت بشكل صحيح،‏ بأمان لدعم إنتاج 

المحاصيل – إما مباشرة عن طريق الري أو بشكل غير مباشر عن طريق إعادة شحن المياه الجوفية – ولكن ذلك يتطلب إدارة دؤوبة للمخاطر الصحية،‏ من خالل 

المعالجة أو االستخدام المناسبين للمياه.‏ وكانت الطرق التي تلجأ إليها الدول لمعالجة هذا التحدي وأحدث االتجاهات في مجال استخدام مياه الصرف الصحي 

في مجال اإلنتاج الزراعي محور نقاشات عقدتها مجموعة من الخبراء في برلين خالل المنتدى العالمي لألغذية والزراعة ‏)في 21-19 يناير(.‏ وفي معرض تعليقه 

على المنتدى،‏ قال مارلوس دي سوزا،‏ أحد كبار مسؤولي إدارة األراضي والمياه لدى الفاو ‏"رغم االفتقار إلى بيانات تفصيلية حول هذه الممارسة،‏ لكن يُمكننا 

القول إنه ال يتم استخدام إال نسبة قليلة من مياه الصرف الصحي المعالجة،‏ معظمها مياه الصرف الصحي البلدية،‏ في قطاع الزراعة على المستوى العالمي.‏ ولكن 

ثمة عدد متزايد من الدول،‏ مثل مصر واألردن والمكسيك وإسبانيا والواليات المتحدة،‏ تستكشف هذه االحتماالت نظراً‏ ألنها تعاني من ندرة المياه".‏ 

Spiral Water Introduces Model S1000 Filter 

Model S1000 Automatic Self-cleaning Filter 

Spiral Water Technologies, a 

developer of advanced filtration 

solutions for difficult-to-treat waters, 

introduces the Model S1000 automatic 

self-cleaning filter. Made with a robust 

stainless steel housing, the new Model 

S1000 can be used for both process 

and wastewater streams. Designed 

to remove ultra-high and variable total 

suspended solids (TSS) from difficultto-treat 

fluids in industrial process and 

wastewater treatment applications, 

it is ideal for use in such markets as 

food and beverage, power, chemicals, 

metals, and mining. “Given the strong 

market pull for our technology in the 

industrial and wastewater markets, we 

have invested in a robust stainless steel 

filter for high flow, high temperature 

and high pressure applications,” said 

Ashwin Gulati, President and CEO 

of Spiral Water. “We look forward 

to working with our customers and 

partners to provide an innovative and 

cost effective way to solve their filtration 

and product recovery needs.” With 

a maximum flow rate of 1360 cubic 

meters per day (250 gpm), the S1000 

is designed for over three times the flow 

of Spiral Water’s Model 800 Series, the 

company’s initial product. It can also 

operate at higher pressures up to 10.3 

bar (150 psi) at 70°F, and at higher 

temperatures up to 105°C (220°F). 

Multiple filters can be set up in parallel 

for higher flows. Spiral Water’s filtration 

technology differs from traditional 

automatic self-cleaning technologies 

in multiple ways. Not only do the 

energy efficient units provide solids 

concentration; they are capable of finer 

filtration and can filter up to 250 times 

dirtier water than traditional automatic 

self-cleaning filters while achieving up to 

99 percent water recovery. 


12 WASTEWATER TREATMENT 

WASTEWATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT 

Innovative Systems for Fine Grit Removal 

It will not come as a surprise to local 

wastewater treatment plant operators 

that wastewater in the MENA region is 

characterized by large amounts of sand 

and fine grit. What operators might not 

appreciate, however, is how much this 

grit is costing them. Many conventional 

grit removal technologies are designed to 

catch larger particles, targeting particles 

with diameter larger than 212 μm. These 

designs are based on outdated design 

assumptions, however; in the real world, 

wastewater contains solid particles as 

small as 75 μm in diameter. Smaller solids 

such as these pass through conventional 

grit removal technologies and accumulate 

in downstream areas of the wastewater 

treatment plant, clogging treatment 

equipment and causing abrasion damage. 

This reduces operational efficiency 

and increases maintenance and repair. 

Fortunately for operators, technologies 

now exist that can target smaller solids. 

Hydro International’s Advanced Grit 

Management philosophy has guided 

the development of a range of equipment 

specifically designed to remove the costly 

fine grit that can plague MENA treatment 

plants—with the HeadCell ® and Grit 

King ® grit removal systems in particular 

optimized for fine grit removal. Adopting an 

Advanced Grit Management approach 

enables a plant to capture and remove 

Advanced Grit Management system removes fine grit 

more, finer wastewater grit—cutting 

operational and maintenance costs. Hydro 

International Ltd is a global company that 

provides advanced products, services and 

expertise to help municipal, industrial and 

construction customers to improve their 

water management processes, increase 

operational performance and reduce 

environmental impact. 

Suspended Solids Density Meter Aids in 

Wastewater Treatment 

Markland Suspended Solids Density Meter 

The Suspended Solids Density Meter 

from Markland Specialty Engineering 

helps wastewater treatment plants 

monitor sludge/slurry concentrations in 

pipes, tanks and clarifiers, and automate 

sludge removal. This instrument uses 

the inherently safe attenuation of nonradioactive 

ultrasound (no permits/ 

no approvals needed) to provide realtime 

knowledge of primary, secondary 

and return-activated sludge and slurry 

densities. It allows users to program 

underflow pumps to shut off before 

biosolids density or feed solids density 

becomes too thin, and to optimize 

polymer dosing and equipment variables 

for enhanced de-watering. Readings are 

not affected by the color of particulates 

or fluid. The sensor (available as a 

non-intrusive inline pipe spool-piece 

or throw-in style probe) transmits 

and receives the ultrasound waves. It 

sends out a pulse of sound, receiving 

a strong echo and reading zero when 

the solution is clear. When particles 

are present in the liquid, they absorb 

or deflect the sonic energy, the echo 

is reduced in amplitude, and the meter 

reads the sludge density. The throw-in 

style probe may also be used as a single 

point interface level detector, allowing 

operators to program de-sludge pumps 

to turn on when the rising sludge 

blanket comes in contact with it. Each 

style is simple to install, calibrate and 

clean. Equipped with continuous %SS 

readings, plants are able to calculate 

mass flow rate, make adjustments to 

the wastewater treatment process, and 

program control systems for material 

and energy savings. 


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14 DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY 

MULTISTAGE FLASH DISTILLATION 




Deaerator 

In this work, the influence of nanofiltration on carbon dioxide (CO 2 

) release in MSF distillers was investigated for different feed 

water composition for once-through (OT) and brine recycle (BR) MSF distillers. Nanofiltration can be used as CO 2 

deareation 

system in thermal desalination, the amount of CO 2 

release, in the first stage, decreased by 100 percent NF from 425 to 

140 kg/h in brine recycle, and from 650 to 210 kg/h in once-through distiller, respectively. The CO 2 

heat transfer resistances 

decreased by 100 percent NF from 5.5x10-6 to 2.0x10 -6 m 2 K/W in brine recycle, and from 8.1x10 -6 to 3.0x10 -6 m2K/W in oncethrough 

distiller, respectively. 

Multistage flash (MSF) distillation is a 

widespread desalination method with 

more than half of the desalination market. 

MSF plants are complex, large-scale and 

costly. The major problem encountered 

in MSF distillers is the deposition of scale 

onto the heat transfer surfaces which 

results in a serious loss of efficiency and 

production. Without effective scale control, 

this can lead to the eventual shutdown 

of the plant for cleaning. Controlling 

scale needs accurate calculations of 

the amount of scale formation. The 

release of non-condensable (NC) gases, 

essentially carbon dioxide, oxygen and 

nitrogen, from the evaporating brine in 

desalination distillers notably affects the 

heat transfer for condensation, the energy 

consumption, the performance and the 

material lifetime of the distillers. Moreover, 

CO 2 

release considerably influences the 

concentrations of HCO 3– 

, CO 3 

2– 

, CO 2 

, 

H + and OH – in the carbonate system of 

the brine and thus plays a decisive role in 

alkaline scale formation. 

Figure 1: The effect of NF pretreatment on CO 2 

release rates in a reference brine 

recirculation BR-MSF 

In previous works, the influence of 

nanofiltration (NF) pretreatment on the 

scale deposition potential and increasing 

TBT in MSF thermal desalination plants 

is modeled on the basis of mass transfer 

with chemical reaction of 

solutes in the brine. The full 

and partial NF-pretreatment 

options of the feed water 

were investigated. TBT can 

be increased in MSF by 

increasing the percentage of 

NF-treated feed. Full NF pretreatment 

of the make-up allowed TBT in the 

MSF plant to be raised up to 175 o C in 

the case of di hybrid NF-MSF and up 

to 165 o C in the case of tri hybrid NF- 

RO-MSF. As a rule of thumb, each 1 

percent pretreatment portion increases 

the reference TBT of 115 o C by 0.6 o C. 

The previous studies focused on 

the ability of NF on removal of the 

multivalent ions and large molecules, 

but, to our knowledge, the influence 

“Multistage flash (MSF) distillation is a 

widespread desalination method with more 

than half of the desalination market” 

of the NF on the reduction of CO 2 

release was not investigated. This may 

contribute to the economics of the NF 

as pretreatment step, since, in addition 

to its influence on the design of the 

venting holes and the vacuum system, 

it reduces the release rates, reduces 

the potential of vapor-side corrosion. 

A model has been formulated, 

programmed in C ++ , to describe the 

CO 2 

desorption with the CaCO 3 

scale 

deposition and their simultaneous 

occurring and the mutual 

influence of the two 

phenomena. The following 

is a brief description of the 

model, while the details can 

be found elsewhere. 

In this work, the release rates 

calculated in this work by correlating 

the CO 2 

release to the deposition of 

CaCO 3 

scale. The results are shown 

for different feed water composition 

from different intakes in the Arabian 

Gulf region. The release rates decrease 

exponentially from the first stage to 


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Figure 2: The effect of NF pretreatment on total CO 2 

release rates in reference brine 

recirculation BR-MSF and once-through OT-MSF 

with the top brine temperature in the 

high-temperature stages and the lowtemperature 

stages. 

the last stage. This may be attributed, 

according to Glade et al., to the drop 

in the concentration difference of CO 2 

in the solution between the bulk and 

the phase interface because of 

the successive flow of the brine 

from the first stage to the last 

stage. The release of CO 2 

in a 

stage reduces the total carbon 

dioxide (TC) in the next stage 

and so on. Additionally, the mass 

transfer coefficient and the phase 

interface area decrease. Because part 

of the brine blow-down is recycled and 

remixed with the make-up, the release 

rates in the recycle distiller are lower than 

those rates in the once-through distiller. 

Consequently, CaCO 3 

deposition rates, 

in the flash chambers, notably decreases 

from the first to the last stage. 

The CO 2 

release rates increases with 

increasing top brine temperature (TBT) 

due to increasing the surface area 

and the mass transfer coefficient. 

“The CO 2 

release rates increases with 

increasing top brine temperature” 

Bubbling increases with increasing 

the temperature and hence surface 

area increases. Carbon dioxide and 

the other non-condensable gases act 

as an insulating blanket around the 

condenser tubes. Also, if it is left to 

accumulate within the stages, it would 

reduce the vapor partial pressure 

and its temperature. This explains 

the differences in the release rates 

The effect of NF pretreatment on CO 2 

release rates in a reference brinerecirculation 

MSF is shown in Figures 

1 and 2. The amount of CO 2 

release 

in the first stage decreased by 20, 40, 

60 and 100 percent NF from 425 to 

375, 315, 260, and 140 kg/h in brine 

recycle, respectively, and from 650 to 

580, 490, 395, and 210 kg/h in oncethrough 

distiller for 20, 40, 60 and 100 

percent NF, respectively. The CO 2 

heat 

transfer resistances decreased by 100 

percent NF from 5.5x10-6 to 2.0x10- 

6 m 2 K/W in brine recycle, and from 

8.1x10-6 to 3.0x10-6 m 2 K/W in oncethrough 

distiller, respectively. 

Conclusion 

In the sight of the simulation results 

presented in this work, the following 

remarks can be concluded: 

• Nanofiltration can be used as a 

deareation step for the reduction of 

CO 2 

release in MSF distillers. 

• NF pretreatment enhances the 

deareation step. 

• Decreasing the rate of CO 2 

release normally decreasing 

the heat transfer resistances in 

MSF plants. 

• Such a step decreases the 

negative effect of CO 2 

and other 

NC gases on heat transfer and vapourside 

corrosion by reducing the CO 2 

amount with the vapour produced. 

Aiman Eid Al-Rawajfeh 

Full Professor of Thermal Process Technology 

Department of Chemical Engineering 

Tafila Technical University, Jordan 

E-mail: aimanr@yahoo.com 

Web: www.ttu.edu.jo 

يتناول هذا المقال تأثير الترشيح النانوي على ثاني أكسيد الكربون المنبعث في جهاز التقطير الومضي المتعدد المراحل لمختلف تركيبة مياه التغذية مثل 

أجهزة التقطير الومضي المتعدد المراحل األحادي المسار،‏ وأجهزة إعادة تدوير الماء األجاج.‏ ويمكن استخدام الترشيح النانوي باعتباره نظامًا مزيالً‏ لثاني 

أكسيد الكربون في عملية تحلية المياه الحرارية.‏ ويؤدي إطالق كمية ثاني أكسيد الكربون في المرحلة األولى إلى خفض الترشيح النانوي بنسبة 100 في 

المئة من 425 إلى 140 كغ / في الساعة في عملية إعادة تدوير الماء األجاج،‏ ومن 650 إلى 210 كغ / في الساعة في جهاز التقطير األحادي المسار على 

التوالي.‏ وأخفضت مقاومات النقل الحراري لثاني أكسيد الكربون بنسبة 100 في المئة الترشيح النانوي من 5.5*10 -6 إلى 2.0*10 -6 واط في المتر المربع 

كلفن في إعادة تدوير الماء األجاج،‏ ومن 8.1*10 -6 إلى 3.0*10 -6 واط في المتر المربع كلفن في جهاز التقطير األحادي المسار على التوالي.‏ يعتبر التقطير 

الومضي المتعدد المراحل طريقة لتحلية المياه شائعة االستخدام في أكثر من نصف سوق تحلية المياه.‏ وتعدُّ‏ محطات التقطير الومضي المتعدد المراحل 

طريقة معقدة وواسعة النطاق ومكلفة.‏ إنَّ‏ المشكلة الرئيسة التي تواجه أجهزة التقطير الومضي المتعدد المراحل هي تراكم الترسبات على أسطح النقل 

الحراري مما يؤدي الى خسارة كبيرة من الكفاءة واإلنتاج.‏ 


16 DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY 

MULTISTAGE FLASH DISTILLATION 

Hitz Expands Business in Water Market 

Hitachi Zosen Corporation (Hitz) is 

one of the well-known market players 

in MSF desalination market with its 

very first overseas track record in 

1970’s. Despite of downfall of MSF 

market, Hitz has been active in the 

GCC market successfully implementing 

Ras Abu Fontas A2 project in Qatar in 

Ras Abu Fontas A2 Project 

2015 and now it is working on another 

project in Qatar which is planned to 

enter into full commercial operation 

in 2018. Hitz has carried out the Ras 

Abu Fontas A2 Project. The company 

was awarded as an EPC contractor for 

desalination facilities in total capacity of 

36MIGD under the consortium led by 

Mitsubishi Corporation and Toyo Thai 

in 2013. It was very first experience 

in Qatar and the biggest unit capacity 

(18MIGD) in its record which is also 

considered to be one of world’s 

biggest. Currently, Hitz is carrying out 

desalination EPC works for another 

Qatari project and the plant will have 

a total capacity of 130 MIGD. The 

Umm Al Houl Project is the first hybrid 

desalination project (thermal and RO) 

in Qatar. The developer of this project 

is Umm Al Houl Power Company 

and this project includes 2,400MW of 

power plant along with water plant. 

The product water will be supplied to 

Kahramaa (Qatar General Electricity 

& water Corporation) for 25 years. 

Hitz is now eyeing more promising 

opportunities in desalination market not 

only for thermal (MSF, MED) but RO by 

acquiring majority stake of Osmoflo, 

Australian Water Treatment and RO 

Engineering Company. 

MEDRC Promotes Water Research in Oman 

MEDRC Water Research is a Center 

of Excellence in Desalination and 

Water Reuse Technology established 

in Muscat (Oman) in 1996 by a Royal 

decree under the status of nonprofit 

international organization. It is 

a unique international organization 

where countries work together on 

solutions to fresh water scarcity 

by supporting research, training, 

knowledge exchange and capacity 

MEDRC Water Research Center 

building. MEDRC's research programs 

have been about developing local 

researchers of tomorrow - scientists 

and engineers from the region who 

will lead efforts to attain safe, secure 

and sustainable water for the people 

of the Middle East into the future. 

In addition, MEDRC CPET Water 

Program is the only high quality 

specialized desalination training 

program in the region. Since 1996 

the center has supported more than 

170 water research projects which 

have involved the best regional and 

global expertise together along 

with regional researchers from 34 

countries to help find solutions to the 

challenge of fresh water scarcity in 

the region and included Master's and 

PhD water research fellowships from 

more than 115 regional nationals. 

This work has led to more than 300 

publications and supported crucial 

water research in the part of the world 

most in need of solutions to fresh 

water scarcity. MEDRC has conducted 

also countless expert workshops 

and knowledge transfer activities. 

MEDRC operates a dedicated 3 

M3/Hr Reverse Osmosis Pilot Plant 

containing all pre and post treatment 

systems and instrumentation found on 

the largest plants. MEDRC facilities 

include seminars rooms, hands-on 

training room, highly equipped water 

chemistry lab, solar arrays. 


Feature 

Dams 

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At High Risk for Catastrophic Deterioration 

King Abdullah II Unveils Kufranjah Dam Project 

Upper Atbara Project Delivers Water & Electricity 

Photo Courtesy of Lahmeyer International GmbH

18 FEATURE 

DAMS 


At High Risk for Catastrophic Deterioration 

Mosul Dam is located on the Tigris River in the north western part of Iraq; approximately 60 km northwest of Mosul city and 

80 Km from Syrian and Turkish borders. It is a multipurpose project for irrigation, flood control and hydropower generation. 

It is 113 m in height, 3.4 km in length, 10 m wide in its crest and has a storage capacity of 11.11 billion cubic meters. The 

water surface area of the reservoir at the beginning of the dam operation was 380 km2 with a storage capacity of 11.11 km3 at the 

maximum operation level 330 m (a.s.l.) including 8.16 km3 live storage and 2.95 km3 dead storage. It is an earth fill dam, constructed 

on bedrocks of the Fatha Formation, which consists of gypsum beds alternated with marl and limestone, in cyclic nature. The 

thickness of the gypsum beds attains 18 m; they are intensely karstified even in foundation rocks. This has created a number of 

problems during construction, impounding and operation of the dam. 

Construction work in Mosul Dam 

started on January 25 th , 1981. Swiss 

Consultants Consortium was asked to 

be the consultants for Mosul Dam project. 

A consortium of German and Italian 

companies (GIMOD) was asked to execute 

the civil and steel work of the project in 

1980. While electromechanical plant of the 

power station was given to the Japanese 

company (Toshiba) on the condition that 

the capacity of the plant will be 750 MW. 

The electromechanical plant contract for the 

regulation dam was awarded to (Elin Union) 

from Austria, while the electromechanical 

plant for the pump storage scheme was 

given to (G.I.E) from Italy. The total cost of 

the development was estimated at USD2.6 

billion at the prices level of 1985 and the dam 

started operating on 24 th July, 1986. 

After impounding in 1986, new seepage 

locations were recognized. Grouting 

operations continued and various studies 

were conducted to find suitable grout or 

technique to overcome this problem. The 

cause of seepage is mainly due to: 

1. The karsts prevailing in the dam site and in 

the reservoir area. 

2. The existence of gypsum/ 

anhydrite rock formations in the 

dam foundation alternating with 

soft marl layers and weathered and 

cavernous limestone beddings. 

3. The presence of an extensive ground 

water aquifer called Wadi Malleh aquifer, 

which considerably affects the ground water 

regime in the right bank. 

The most significant geological hazard that 

influences Mosul Dam is the karstification, 

especially in the foundation's rocks where it 

extends to about 100m depth. This enhanced 

the extensive dissolution of gypsum and 

gypsum anhydrite rocks present above and 

below the limestone layers and it caused the 

collapsing of whole layers of clayey marls 

into the underneath cavities forming beds 

composed of brecciated gypsum particles 

and anhydride blocks embedded into a 

loose clayey matrix. 

“The most significant geological 

hazard that influences Mosul Dam is 

the karstification” 

Groundwater fluctuation and surface cracks 

enhanced the development of sinkholes 

in the area. Several sinkholes developed 

within the vicinity of the dam and within 

the reservoir area. In addition, springs also 

appeared downstream of the dam located 

on the same line of the sinkholes. The flow of 

the spring reached 360 l/s. 

The water of Wadi Malih aquifer has high 

concentration of sulphate which clearly 

Cover Photo Courtesy of Shutterstock 

indicates the dissolution of gypsum from 

the dam site and its vicinity. In addition, the 

hydrostatic pressure of water within the 

reservoir in increasing the rates of dissolution. 

This process also led to the appearance 

of other features like the fissure and large 

conduit near the dam. 

The status of the dam was 

evaluated by the Engineer’s and 

Environmental center of research of 

the US Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) using the rock quality designation 

test (RQD). The rocks tested in 2006 showed 

RQD of 0-20 percent. This deterioration 

of the samples is due to the dissolution of 

gypsum. The deep curtain grouting was 

also investigated. It was noticed that some 

parts were highly deteriorated and required 

grouting 4 or 5 times annually and the 

dissolution front had progressed 350 m 

toward the east i.e. an average of about 

17m/ year. The samples recovered from the 


موضوع خاص 

السدود 

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Figure 1: Screening Portfolio Risk Analysis (SPRA) for Mosul Dam 

that if the reservoir of Mosul Dam is filled 

(water capacity 11.11 billion cubic meters), 

the discharge of the generated wave will be 

about 500,000 cubic meters per second. It 

will reach the first major city (Mosul) within 4 

hours and its height will be about 24 meters. 

It will reach Baghdad within 46 hours and 

its height will be 4 meters. If this takes place 

then according to the American Embassy 

in Baghdad, approximately 500,000 to 

1.47 million people living along the Tigris 

in areas at highest risk would probably not 

survive the impact of the projected flood 

wave unless they evacuated. Last year, the 

Joint Research Centre of the European 

Commission published a report stating that 

a population of 6,248,000 will be affected by 

the failure of Mosul Dam and 7,202 square 

kilometers of land will be inundated. 

grouting gallery showed that all the rocks 

were replaced by friable grout material. In 

2014, ISIS occupied the dam site area and 

grouting operations stopped; and during the 

period from August 2014 until the beginning 

of 2016, the dissolution of gypsum reached 

10000 cubic meters, according to USACE. 

Increased monolith movement in the grouting 

gallery and cracks opening were noticed 

by the USACE. Continuous recording of 

cumulative settlement in the grouting gallery 

from 1986 to the end of 2015 showed a 

sharp increase in settlement in 2015. This 

indicates a worsening situation in the dam 

foundations. Satellite based information 

indicates that the rate of subsidence of 

Mosul Dam for the period 2004-2010, 

which was 12.5 mm/year, has increased 

to 15mm/year after 2013, after re-grouting 

operations stopped. This subsidence is 

related to the dissolution of gypsum and the 

reservoir-induced pressure which is the main 

cause of an increase in the dissolution rates. 

USACE plotted the data for Mosul Dam on 

the screening Portfolio Risk Analysis (SPRA) 

process for Dam Safety and it indicates that 

Mosul Dam is in a state of extreme relative 

risk of failure. 

The critical situation of Mosul Dam was 

noticed since 1986 and for this reason the Iraqi 

Government decided to build a protective 

dam (Badush Dam) 40 km downstream 

Mosul Dam. This dam was designed to take 

the wave that can be generated due to the 

failure of Mosul Dam. The construction of 

the dam started in 1988, but it was halted 

in 1991 due to UN sanctions. By then, 40 

percent of the construction of the dam had 

already been complete. Model studies done 

related to the failure consequences of Mosul 

Dam executed by the designers and later 

checked by Black and Veatch indicate 

It is evident from the work done that grouting 

can only be a temporary solution since it 

cannot permanently stop the dissolution of 

gypsum. It is believed that it is very important 

to keep the water level as low as it can to 

minimize the losses in case of the dam 

failure. Furthermore, grouting operations 

should continue to elongate the span life 

of the dam. An Emergency Action plan 

should be developed and implemented and 

the public should be aware of such a plan. 

Finally, other alternatives are to be carefully 

studied and a decision should be taken to 

solve this problem. 

Nadhir Al-Ansari 

Email: nadhir.alansari@ltu.se 

Nasrat Adamo 

Email: nasrat.adamo@yahoo.com 

Sven Knutsson 

Email: Sven.Knutsson@ltu.se 

Jan Laue 

Email: jan.laue@ltu.se 

Lulea University of Technology, Swede 

Email: www.ltu.se 

يقع سد الموصل على نهر دجلة في الجزء الشمالي الغربي من العراق،‏ أي حوالى 60 كم شمال غرب مدينة الموصل و 80 كم من الحدود السورية والتركية.‏ وهو 

عبارة عن مشروع متعدد األغراض يُعتمد في عمليات الري،‏ السيطرة على الفيضانات،‏ وتوليد الطاقة الكهرومائية.‏ يرتفع السد 113 مترًا،‏ ويبلغ طوله 3.4 كم،‏ وعرضه 

عند قمته 10 أمتار،‏ وتقدَّر سعة التخزين فيه 11.11 مليار متر مكعب.‏ كانت مساحة سطح مياه الخزان عند بداية عملية السد 380 كم‎2‎ وبسعة تخزين 11.11 كم‎3‎ 

عند أقصى مستوى للعملية 330 م.‏ ويعدُّ‏ من السدود الترابية،‏ وتمَّ‏ بناؤه على أساس تكوين الفتحة التي تتكون من طبقات من الجبس المتعاقبة مع التراب الكلسي 

والحجر الجيري في الطابع الدوري.‏ وبلغت سماكة طبقات الجبس 18 مترًا،‏ وتعتبر كارستية بشكل مكثَّف حتى في صخور األساس.‏ وقد أدَّى هذا األمر إلى بروز عدّة 

مشاكل في خالل عملية بناء السد،‏ وجمع المياه،‏ وتشغيل السد.‏ بدأت أعمال البناء في سد الموصل في 25 كانون الثاني / يناير سنة 1981. وطلب من االستشاريين ‏)اتحاد 

السويسريين(‏ – Consortium( )Swiss Consultants تقديم خدماتهم االستشارية لمشروع سد الموصل.‏ وتمَّ‏ الطلب من مجموعة من الشركات األلمانية واإليطالية تنفيذ 

األشغال المدنية والصلب الخاصة بالمشروع سنة 1980. وبينما أسندت المحطة الكهروميكانيكية لمحطة توليد الكهرباء إلى الشركة اليابانية توشيبا،‏ بشرط أن تصبح قدرة 

المحطة 750 ميجاوات.‏ وقدِّرت التكلفة اإلجمالية للمشروع 2.6 مليار دوالر أمريكي في مستوى أسعار سنة 1985، وبدأ العمل في السد في 24 تموز / يوليو سنة 1986. 


20 FEATURE 

DAMS 

King Abdullah II Unveils Kufranjah Dam Project 

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development 

(ADFD) attended the official opening 

of the Kufranjah Dam – a development 

project funded by the UAE government 

and managed by ADFD in the Kingdom 

of Jordan. Located north of Jordan’s 

capital Amman, the newly completed 

USD28 million project is in line with the 

framework of the 2013 UAE government 

contribution USD1.25 billion to the Gulf 

Development Fund, a five-year grant 

program of the GCC member countries to 

finance development projects in Jordan. 

Upper Atbara Project Delivers Water & Electricity 

The sustainable supply of Sudan’s 

steadily increasing population with 

staple food, clean potable water 

and sufficient electricity will be one 

of the country’s major challenges in 

the coming years. The Upper Atbara 

Multi-Purpose Dam will play a decisive 

role in this regard. In December 2016 

The Upper Atbara Dam 

With a storage capacity of 7.8 million 

cubic meters of water, the Kufranjah Dam 

aims to augment the country’s irrigation 

and drinking water resources and further 

develop the fertile town of Ajloun. King 

Abdullah II of Jordan inaugurated the 

dam. Hani Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of 

Jordan, Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, 

Director General of ADFD, Bilal Al 

Bdour, UAE Ambassador to Jordan, 

and several high-ranking Jordanian 

officials attended the ceremony. Praising 

the historic brotherly ties between the 

the impounding of the reservoir was 

completed and on February 2 nd , 2017 

the start of the operation of the first 

power generation unit (80 MW) was 

celebrated. This opening ceremony was 

attended by the President of the Sudan, 

the complete government cabinet, 

the Funding Agencies and more than 

UAE and Jordan, Mohammed Saif Al 

Suwaidi said: “For decades, our two 

nations have enjoyed strong bilateral ties 

fostered by the UAE’s founding father 

late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 

and the late King Hussein of Jordan. To 

date, ADFD has successfully funded 31 

development projects in Jordan across 

key socio-economic sectors – most 

notably health, education, transport, 

agriculture and energy – valued at 

USD1.55 billion. The Fund tailored its 

approach to match the government of 

Jordan’s economic expansion strategy.” 

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development is a 

national organization owned by the Abu 

Dhabi government. It was established 

in 1971 to help emerging countries 

achieve sustainable development by 

offering concessionary loans to finance 

development projects in these countries, 

adding to other long-term investments 

and direct contributions. 

5,000 local people from the region. 

The Project has been implemented 

by the Dams Implementation Unit 

(DIU), Ministry of Water Resources, 

Irrigation and Electricity, Sudan. 

Comprehensive engineering services 

for this important and complex dam 

project has been provided by Lahmeyer 

International, Germany. The Upper 

Atbara dam is located some 400 km 

east of the capital city, Khartoum. Its 

two reservoirs, with a total storage 

volume of 3.7 billion m³, will store the 

variable annual discharges of both the 

Setit and Upper Atbara Rivers. The 

reservoirs will supply approximately 

one million people with drinking water. 

The Gadaref Water Supply System is 

part of this dam project consisting of 

a water treatment plant located close 

to the dam, several pumping stations 

and two pipe lines, each 1,000 mm in 

diameter and 72 km long. The total 

capacity of this water supply system 

will be 150,000 m³/day. 


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Centrifugal Pumps 


Steady Boost to Growth 

Manufacturing Techniques Gives DP Pumps a Competitive Edge 

New Range of Corrosive Liquid Mine Pumps 

Chemical Centrifugal Pumps of Plastic Construction 

from Lutz-Jesco 

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Chlorinators & Softeners 


An Effective Combination 

CMRL Provides Ferric Chloride for Water Treatment 

UNIHA Optimizes Water Treatment Plants 

TEMAK Softeners Installed in Nigeria 

Trenchless Technology 

Keeping Microtunneled Pipelines on Track 

CH2M Named Top Trenchless Design Firm in 2016 

Photo Courtesy of Lutz-Jesco GmbH

أخبار صناعية 

املضخات النابذة 

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Steady Boost to Growth 

T 

hough oil and gas remains the biggest segment for centrifugal pumps in the Middle East, water treatment is expected to 

have a fair share in the centrifugal pumps market over the long term. The Middle East is among the most water scarce 

regions in the world. While the global per capita average water availability is around 7000 cubic meter/ person/ year, water 

availability in the ME is around 1200 cubic meter/ person/year. The region faces this issue due to two factors: the region has 

nearly 6 percent of the global population with only 1.4 percent of the world’s known freshwater sources, leading to scarcity of 

freshwater. The second factor, MENA experiences a contrasting scenario of low rainfall and higher evaporation rates leading to 

lower groundwater recharge. In addition, climate change is likely to exacerbate the water shortage problem. 

Desalination and groundwater extraction 

are the two key sources of freshwater in 

the Middle East. Increasing population 

in the region with depleting resources 

of freshwater is adding pressures on 

the region’s existing resources and 

desalination is the key to the region’s 

aim of achieving water sustainability. The 

market for centrifugal pumps for water 

treatment in the Middle East is expected 

to grow at a CAGR of 6.4 percent from 

2016 to 2020. Desalination is the process 

of removing dissolved minerals, including 

salt from seawater. Distillation and Reverse 

Osmosis are the two major techniques 

used in the Middle East for desalination. 

As demand for freshwater grows, 

the size of desalination plants can 

be expected to increase resulting 

in demand for pumps with higher 

pumping capacity. The various 

pumps used in the RO process 

are seawater intake pumps, 

filtered water pumps, high pressure 

pumps, booster pumps, and potable 

water pumps. The pump types include 

both centrifugal and end suction pumps, 

multistage pumps, and vertical mixed flow 

pumps among others. The RO process 

requires water to be pumped at higher 

pressures; hence multistage centrifugal 

pumps that are capable of generating 

such head and discharge levels are 

used. Seawater intake pumps generally 

handle capacities in excess of 25,000 

cubic meter/ hour, whereas booster 

pumps (used in the process) may handle 

capacities in excess of 1000 cubic meter/ 

hour. The region is also well known for the 

highest groundwater extraction rates in 

the world and has utilized more than 70 

percent of its known renewable sources of 

freshwater. Scarcity of freshwater sources 

has led to increase in groundwater 

treatment and usage in the region. Pumps 

are a key component in water extraction 

and cater to the growing demand for water 

in the region. They are used to lift water 

from dams, underground streams and 

move it from one place to another. Both, 

centrifugal and end suction pumps can 

“The market for centrifugal pumps for 

water treatment in the Middle East is 

expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.4 

percent from 2016 to 2020” 

be used to extract water from dams and 

underground water treatment. However, 

centrifugal pumps are preferred due to their 

efficiency and throughput for extraction of 

ground water. The key factors considered 

while evaluating the type of pumps 

are its physical dimension, lift capacity, 

water sample, flow rate required, and 

maintenance costs. Submersible pumps 

are widely used for water lifting from dams 

and underground sources of freshwater. 

The material of construction typically 

Suresh Ponnuru, Industry Analyst, 

Automation & Electronics, Frost & Sullivan 

preferred is stainless steel because of its 

higher strength, ability to handle corrosive 

materials and underground 

water composition. Currently, the 

Middle East policymakers’ face a 

tremendous challenge from the 

growing demand for freshwater 

and the sources that can cater to 

such a requirement. Desalination 

caters to more than 50 percent of the 

region’s needs for freshwater and the rest 

is catered to by groundwater and dams. 

Given that the demand for freshwater is 

expected to increase over the long term, 

the demand for centrifugal pumps is 

expected to follow the trend in future. 

Suresh Ponnuru 

Industry Analyst, Automation & Electronics 

Frost & Sullivan 

Email: sureshp@frost.com 

Web: ww2.frost.com 

على الرغم من أنَّ‏ النفط والغاز ال يزاالن يعدان من أكبر الفئات المستهلكة للمضخات النابذة في منطقة الشرق األوسط،‏ من المتوقع أن تحتل فئة معالجة المياه 

حصة عادلة في هذه السوق على المدى الطويل.‏ وتعدُّ‏ منطقة الشرق األوسط من بين أكثر المناطق شحً‏ ا في المياه في العالم.‏ وفي حين يبلغ المتوسط العالمي 

لتوافر المياه للفرد الواحد حوالى 7000 متر مكعب سنويًا،‏ يتوفر حوالى 1200 متر مكعب للفرد الواحد سنويًا من المياه في الشرق األوسط.‏ وتواجه المنطقة 

هذه المسألة بسبب عاملين:‏ يتمثَّل العامل األول في أنَّ‏ المنطقة تضم حوالى 6 في المئة من سكان العالم وال تمتلك سوى 1.4 في المئة من مصادر المياه العذبة 

المعروفة عالميًا،‏ مما يؤدي إلى ندرة في المياه العذبة.‏ أما العامل الثاني،‏ تعيش منطقة الشرق األوسط سيناريو متناقض يتمثَّل في قلة سقوط األمطار وارتفاع 

معدالت التبخر،‏ مما يؤدي إلى انخفاض تغذية المياه الجوفية.‏ 


24 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS 

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS 

Manufacturing Techniques Gives DP Pumps a 

Competitive Edge 

In Alphen, in The Netherlands, DP 

pumps has in recent years invested in 

considerable resources that not only 

deliver products of the highest quality, but 

also encompass advanced manufacturing 

processes and enlightened after sales 

support for its customers. Founded 

as Duijvelaar voor Pompen in 1955 

and starting to manufacture stainless 

steel pumps in 1980, the company has 

undergone a massive transformation 

over the past half-century enabling it 

to establish brand leadership in The 

Netherlands and develop sales in many 

parts of the world. Occupying 16,000m² of 

manufacturing space, DP pumps has the 

capabilities to manufacture up to 100,000 

vertical and horizontal sheet metal multistage 

pumps and 5,000 pressure boosting 

systems a year. The Dutch pumps can be 

used wherever there is a requirement to 

boost pressure and transport water, and 

the company is active in many industrial 

sectors, from food processing to firefighting.” 

Internationally, the company 

sees itself as a relatively niche player and 

managing director Michael Schneider says 

that this requires a very different sales 

approach from that which operates in 

The Netherlands. the company branded 

pumps are supplied by a network of over 

100 distributors supported by its sales 

experienced dp engineers. DP pumps not 

only designs pumps, but also designs and 

manufactures its own tooling and develops 

its own manufacturing processes. In 

this way it has total control over all of its 

processes and procedures. Thus, should a 

problem occur it can be handled internally, 

without having to resort to external service 

providers. When the pump is designed, 

the designers work closely with the 

production personnel to identify what 

machinery is required and how it can be 

customised to satisfy the design criteria. 

For certain tasks, the company will design 

and build machines that are dedicated to 

specific manufacturing processes such 

as machining, milling, turning, stamping, 

and spark erosion. The company has 

more than 300 tools in its stocks and 

each one has been manufactured in 

house. “The quality of all tools is essential 

to ensuring that all products maintain a 

specific standard,” continues Michael 

Schneider. “When a tool goes over 80 

percent its tolerance level it is repaired 

and reset at 60 percent of its tolerances 

to ensure continued quality assurance.” 

Extensive use is made of robots and 

the company is one of a small number 

of pump manufacturers that use robots 

throughout its manufacturing processes. 

Currently it has 26 robots in use and 

all have been programmed in-house to 

replicate operations that were previously 

done by hand. This is one area where the 

experience and expertise of the workforce 

combines with systems programmers 

and designers. When designing pumps, 

the company’s R&D department works 

closely with the technical and production 

teams to ensure that machinery and 

tooling can accommodate all aspects of 

the design and deliver the highest levels 

of efficiency and economics. Examples of 

where robots have streamlined production 

and enhanced quality are where they have 

been built into purpose-designed cells 

for bringing parts together for operations 

such as laser welding, placing parts on 

the production line for the next operation 

Robots are used throughout the manufacturing processes 

and finally on to containers for despatch 

to the pump assembly hall. Using robots 

enables the company to manufacturer a 

diffuser every 45 seconds and an impeller 

every 30 seconds for its multistage booster 

pumps. The introduction of robots has 

enabled the company to increase its 

production capabilities and introduce 

new pump lines, whilst maintaining and 

enhancing the skills of its experienced 

workforce. Pump assembly at DP pumps 

is a virtually paperless process. All pump 

orders commence with programming a 

chip device dedicated to the order and 

this contains a full bill of components 

that goes with the pump throughout its 

complete assembly, through to stores 

and eventual despatch. This provides the 

company with a full history of the assembly 

for product traceability should the end 

user experience any problems with the 

pump. The information on the chip informs 

the operative what type of pump is being 

built and what components are required 

at each work station. Only when each 

stage of assembly is completed can the 

part-assembled pump move on to the 

next stage. The chip also incorporates a 

warning system that alerts operatives if the 

wrong component has been used. 



املضخات النابذة 

25 

New Range of Corrosive Liquid Mine Pumps 

A new cast 316 stainless steel selfpriming 

centrifugal pump has been 

introduced to handle corrosive 

liquids in mining applications. The 

new range of mine pumps are close 

coupled electric drive and feature 

high efficiencies for both high and 

low head applications. Introduced 

by Australian Pump Industries, 

the pumps are designed to answer a 

serious need in mining and chemical 

industries for cost efficient, ISO9001 

quality products capable of handling 

contaminated and corrosive liquids. 

“This product line has been developed 

for mine tailings and other difficult mine 

liquids including light slurries” said 

Aussie Pumps Product Manager, Neil 

Bennett. “We perceived a major market 

opportunity for a top quality stainless 

steel pump at a realistic price and built 

strictly in accordance with our quality 

culture,” he said. The first pump to be 

introduced is a 5.5kW 3” pump that 

delivers a maximum flow of 910 lpm 

with the added ability to handle solids 

to 10mm. Like all of the Aussie GMP 

range, the pump is self-priming with 

the ability to draft water from depths 

of 6 meters. The maximum pump 

head is 40 meters making it ideal for 

high pressure water transfer or even 

The new 316 stainless steel Aussie G3TMK-A tailings pump 

machinery wash down. Power for the 

machine comes from a 5.5 kW TEFC 

3 phase, 2 pole electric drive motor. 

Pump and motor are installed from the 

factory on a heavy duty steel base for 

ease of installation. Optional stainless 

steel or hot galvanized steel bases are 

available on request. 

Chemical Centrifugal 

Pumps from Lutz-Jesco 

Chemical centrifugal 

pumps that are made 

of plastic have been 

specifically designed 

for use in industrial 

pipeline construction 

and are, therefore, 

particularly robust 

Chemical standard pump N 

and durable. Highly 

resistant materials and special coatings guarantee maximum 

reliability even when exposed to aggressive media. Thickwalled 

pump housings prevent the media from diffusing. The 

pump shaft is sealed by means of single or double-acting 

mechanical seals on a corrosion-proof shaft protection sleeve. 

The mechanical seals are adapted to the conveying task at 

hand. For use in clean, neutral and aggressive media, the 

single-acting internal mechanical seal is used. For media 

with a tendency towards crystallization and/or deposits, the 

single-acting internal mechanical seal with a quench chamber 

is used. For highly aggressive and toxic media, which must 

not enter the environment, the double-acting mechanical 

“back-to-back” seal is used. Corresponding aggregates for 

quenching and blocking the mechanical seals are available. 



CHLORINATORS & SOFTENERS 


An Effective Combination 

W 

ith everyone looking for several ways to save money, many people forget to look within their own water systems. 

The presence of a water softener in a home or an office can significantly reduce utility costs. In addition, water 

softening can have a huge impact on the quality of water being distributed to homes and businesses. According to 

a report by ResearchMoz, the global water softener market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 

of 6.98 percent from 2016 to 2020. Increased awareness about the benefits of using soft water for daily household chores is 

driving the global water softener market for the residential segment. Also, rapid urbanization and industrialization in emerging 

countries are affecting the quality of water. Moreover, analysts reveal that water softeners and RO water purifiers are proving 

to be an effective combination. 

Supply water contains various chemical 

degradations. According to a TechSci 

Research report, these include 

calcium, magnesium, silica, iron and 

several other metal ions and minerals. 

Water softeners are water purification 

systems, used to make water softer 

by removing minerals such as calcium, 

magnesium, among others that can 

cause water rigidity. Salt based water 

softeners are widely accepted in the 

market and control a majority of the 

market share. Over the next nine 

years, salt based water softeners are 

projected to continue dominating the 

global water softeners market. Major 

water purification companies across 

the globe have forayed into the water 

softener business to capitalize on 

growing market opportunities. Rising 

investments in the research and 

development sector is driving product 

innovations in water softeners business. 

Some of the factors driving the global 

water softeners market include: 

a growing urban population, 

rising health concerns among 

consumers, growing research & 

development activities leading 

to product innovations, and 

technologically advanced products. 

These factors are anticipated to drive 

the growth of global water softeners 

market over the coming years, adds the 

report. These include: harmful effects 

of hard water on human health such 

as skin and hair, increasing demand 

from residential sector, and decline of 

water quality in developing countries 

due to expanding urbanization and 

industrialization. 

Furthermore, the demand for water 

softeners will also be driven primarily 

by technological innovations in the 

market. One trend sweeping the market 

is connectivity-enabled innovations, 

according to a recent report by 

Research and Markets. Home 

automation is a trend in the home 

appliances market. The widespread 

availability of wireless and mobile 

technologies and the introduction of 

connected devices and the Internet 

of things (IoT) have encouraged many 

users to shift to smart appliances. 

According to the report, a key growth 

driver is the purchases made by 

consumers to complement RO water 

“A water softener and an RO water 

purifier are an effective combination” 

purification units. RO membranes are 

fragile and inadequate in removing 

or reducing calcium and magnesium 

compounds in the water. To prevent this 

and extend product lifespan, consumers 

are installing water softeners with RO 

water purifiers. A water softener and 

an RO water purifier are an 

effective combination. While the 

water softener gives soft water 

for the entire home, RO water 

purifier enhances the quality of 

drinking water by removing most 

impurities including hydrocarbons, 

cadmium, pesticides, and other. 

AWW Staff 

ينسى الكثير من الناس في بحثهم عن طرق عدَّ‏ ة لتوفير المال إلقاء نظرة على نظم المياه الخاصة بهم.‏ فتركيب مُزيل عُ‏ سْ‏ ر الماء في المنزل أو في المكتب 

يساهم في التوفير في تكاليف استهالك الكهرباء والماء والتدفئة.‏ كما يمكن أن يكون له تأثيرًا كبيرًا على نوعية المياه التي يتم توزيعها على المنازل والمحال 

التجارية.‏ ووفقًا لتقرير صادر عن شركة ريسرتشموز ،)ResearchMoz( من المتوقع أن تنمو سوق مُزيل عُ‏ سْ‏ ر الماء بمعدل نمو سنوي مركب بنسبة 6.98 

في المئة بين العامين 2020-2016. وتقود زيادة التوعية حول فوائد استخدام مُزيل عُ‏ سْ‏ ر الماء للقيام باألعمال المنزلية اليومية السوق العالمية لمُ‏ زيل عُ‏ سْ‏ ر 

الماء في القطاع السكني.‏ وعالوة على ذلك،‏ يكشف المحللون أنَّ‏ مُزيل عُ‏ سْ‏ ر الماء ومعالجة المياة بتقنية التناضح العكسي أتثبتا تركيبتهما الفعَّالة.‏ 


27 أخبار صناعية 

املُكلْورات واملُيسّ‏ ات 

CMRL Provides Ferric Chloride for Water Treatment 

water treatment chemical. 

CMRL follows the procedure as 

per American Water Works 

Association (AWWA) Standard for 

the production of Ferric Chloride 

and its product exceeds AWWA 

Standard – ANSI/AWWA B12-407 

for water treatment. CMRL produces 

Ferric Chloride through Titanium Ore 

beneficiation. It is pertinent to note 

that AWWA Standard clearly states 

that Ferric Chloride produced through 

the company’s process route is the 

best for water treatment. 

Water treatment using Ferric Chloride 

Cochin Minerals and Rutile 

Ltd. {CMRL}, is a reputed and 

internationally acclaimed company 

in Kerala State, India having a 

vision to uphold the intellectual 

and technological reputation of 

the country in the International 

market. TCMRL adopts and 

upholds a value added approach 

in industry, life and society. Dr. 

S.N. Sasidharan Kartha, who is 

not only an Industrialist, but also a 

visionary, a philanthropist, a social, 

cultural and environmental wizard, 

is the Founder and Managing 

Director of the Company. CMRL 

is the largest manufacturer of 

liquid Ferric Chloride (FeCl3) 

and Ferrous Chloride (FeCl2) 

in India. The company owns 

and operates a Synthetic Rutile 

plant in Kerala, India, just 15 

Km away from Cochin Port. 

Water, being the most precious 

and scarce lifesaving resource 

in nature, its conservation and 

purification is a must and CMRL 

facilitates to achieve the goal by 

producing the best quality Ferric 

Chloride, conforming to major 

international standards, using in 

house technology. Both Ferric 

Chloride and Ferrous Chloride 

manufactured by CMRL are 

certified by NSF International, 

USA, an organization designated 

as a collaborating center by the 

World Health Organization 

(WHO), as the safest drinking 



CHLORINATORS & SOFTENERS 

UNIHA Optimizes Water Treatment Plants 

The return of investment and the 

saving of resources are crucial for 

every industrial water treatment 

project. UNIHA tailors the optimum 

treatment plant based on the specific 

life-cycle requirements. This includes 

the assessment of reuse and energy 

saving potential. UNIHA serves all 

industries such as food, oil & gas, 

petrochemical, steel, mining, cement, 

pulp & paper. UNIHA understands the 

importance of ensuring the quantity 

and the quality of water resources 

while at the same time controlling the 

environmental impact of industrial 

activities. In partnership with the client, 

UNIHA develops a business strategy 

to optimize water and wastewater 

treatment facilities. A complete water 

and waste treatment for steel Industrial 

has been successfully finalized. Water 

softening units by cation exchange 

resin (7.200 m³/d) provide soft water as 

make-up of cooling systems and feed 

water to RO plant. Reverse osmosis 

units (1.130 m³/d) provide DM water for 

closed cooling systems. It also features 

scale and oil removal (8.000 m³/d) for 

CCM, cooling towers (induced draft 

2.500 m³/h plus forced draft 2.300 

m³/h), and closed cooling systems 

with plate heat exchangers, 754 m² 

Water treatment plant 

(40 Mkcal/h). The accessories are all 

chemical dosing stations, sand and 

carbon filter, circulating pumps, piping 

and cabling and emergency tanks: firefighting 

system, central and local power 

distribution and control system, service, 

irrigation and drinking water treatment 

and supply. 

TEMAK Softeners Installed in Nigeria 

A large food industry in Nigeria 

installed TEMAK water softening 

systems in 2015 with total capacity of 

1280 m 3 /day used to feed boilers. The 

feed water permeates water from the 

two already installed brackish water 

reverse osmosis units collected in a 

tank. With the help of pumps water is 

pumped through two softening units 

for removal of remaining hardness. 

The softening system consists of two 

softening units of total 4 columns. 

The product water is suitable for use 

in boilers. In each softening unit, both 

columns are in operation, ensuring 

continuous and uninterrupted water 

supply. The plant is manufactured 

according to specific materials such 

as: Filter tanks are made of corrosionresistant 

steel, inside and outside 

are coated with polyethylene, there 

is a reliable five-cycle valve, PVC 

pipe system, an epoxy-coated frame 

and the brine tanks by unbreakable 

polyethylene. Each softening unit is 

controlled by an automatic panel. The 

plants are mounted on a foundation 

with internal piping and wiring. Also 

the pipe system has pneumatically 

actuated fail-safe ball valves. The 

concept "Plug & Play" ensures a safe 

and quick installation. The softening 

units have been installed in a closed 

TEMAK’s water softening systems 

and covered area. TEMAK SA is a 

Greek company which provides its 

customers with expert solutions in the 

field of water treatment and fluid control 

equipment. TEMAK SA expertise is not 

limited to the Greek market and has 

branched out to provide professional 

solutions and experience to a network 

of exclusive distributors. 



تكنولوجيا الحفر من دون شق 

29 

Keeping Microtunneled Pipelines on Track 

Microtunneling has become an essential part of the underground construction industry globally, not least for the installation 

of new and or the replacement of water and wastewater pipelines across a wide range of diameters. Whilst the correct 

choice of microtunneling equipment for the prevailing ground conditions is of high importance, without the right guidance 

system to ensure that the machine hits the target shaft/position at the end of the drive the installation could be a waste of time 

and money. With wastewater systems it is also usually vitally important that the correct line and level is maintained throughout the 

drive, another vital requirement for accuracy from the guidance system. Two recent projects in Zabbar, Malta and Shenzhen, China 

highlight how the microtunneling equipment and guidance system have to marry together well to achieve the desired outcome. 

Malta 

Tunnel guidance equipment specialist 

VMT of Bruchsal, Germany recently 

supplied the guidance systems for a 

microtunneling project on Malta which 

was required as part of water treatment 

network scheme. The project was 

designated TP2816 Ghaxaq, Malta. 

The microtunneling works involved 

the installation of two pipelines each 

of 1,600 mm internal diameter. One 

pipeline was 1031.76 m long whilst the 

other was a little longer at 1138.57 m. 

Both pipelines were designed as straight 

bores which meant that no specialist 

guidance was required to handle inbuilt 

curves. The drives were completed 

in the district of Zabbar West, between 

October 2015 and November 2016 

by local contractor Rockcut Limited 

which specializes in tunnel, shaft and 

rock excavation as well as ground 

support and geological surveys. Zabbar 

is located in the South East of Malta and 

it is Malta’s fourth largest town, with a 

population of around 17,100. 

One of the major challenges for the 

project was that the ground comprised 

relatively soft rock and chalk which was 

quite porous at times and in places 

included huge cavities. This was at least 

in part why the project took 

some 13 months to complete. 

The difficult ground conditions 

meant that the Herrenknecht 

AVN 1600 microtunneler, fitted 

with a hardrock cutterhead, 

encountered some of these cavities 

which needed to be filled with concrete 

before tunneling could continue. This 

happened once on the first drive and at 

least twice on the second. 

For its part VMT provided the guidance 

system and a support team to the 

project. The guidance system used was 

the Universal Navigation System (U.N.S.) 

modular navigation system developed 

by VMT’s sister company Herrenknecht 

AG. VMT markets these systems 

for Herrenknecht in the international 

market. The U.N.S. system was specially 

designed for use on straight bore routes 

of up to 200 meters in length and utilizes 

a laser that is installed in the drive launch 

shaft. The laser line maintains a direct 

“One of the major challenges for the 

project was that the ground comprised 

relatively soft rock and chalk” 

‘visual contact’ with the guidance target 

unit at the rear end of the TBM that 

allows the machine operator to monitor 

horizontal and vertical deviations from 

the predetermined target values and 

make the necessary steering corrections 

to maintain the required drive course. 

For longer drives such as those at 

The surface set-up of the microtunnel site in Zabbar, Malta 

Zabbar West, the navigation system 

can be extended using a reference 

module. To protect against refraction 

interference, an additional Hydraulic 

Water Levelling system (HWL) can be 

used to determine vertical deviation 

for longer, straight drives of up to 400 

meters in length. For even longer drives 

a north-seeking gyrocompass can be 

installed in the TBM, which does not 

require direct visual eye contact to the 

reference module in the launch 

shaft and makes it possible to 

master even longer distances, 

gradients and curves. 

The VMT support team visited 

site to ensure that particularly for the 

first drive the machine crew were fully 

up to speed on the functionality of the 

guidance system, especially the HWL. 

They were also useful to the project 

given that whilst no particular problems 

occurred with the guidance system, 

the ground circumstances meant that 



TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY 

drift calculations for the machine were 

challenging as it went through porous 

chalk and then just a few meters later 

through the harder rock. Ultimately both 

drives were successfully completed to 

within the necessary target tolerances 

required by the client. 

Shenzhen 

The Futian sewage treatment 

plant project in Shenzhen 

is an important emission 

reduction, sewage cleaning 

project for Guangdong 

Provence, China. As part of the 

construction works a pipe jacked 

sewer pipeline some 713 meters long 

with an internal diameter of 3 meters 

was required to protect the National 

Mangrove Nature Reserve. Once 

constructed the whole pipeline will 

Successful holing of the Zabbar 

microtunneled drive 

create an underground pipeline that 

will connect the Shenzhen Bay coastal 

recreation belt, Shenzhen Expo Park 

and Tanglang Mountain area enabling 

the sewage flows to be kept away 

from the Reserve. The underground 

pipeline will transport 600,000 cubic 

“The Futian sewage treatment plant 

project in Shenzhen is an important 

emission reduction […] for Guangdong” 

meters of sewage water per day, and 

provide effective protection for the 

wetland ecosystem in Shenzhen. 

Whilst the concept of the plan is simple 

in reality the situation is somewhat 

different. The pipe jacked tunnel runs 

alongside Binhai Avenue, as close as 

5 meters in places. To the south is the 

National Mangrove Nature Reserve 

which has around 1,000 visitors per 

day. The pipe jacked tunnel also runs 

under the South pedestrian walkway 

and the green areas along Binhai 

Avenue. Ground conditions along 

the route also varied considerably 

from silty conglomerate and medium 

weathered granite, through totally 

weathered granite and slightly 

weathered granite to plain fill and rock 

fill and conditions in between. The 

tunneling machine also passed close 

to a gulch, which only added to a very 

complex geological environment. So 

accuracy at the cutterhead was vital. 

As well as the complex geology the 

tunnel itself was design as two straight 

sections with one curve 388 meters in 

length with a radius of 888.88 meters. 

Given that this was the first project in 

the region to attempt such a complex 

pipeline installation it was vitally 

important that the right guidance 

system for the tunneling machine 

was selected. Having investigated the 

options an SLS-LT system from VMT 

was selected based on its very 

successful history on complex 

pipe jacking projects. VMT’s 

SLS-LT system is designed 

for the guidance of long 

distance and curved pipe 

jacking applications for pipe 

diameters above 1 m using a servomotorized 

laser total station which 

is mounted inside the tunnel which 

moves together with the pipeline. The 

actual position of the laser total station 

is continuously calculated with help 

of the known as-built position of the 

previously installed pipes. The SLS-LT 

System also recognizes TBM drift and 

with the system installed in the front 

part of the tunnel (inside the first 90 m) 

laser refraction does not influence the 

measurements. 

Engineers from VMT SH (the local VMT 

distributor) were on site throughout the 

project to initially set up the system and 

monitor progress throughout the work. 

The local team was also trained to use 

the system effectively as the project 

took place. Despite access difficulties 

at the start of the drive in February 

2016 which were overcome with team 

work and experience in such set-ups, 

the project holed successfully on target 

on 24 April 2016. 

VMT GmbH 

Email: info@vmt-gmbh.de 

Web: www.vmt-gmbh.de 

أصبح حفر األنفاق الدقيقة جزءًا ال يتجزَّأ من قطاع بناء األنفاق في العالم،‏ وخصوصً‏ ا في مجال تركيب خطوط أنابيب المياه ومياه الصرف الصحي الجديدة أو 

استبدالها ضمن مساحة كبيرة.‏ ويعدُّ‏ االختيار الصحيح لمعدات حفر األنفاق الدقيقة ذات أهمية عالية وفقًا لظروف األرض السائدة.‏ فمن دون نظام التوجيه 

الصحيح الذي يضمن وصول اآللة إلى العمود المستهدف أو الموقع،‏ يمكن أن تمسي عملية التركيب في نهاية األمر مضيعة للوقت والمال.‏ ومن المهم أيضً‏ ا،‏ 

المحفاظة على الخط الصحيح وعلى المستوى طوال العملية في ظلِّ‏ توفُّر نظم مياه الصرف الصحي،‏ األمر الذي يعدُّ‏ شرطً‏ ا حيويًا آخرًا من شروط نظام التوجيه 

للتأكد من الدقة أثناء العملية.‏ ويشير المشروعين في زابار في مالطا،‏ وشنجن في الصين إلى كيفية وجوب دمج معدات حفر األنفاق الدقيقة ونظام التوجيه 

لتحقيق النتائج المرجوَّة.‏ ففي مالطا،‏ زوَّدت الشركة األلمانية المتخصصة في معدات التوجيه في األنفاق ‏"في أم تي"‏ )VMT( من مدينة بروخزال،‏ مشروع حفر 

أنفاق دقيقة في مالطا بنظم التوجيه،‏ وهي كانت مطلوبة كجزء من مخطط شبكة معالجة المياه.‏ وشملت أعمال حفر األنفاق الدقيقة تركيب خطي أنابيب يبلغ 

القطر الداخلي لكل منها 1600 مم.‏ وتمثَّلت إحدى التحديات الرئيسة للمشروع في أنَّ‏ األرض قد شكلت صخرة لينة نسبيًا وطباشيرية مسامية في بعض األحيان 

وفي بعض األماكن،‏ كما تضمَّ‏ نت تجاويف ضخمة.‏ 



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31 

CH2M Named Top Trenchless Design Firm in 2016 

For the second consecutive year, CH2M 

earned the top spot on Trenchless 

Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless 

Engineering Design Firms list. The firm 

has topped the list in six of the last seven 

years. Trenchless Technology’s list is 

developed by comparing firms based 

on their trenchless billings in the North 

American market, as well as numbers 

of trenchless professionals, completed 

trenchless projects and a breakdown of 

what trenchless components made up 

the projects reported. CH2M reported 

more than USD164 million in trenchless 

projects over the last fiscal year reflecting 

over 234 trenchless project components 

such as auger boring, horizontal 

directional drilling, micro tunneling, pipe 

bursting, pipeline rehabilitation, utility 

tunneling and evaluation studies. “CH2M’s 

client-centric approach allows our internal 

practice groups with extensive knowledge 

in Trenchless Technology to add value to 

our clients’ specific projects, concerns 

and desired outcomes. The result – a 

successful project for our client,” said 

Susan Moisio, CH2M Conveyance 

Practice Manager. An industry leader in 

developing and deploying trenchless and 

tunneling technologies, CH2M applies 

innovative and cost-effective approaches 

for buried infrastructure assessment, 

rehabilitation, replacement and new 

installations for water, wastewater, and 

energy conveyance projects. North 

American examples include the El 

Paso Water Magnolia Storm Drainage 

Improvement project which was designed 

to help improve drainage and reduce 

flooding on Interstate 10, the raw 

water pipelines for the Davis-Woodland 

Regional Water Supply Design-Build 

Project which recently received a National 

Award of Merit by the Design-Build 

Institute of America, and the structural 

rehabilitation of the Taggart Outfall 

30 brick sewer in Portland, Oregon. 

“Trenchless technologies continue 

to improve and provide excellent 

options for clients who are looking to 

repair or replace aging underground 

infrastructure or install new buried 

infrastructure,” said Mark Johnson, 

CH2M’s Tunnel Practice Manager. 

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Egypt’s Renewable Energy Sector 

Presents Strong Investment Opportunity 

Egypt continues to mobilize private regional and foreign capital to support the country’s renewable energy sector, with wind and 

solar PV under the feed-in-tariff scheme presenting an investment opportunity of at least USD6 billion to 2018. Facing growing 

energy demands and pressure on fuel supplies for conventional energy generation, Egypt is focusing on renewable energy as a 

viable and effective source to add to the gas-dominated energy mix. Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority aims to generate 20 

percent of its power from renewables by 2020. Egypt will need to add about 8 gigawatts, foreseen to be split between 5.5 gigawatts of 

wind power, and 2.5 gigawatts of solar power according to EFG Hermes, one of the well-known investment banks in the Arab World. 

As a result, EFG Hermes predicts a debt 

and equity investment opportunity of 

approximately USD6 to USD7 billion for 

Egypt’s feed-in-tariff renewable energy 

program to 2018. In these challenging 

times, renewable energy is increasingly 

serving as an innovative solution for Middle 

East and North Africa countries, especially 

Egypt, to rebuild, reconstruct, and drive 

diversified economic growth. Renewable 

energy’s low cost of production, reduced 

environmental impact, and ease of 

implementation in rugged and demanding 

situations make renewables the best 

power source for Egypt’s future. Whether 

developed by governments, the private 

sector, or NGOs, renewable energy can 

transform the key development pillars of 

power, health, infrastructure, education, 

and people. “We are bullish in the shortto 

medium-term on Egypt’s renewable 

energy projects. But it’s a matter of properly 

executing the first feed-in-tariff wave. 

The Government’s implementation 

of the regulatory framework is one 

of the biggest challenges. Once the 

right implementation plan is in place, 

then it will be easy for international 

lenders to be fully comfortable with Egypt’s 

renewables sector,” said Bakr Abdel- 

Wahab, Managing Director of Infrastructure 

Private Equity at EFG Hermes. “There is a 

lot of focus on investors and developers, 

but we have to remember that 60 to 75 

percent of the funding will be via debt from 

international and multi-lateral institutions. All 

the necessary structural changes need to be 

in place to assist aggressive debt financing,” 

added Abdel-Wahab. Currently, Egypt is 

deploying several different development 

models for renewable energy projects. 

These include bilateral agreements between 

the government and private developers, 

feed-in-tariff where the government pays 

“Egypt is deploying several different 

development models for renewable 

energy projects” 

set tariffs for renewable energy, and Build- 

Own-Operate and Build-Operate-Transfer 

tenders for more competitive bidding by 

developers. Egypt is working on a range 

of measures to make opportunities more 

accessible to equity investors and lenders 

alike, including ensuring currency stability for 

settling renewable energy tariffs and funding 

the capital expenditure requirements 

of power projects, EFG Hermes said. 

Moreover, many of Egypt’s renewable 

energy projects under the feed-in-tariff 

regime are split into 50 megawatt contracts, 

which has created a fragmented renewable 

sector that lends itself to further aggregation 

and consolidation of opportunities by 

larger developers and investors. 

“Egypt’s renewable energy sector 

is very promising and will become 

substantially more so as roadblocks 

including currency convertibility are 

cleared. To be able to raise equity for 

these projects, for example via a dedicated 

renewable energy fund, investment 

managers require immediate tangible 

opportunities for investment. Investors do 

not prefer to hold commitments without 

disbursements for excessing periods,” 

added Abdel-Wahab. 

Masdar 

Web: www.masdar.ae 

تواصل مصر سعيها الستقطاب رؤوس األموال الخاصة لدعم قطاع الطاقة المتجددة في البالد،‏ في الوقت الذي يتيح مجال الطاقة الشمسية فرصة الستقطاب تمويل 

بقيمة ال تقل عن ستة مليارات دوالر حتى العام 2018. وينصبّ‏ تركيز مصر التي تواجه طلباً‏ متزايداً‏ على الطاقة في ظلّ‏ ضغوط على إمدادات الوقود لتوليد الطاقة 

التقليدية،‏ على الطاقة المتجددة كمصدر حيوي وفعال يمكن إضافته إلى مجموع مصادر الطاقة الذي يهيمن عليه الغاز.‏ وفي هذا اإلطار،‏ تهدف هيئة الطاقة الجديدة 

والمتجددة المصرية إلى توليد 20 بالمئة من الكهرباء من مصادر الطاقة المتجددة بحلول العام 2020. وستكون مصر في حاجة إلضافة حوالي 8 غيغاوات من الكهرباء،‏ 

يُتوقع أن يأتي 5.5 غيغاوات منها من طاقة الرياح،‏ و‎2.5‎ غيغاوات منها من الطاقة الشمسية،‏ وفقاً‏ للمجموعة المالية ‏»هيرميس«.‏ 


36 COUNTRY/REGIONAL REPORTS 

JAPAN 

New Energy Strategy to 2030 and Beyond 

Japan is a major player in the world of energy. The country is one of the largest energy consumers and importers. It is also a 

recognized leader in energy technology development and a major exporter in that sector. Security of supply has traditionally been 

critical to Japan, as it relies on imports for practically all of its fossil fuel supply. Recent years have been challenging, however. 

Japan’s energy policy has been dominated by efforts to overcome the impact from the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and the 

subsequent nuclear accident. At the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in 2009, Japan had pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas 

(GHG) emissions by 25 percent from 1990 to 2020. This ambitious pledge largely relied on plans to increase nuclear power’s share in 

electricity supply from 30 percent to 50 percent. 

After March 2011, the country’s entire 

nuclear power capacity was gradually shut 

down in the aftermath of the Fukushima 

Daiichi nuclear accident and came to 

a complete halt in 2013. The nuclear 

shutdown left a gap of around 30 percent 

in electricity supply. This gap was closed 

mostly by at the time expensive fossil 

fuels, primarily by liquefied natural gas 

(LNG), but also by oil and, from 2013 on, 

by coal. Electricity savings and, since 2012, 

additional renewable electricity capacity also 

helped to close the gap. Yet by the end of 

2013, import dependence had risen to 94 

percent from 80 percent in 2010. Annual 

CO2 emissions from power generation 

had grown by more than 110 million tons, 

or by one-quarter. Electricity prices had 

increased by 16 percent for households 

and 25 percent for industry, according to 

IEA data, and were set to continue to rise 

fast. The situation was unsustainable for the 

long term. Thus, the government decided 

to fundamentally rethink its 

energy policy. In April 2014, 

the government adopted the 

fourth Strategic Energy Plan 

(SEP) and based on that plan, 

the Ministry of Economy, 

Trade and Industry (METI) 

prepared the 2015 “Long-Term Energy 

Supply and Demand Outlook” to 2030 

which was adopted in July 2015. The 

SEP introduces safety among the key 

objectives of energy policy, alongside the 

three “Es” of energy security, economic 

efficiency and environmental protection. 

These objectives are intertwined and the 

government has been careful to balance 

them in the subsequent outlooks and 

strategies to 2030 and beyond. The 2015 

Outlook was prepared with climate change 

objectives in mind. A key part of the Outlook 

“Annual CO 2 

emissions from power 

generation had grown by more than 110 

million tons, or by one-quarter” 

is the electricity supply mix for 2030, which 

projects declines in the share for natural 

gas, coal and oil, a comeback to nuclear 

energy and strong increases in renewable 

energy. After the adoption of the 2015 

Outlook, Japan announced its intended 

nationally determined contribution (INDC) 

for COP21 (held in Paris from 30 November 

to 12 December 2015) to reduce GHG 

emissions by 26 percent from 2013 to 

2030. In May 2016, it adopted the Plan for 

Global Warming Countermeasures. The 

plan is based on the INDC and the Paris 

Agreement by which Japan pledges 

to head towards cutting emissions 

by 80 percent by 2050 under the 

condition that this is compatible with 

economic growth. To support these 

promises, the government is working 

together with industry and academia 

to promote energy technology innovation 

under the 2016 National Energy and 

Environment Strategy for Technological 

Innovation towards 2050 (NESTI 2050). 

International Energy Agency 

Web: www.iea.org 

تعدُّ‏ اليابان العبًا رئيسً‏ ا في عالم الطاقة،‏ وتعتبر واحدة من أكبر المستهلكين والمستوردين في هذا المجال.‏ وهي رائدة أيضً‏ ا في مجال تطوير تكنولوجيا 

الطاقة،‏ وهي مصدِّر رئيس في هذا القطاع.‏ ال طالما كان أمن اإلمدادات أمرًا حاسمًا في اليابان ألنَّها تعتمد على الواردات عمليًا في كل إمدادات الوقود 

األحفوري.‏ لقد كانت السنوات األخيرة صعبة،‏ إذ هيمنت الجهود المبذولة للتغلب على اآلثار الكبيرة للزلزال الذي ضرب شرق اليابان عام 2011 والحوادث 

النووية التي تلته على مشهد سياسة الطاقة في اليابان.‏ وتعهَّدت اليابان في المؤتمر الخامس عشر للدول األطراف في عام 2009 أن تخفض انبعاثاتها من 

غازات الدفيئة بنسبة 25 في المئة بين العامين 1990 و 2020. ويعتمد هذا التعهد الطموح إلى حد كبير على خطط زيادة حصة الطاقة النووية في إمدادات 

الكهرباء من 30 في المئة إلى 50 في المئة.‏ 



اليابان 

37 

Tsurumi Submersible Seawater-Resistant Pumps 

Tsurumi Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

was founded in Japan in 1924, and 

today manufactures, purchases and 

sells various pumps and related 

equipment. Submersible pumps are 

our top-selling product. Tsurumi 

offers pumps for various liquids 

including those difficult to handle, 

such as seawater, corrosive liquids 

and high temperature liquids, as well 

as pumps for general wastewater. 

Tsurumi has recently devoted energy 

to selling submersible seawaterresistant 

pumps. Submersible 

seawater-resistant pumps are special 

pumps for handling seawater and 

are indispensable for waterfront and 

bay area development, aquaculture 

facilities, etc. Japan is a maritime 

nation with the sixth longest 

coastline in the world. In view of 

the geographical environment, 

Tsurumi has performed field tests 

in various marine construction 

projects under severe conditions 

over many years, in collaboration 

with general contractors. Making use 

of the valuable know-how that we 

attained through these field tests, we 

have sought submersible seawater 

pumps that provide both corrosion 

resistance and wear resistance. As a 

result, Tsurumi developed pumps of 

submersible seawater-resistant type 

using as many standardized materials 

as possible, in consideration of cost 

efficiency. Consequently, pumps 

of standard specifications can be 

combined with a seawater-resistant 

kit that comprises a “galvanic anode” 

and “seawater-resistant special 

cast iron impeller,” to solve both 

problems of long service life and cost 

efficiency. Tsurumi’s pumps come 

standard with an anti-wicking cable 

and dual inside mechanical seals 

with silicone carbide faces. These 

reliable heavy-duty pumps are based 

Submersible seawater-resistant pump 

on the principal design concept of 

enabling long-term continuous duty 

and ensure stable operation and 

excellent durability. 

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TURKEY 


for Water Security in South-East Turkey 

T 

urkey faces limited potential for widespread food and water insecurity between now and 2030. The actions that it takes 

over this time period, however, will have implications for the Kurdish minority living within its borders and the lower riparian 

countries of Syria and Iraq. Provided rising food and water demand – driven by population growth – is met, the greatest 

challenge to Turkish food and water security is likely to come from domestic and regional political instability. Rainfall is highly variable 

across the country, the central and south-eastern plateaus receive an average of 250mm per year while parts of the north-eastern 

A country or region is considered to be in a 

condition of water stress when the annual 

per capita water supply falls below 1,700 

cubic meters. Once water availability drops 

below 1,000m 3 per capita, the country or 

region is considered to be experiencing 

water scarcity. Per capita water availability 

has declined to 1,600m 3 in Turkey, 

suggesting that it is experiencing water 

stress. Some projections indicate that the 

situation is likely to continue to deteriorate, 

with water per capita availability expected 

to decline to 1,125m 3 by 2023. If this 

projection proves accurate, it is possible 

that the country will become water scarce 

by 2030. The majority of water, 71 percent, 

is consumed by the agricultural sector, 

mainly to irrigate crops. Close to 90 percent 

of irrigated areas employ highly wasteful 

surface irrigation methods. These methods 

lead to high rates of evaporation and 

surface runoff. Increasing the use 

of drip and sprinkler irrigation would 

reduce the amount of water wasted 

by the agricultural sector while 

maintaining crop production rates. 

The industrial and domestic sectors 

each account for 14 percent of the country’s 

water consumption. Domestic water use 

has increased from 98 liters per person per 

day in the 1980s to 250 liters per person per 

day currently. Turkey aims to save water by 

reducing daily consumption to 150 liters per 

person per day, the average amount used 

in the 1990s. Even with these measures, 

water used by irrigators and in domestic 

applications is estimated to double while the 

industrial sector is anticipated to triple the 

amount of water it consumes. In recent years, 

highly populated areas, mainly Istanbul and 

the western and central provinces, have 

begun to experience water shortages in the 

summer months. As the population of these 

“The majority of water, 71 percent, is 

consumed by the agricultural sector, 

mainly to irrigate crops” 

areas is projected to continue to increase it 

is possible that water shortages will become 

more acute. Simply building more storage 

facilities or rerouting water from elsewhere 

is unlikely to resolve the issue. Rerouting 

water invariably leads to water loss and, as 

the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Authority 

already relies on a network of ten dams, 

constructing more dams is unlikely to 

solve long-term water supply problems. 

Encouraging people to reduce unnecessary 

water use and introducing water recycling 

schemes in the heavily populated, but 

relatively water scarce, western and central 

provinces would provide a better solution 

to the region’s water issues. As surface 

water sources come under strain 

from increased demand and lower 

inflow (mean rainfall is expected to 

decrease by five per cent by 2030) 

a larger portion of water will come 

from aquifers. Many groundwater 

sources are already overexploited and a 

proliferation of unauthorized or unregulated 

wells is leading to greater withdrawal rates. 

Mervyn Piesse 

Research Manager, Global Food and Water 

Crises Research Program 

Future Directions 

Email: info@futuredirections.org.au 

Web: www.futuredirections.org.au 

تمتلك تركيا إمكانيات محدودة في مواجهة إنعدام األمن الغذائي والمائي من يومنا هذا وحتى العام 2030. إنَّ‏ اإلجراءات التي ستتخذ خالل هذه الفترة،‏ 

سيكون لها آثارًا على األقلية الكردية التي تعيش داخل حدودها والدول المتشاطئة كسوريا والعراق.‏ ويتمثَّل التحدي األبرز النعدام األمن الغذائي والمائي 

في عدم االستقرار السياسي الداخلي واإلقليمي.‏ إنَّ‏ نسبة األمطار المتساقطة متغيرة بدرجة كبيرة في جميع أنحاء البالد،‏ إذ يبلغ متوسط المتساقطات في 

المنطقة الوسطى والهضاب في الجنوب الشرقي من البالد 250 مم سنويًا.‏ بينما تهطل حوالى 2000 مم من األمطار سنويًا على الساحل الشمالي الشرقي 

للبحر األسود.‏ عمومًا،‏ يبلغ متوسط المتساقطات 650 مم سنويًا.‏ وانخفض نصيب الفرد من المياه في تركيا 1.600 متر مكعب،‏ ما يشير إلى أنَّ‏ البالد تعاني 

االجهاد المائي.‏ ويستخدم حوالى 71 في المئة من نسبة المياه ألغراض الري في القطاع الزراعي.‏ 



تركيا 

39 

ERGIL Supplies Kızıldere III Project with Silencers 

& Weir Boxes 

ERGIL announced that the 

successful completion of 13 brine 

flash tank silencers and 13 weir 

boxes order for Zorlu Energy 

Group’s Kızıldere III Geothermal 

Power Generation Project located 

between Denizli and Aydın Provinces 

in the northeastern extreme of the 

Büyük Menderes Graben of Western 

Turkey. Kızıldere is one of Turkey’s 

largest geothermal power plant that 

adds significant value to Turkey’s 

alternative energy needs. The 

Kızıldere III project has increased 

its production to 165 MW and 

has become one of the 10 largest 

geothermal power generations in the 

world. The collaboration of ERGIL 

and Zorlu Energy Group means that 

approximately 800,000 dwellings can 

have their electricity needs met. Zorlu 

Energy Group works in a different 

part of the energy sector, offering 

an integrated service on a global 

scale in various fields especially 

through the production and sales of 

electricity and vapor. Thus, Turkey 

would able to reduce its dependency 

on foreign-source energy by using 

national resources more efficiently. 

ERGIL will be supplying 13 brine flash 

tank silencers (dia. 3800mm) and 13 

Weir Boxes (4230x1800x1220mm) to 

Zorlu Energy Group. These Silencer 

and Weir Boxes have been designed 

and manufactured at ERGIL’s 35,000 

sq/m World class facility in Mersin, 

Turkey. Brine flash tank silencers are 

used to minimize extreme loud level 

that is created during the process 

of flashing geothermal brine at 

atmospheric pressure and separates 

vapor and brine (thermal water). 

Weir boxes are used when Tanks are 

filled with geothermal water and the 

silencer quietens the process as the 

steam and steam fluids which come 

out of the double sludge system 

are removed and the geothermal 

water is then transferred to the liquid 

weir boxes, where level and flow 

measurements are carried out. 



UNITED KINGDOM 


Procurement is about to Change Forever 

W 

hen it comes to utility procurement in the UK, water is often the poor relation to gas and electricity. The comparatively 

low cost of water supply and waste water management, coupled with an inflexible marketplace, has led to it being a 

little understood, little noticed line on many organizations’ P&L. However that is all about to change. In April 2017, just 

like the transformation of the gas and electricity markets previously, water supply in England is set to become a competitive retail 

market as opposed to the current monopolistic approach. The move will create the largest retail water market in the world with 1.2 

million customers and a total market value of USD2.98 billion. Most organizations will not have had to worry about water before 

because until now, there’s never been a choice as to how they manage water supply across their property estate. So how can 

non-household operations in England make the most of the open market opportunity? We asked independent water consultancy 

Waterscan to bring us up to speed fast with a quick guide to what’s happening and how to benefit. 

A Quick Guide to the English 

Open Market 

1. What is changing? 

Water supply is currently dictated by an 

organization’s location, with very few 

opportunities for customers to switch 

suppliers or negotiate pricing; but, in 

April 2017, it will become a competitive 

retail market. This will give commercial 

and non-residential customers the 

option to switch to the supplier who will 

give them the best price and service 

level regardless of where they operate 

in England. The market will be split 

into wholesale businesses (focused on 

water treatment and supply) and retail 

businesses (responsible for front end 

consumer services and billing). 

2. Why is the market opening up? 

The regulator of the water sector 

in England and Wales, Ofwat, cites 

climate change leading to 

more droughts and floods, 

advancing environmental 

standards and a fast growing 

population as key drivers for 

this initiative. Additionally, 

many of England’s water 

companies have a notoriously 

bad customer service record and billing 

performance. There have been frequent 

stories of overcharging, issues with 

billing accuracy and poor data/meter 

management. 

3. What will happen to prices? 

The current prediction is that prices will 

reduce: a small margin will be available 

to retailers, a proportion of which will 

be passed through to customers. 

There should also be a benefit in terms 

of the hidden cost of administration 

“… many of England’s water 

companies have a notoriously bad 

customer service record and billing 

performance” 

time. For multi-site organizations who 

may be dealing with over 25 separate 

water companies, switching to a single 

supplier should consolidate billing, 

saving administration time and effort. 

4. Will customers profit or will it be 

the water companies who will see a 

bottom-line benefit? 

The idea behind retail competition is to 

focus on the customer. To fully benefit 

Grey water illustration 

however, customers will need high 

quality data for use in procurement 

negotiations. Of course, saving 

money is an important consideration 

but there are significant 

environmental benefits expected 

too. As businesses and other 

organizations act more responsibly, 

and consumer knowledge around 

water increases, water management 

could become an important factor in 

sustainability strategies. 

5. What do organizations have to 

do in the short term? 

It’s not a legal requirement to act - 

but it could be a costly mistake if they 

don’t. Taking no action is likely to mean 

being put on ‘default tariffs’ by existing 

suppliers, which, as experience has 

shown in the gas and electricity sector, 



اململكة املتحدة 

41 

Urban scape 

is usually more expensive. Waterscan 

advises conducting a review of existing 

water bills to ensure current charging 

is correct. If not, rectify it first before 

switching supplier. This will ensure any 

retrospective issues are resolved with 

refunds/rebates maximized with the 

existing supplier. Then, they should 

get a good understanding of 

the current operational water 

footprint: how much water is 

used, where and when? This 

is likely to highlight several 

water saving initiatives like 

water re-use. Automated Meter 

Reading (AMR) meters are a sensible 

solution for ongoing proactive water 

management too. 

6. And in the longer term? 

In an economic landscape where more 

attention is often given to short term 

cost reduction as opposed to driving 

long term strategic value, effective water 

management is actually an area that 

could provide both: a quick win and 

good returns over the longer term. Saving 

money is important but, with the increasing 

need to treat water consumption with 

care, saving water is equally important. 

Taking a proactive approach to water 

management will help organizations 

towards meeting sustainability targets 

“Impressive savings have been seen by 

thinking holistically about water use” 

and pay dividends in the mid-long term. 

An outsourced strategic procurement 

service, real-time consumption metering 

and data analytics, the deployment 

of the next generation water re-use 

technologies can all play an important 

role in getting organizations ‘water fit’ in 

the new market. Impressive savings have 

been seen by thinking holistically about 

water use, installing greywater recycling 

and rainwater harvesting systems into 

new buildings for example. 

Case Study: Best Practice 

Procurement – Tesco 

In preparation for English market 

opening, retailer Tesco commissioned 

Waterscan to look at how it could 

optimize current supply agreements 

in Scotland, where retail competition 

already exists. Utilizing Waterscan’s wellstructured 

Water Supply Procurement 

service and overlaying this with the 

consulting team’s unrivalled insight into 

water charging systems enabled Tesco 

to make an informed decision about their 

water retailer and save USD932,625 on 

its water costs. This achievement has 

now set a benchmark for best practice 

ahead of the English market opening. 

Case Study: Working Holistically – 

Premier Inn 

Waterscan installed an innovative 

greywater recycling system for the leading 

hotel chain Premier Inn at Abu Dhabi 

International Airport as part of the airport’s 

multi-billion dollar redevelopment and 

expansion. The system takes 

water used for showering and 

bathing across the hotel’s 300 

rooms and treats it through an 

ultra-filtration membrane before 

feeding it back into the hotel 

for use in flushing toilets and for 

irrigation. The initiative is vastly reducing 

mains water consumption, already saving 

an average of 735,000 liters (24 percent) 

of mains water each month – that’s 60 

liters per guest. Over the course of a year, 

this is the equivalent of 110,000 baths. 

100 percent of toilet flushing at the hotel 

now uses recycled water. 

Waterscan 

Web: www.waterscan.com 

من المتوقع أن تصبح إمدادات المياه في إنجلترا في شهر نيسان / أبريل 2017 تنافسية في سوق التجزئة مقارنة مع النهج االحتكاري الحالي،‏ تماماً‏ مثل 

التحول الذي حدث في أسواق الغاز والكهرباء سابقًا.‏ ومن شأن هذه الخطوة أن تخلق أكبر سوق تجزئة للمياه في العالم،‏ إذ تملك 1.2 مليون عميل وتبلغ 

إجمالي قيمة السوق فيها 2.98 مليار دوالر أمريكي.‏ ولم تثر مسألة المياه قلق معظم الشركات حتى اآلن بفضل كيفية إدارتها إلمدادات المياه في ممتلكاتهم 

العقارية.‏ فكيف يمكن لهذه العمليات في المنشآت غير السكنية في انجلترا االستفادة من فرص السوق المفتوحة؟ لذا لجأنا إلى شركة ووترسكان 

،)Waterscan( وهي شركة مستقلة لالستشارات في مجال المياه لتفسير ماذا يحدث،‏ وكيف يمكن االستفادة من هذه المسألة.‏ وتشير الجهة الرقابية في 

قطاع المياه في إنجلترا وويلز،‏ هيئة تنظيم خدمات المياه في انجلترا،‏ إلى أنَّ‏ عوامل مثل التغير المناخي الذي يتسبَّب بالمزيد من الجفاف والفيضانات،‏ 

والنهوض بالمعايير البيئية،‏ والزيادة السريعة في عدد السكان،‏ هي عوامل رئيسة محركة لمبادرة إنفتاح األسوق.‏ باإلضافة إلى ذلك،‏ فإن العديد من شركات 

المياه في انجلترا لها تاريخً‏ ا سيئًا في مجال خدمة العمالء وإعداد الفواتير.‏ 




British Water Partners Highways England to 

Tackle Drainage 

Innovative approaches to the design, 

building and maintenance of drainage 

systems were the focus of an event 

bringing together water industry experts 

and professionals responsible for 

England’s motorways and trunk roads. 

The Innovation Exchange, which took 

place in Birmingham on 8 February, has 

been organized by trade association 

British Water in collaboration with 

Government-owned company Highways 

England. Prefabricated manholes, 

attenuation solutions, pipe materials 

and innovative methods of treating 

environmental pollution were among 

the technology being presented. As 

well as looking at ways to improve 

drainage and prevent flooding Highways 

England is currently investigating new 

methods of building, particularly off-site 

manufacture of components such as 

manholes, attenuation solutions and 

catchpits. The organization also has an 

interest in pipe technology and water 

quality and is investigating innovative 

ways to treat highways run-off. Santi 

Santhalingam - Lead Drainage Specialist 

of Highways England’s Environment 

Group, explained that an internal exercise 

had been undertaken to identify the 

surface water drainage themes which 

Highways drainage systems 

would likely deliver the greatest benefit for 

introduction through the planned regional 

improvements. Marta Perez, Technical 

Director for British Water said: “There are 

a lot of exciting new technologies around 

when it comes to drainage systems. British 

Water members have a great range of 

expertise when it comes to new materials, 

construction methods and design.” 

Fluid Dynamics’ Water Conditioners Inhabit Scaling 

in Water Systems 

UK based Fluid Dynamics has been 

manufacturing water conditioners 

for almost 45 years. Starting from a 

time when “experts” said that it was 

scientifically impossible for them to work 

Fluid Dynamics technology has now 

been independently tested and proven 

effective by the US Governments own 

Elk Ridge Testing Laboratories. The 

benefits of the Fluid Dynamics range 

18 MagCAT plus water conditioning unit 

of water conditioners is they consume 

nothing, they use no external electricity, 

they have no moving parts and need 

no maintenance. In the UK dozens 

of major housing developments fit 

Fluid Dynamics MagCAT at the point 

of water entry into their buildings 

to inhabit scaling in the hot water 

systems. Leading supermarkets, such 

as Marks and Spencer’s, Waitrose 

and John Lewis incorporate the Fluid 

Dynamics Scaletron in their new stores 

and are now retrofitting to old ones. 

The Fluid Dynamics Limetron scale 

prevention system for private houses 

is now distributed through more than 

100 independent plumbing stores 

throughout the UK. Users include the 

Crown Estates by Windsor Castle. 

In the Middle East as well, Fluid 

Dynamics is achieving success. The 

Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi is just 

one of the buildings protected by Fluid 

Dynamics MagCAT. In Addis Ababa the 

irrigation system for the new National 

stadium will be protected by Agratron. 

The Agratron not only prevents 

irrigation nozzles blocking up but also 

reduces the formation of hard blocking 

calcium scale around the roots of a 

plant enabling easier uptake of water 

and fertilizer. 



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Dosing Pumps Enables Maintaining 

Phosphorus Limits 

To help overcome the repeated 

blockage of diaphragm pumps when 

dosing ferric sulphate at wastewater 

treatment plants, a number of Welsh 

Water sites now feature Qdos 30 

peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow 

Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG). 

The investment is expected to achieve 

a quick return thanks to significant 

savings in maintenance associated 

with stripping down and cleaning the 

diaphragm pumps. Moreover, the Qdos 

pumps are helping Welsh Water meet 

increasingly strict phosphorus limits. 

With ever-tightening Water Framework 

Directive (WFD) standards, phosphorus 

limits are under close scrutiny. WFD 

Directive 2000/60/EC demands that 

rivers, lakes, coastal waters and 

groundwater be in a “good ecological 

and chemical condition” by 2027. 

Excessive nutrients such as phosphorus 

in the watercourse work against this 

aim as they lead to excessive algal 

growth and eutrophication (a form of 

water pollution). To reduce the ingress 

of phosphorus through municipal 

wastewater treatment plants, chemical 

coagulation is required. The addition 

of a coagulant such as ferric sulphate 

converts the phosphate solution into 

insoluble phosphate compounds which 

can then be isolated. The continuous 

dosing of ferric sulphate at water 

treatment works requires the application 

of reliable, high performance pumps. 

For Welsh Water, the traditional pump 

type of choice has been based on 

diaphragm technology. However, this 

has had its issues. “Our diaphragm 

pumps were blocking on a repetitive 

basis,” explains Ronnie Swain, Process 

Technician at Welsh Water. “Almost 

every time I visited one of our sites there 

would be problems with the diaphragm 

pumps. We would start off by turning 

them up to achieve the same flow, but 

eventually we’d have little option but 

to get our maintenance team involved 

to open up the pumps and remove 

the blockage. However, this obviously 

involves time and cost, and it was 

happening year-round. Diaphragm 

pumps have a lot of components, 

Qdos 30 peristaltic pumps 

such as non-return valves and springs, 

which can clog. We had to carry a 

whole array of replacement parts in 

stock. It was clearly time to look for 

another solution.” Having witnessed the 

benefits of peristaltic pump technology 

first hand when a Qdos model was 

recently installed at Welsh Water’s Eign 

plant in Hereford for the back-end 

dosing of polyaluminium chloride at 12 

l/h, the company thought this might 

also be a good solution for front-end 

ferric sulphate dosing. “The difference 

compared with the diaphragm pump 

was noticeable from the beginning,” 

says Mr Swain. “Since installing the 

Qdos pump, we have not had any more 

problems with blockages.” 

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MMB Integrates ProjectWise with OpenPlant PID 

Having been involved in over 500 

water industry and design construction 

projects, Mott MacDonald Bentley 

(MMB) recognized the need for 

a step change in its information 

management to sustain corporate 

growth and meet and exceed client 

expectations. MMB focused its efforts 

on creating a digital component 

catalogue (DCC), understanding the 

needs of stakeholders working in 

a common data environment, and 

streamlining process engineering. To 

facilitate this approach, MMB needed 

to successfully integrate ProjectWise 

with OpenPlant PID. Using ProjectWise 

as the cornerstone of its information 

management strategy, MMB created a 

water-specific digital library containing 

over 4,000 high-quality, reusable BIM 

objects accessible to all users through 

a single location, the DCC. Capitalizing 

on Mott MacDonald’s common 

data environment, MMB adopted 

a standardized approach using 

ProjectWise to establish a “Common 

Way of Working” that allowed the rapid 

deployment of pre-defined templates 

to projects around the globe. MMB 

used Bentley’s interoperable OpenPlant 

PID to facilitate a seamless flow of 

information from design through 

commissioning that could be integrated 

with the common data environment, 

providing a single source for asset 

data. Integrating ProjectWise with 

OpenPlant PID introduced rigor into the 

management of BIM project information 

to improve the flow of information 

throughout all stages of the projects. 

The centralized and standardized 

approach to content using the DCC 

optimized consistency and efficiency 

in BIM deliverables, while working in a 

common data environment significantly 

reduced project start-up time. Bentley 

solutions saved MMB GBP 20,000 in 

design changes on a recent reservoir 

project for Yorkshire Water. The 

interoperability of OpenPlant PID 

facilitated accurate, open asset data 

exchange with clients, reducing errors 

and costly rework. The availability 

of intelligent components from the 

DCC through well-structured data in 

ProjectWise, coupled with working in 

Asset data liberated and accessible onsite 

a common data environment, enables 

quick accommodation of design 

changes, reducing errors and onsite 

costs. Using OpenPlant PID facilitated 

cross-pollination of P&ID datasets with 

third-party 3D software by establishing 

a simple interface, liberating historically 

buried data and ensuring data 

consistency. The interoperability of 

ProjectWise and OpenPlant PID 

supports users of different software 

platforms and provided MMB a single 

source of data for developing the 

digital content system and optimizing 

information management. The 

adoption of a BIM methodology also 

greatly contributed to the consult’s 

ability to grow double in size in a just 

over two years. 

Hibernia Wins Thames Water Services Award 

Hibernia announced the successful 

signing of a major services supply 

Hibernia Inspection 

contract with Thames Water 

Utilities Ltd. in London, that includes 

supply to two of the largest waste 

water treatment sites in Europe. The 

services framework awarded covers 

an amazing 15 number of Thames 

Water Utilities NE London sites, with 

locations ranging from near Stansted 

Airport right down to South of the River 

Thames. The contract signed covers a 

3 - 8-year period i.e. up to year 2024. 

Richard Berney - the MD of Hibernia 

said: “We are thrilled about this award. 

Hibernia has provided Odor Control 

plant & services to all the UK (and 

Irish) Waste Water Authorities over the 

past 20+ years, but Thames Water 

has always been our best customer. 

Already we are seeing the range of 

services we provide at many of the 

awarded sites grow into additional 

training & refurbishment projects.” 


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BJWSA Receives Partnership for Safe Water Award 

EKKI Integrates Deccan Pumps Pvt Ltd. 

Siemens Contributes USD1.23 Billion to UAE Economy 

Integrated Fluid Technology for High-Precision Hydraulics 

E-News 

ASPCL’s Mobile Application & E-Payment Website 

Register 1,000 Users 

Evoqua’s IP-Pro CEDI Water Purification Software Goes Online 

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Products & Services 

Arison Strives to Meet all Customers Needs 

Grindex Exhibits at Conexpo-Con/AGG in Las Vegas 

Lubi Pumps Provides High Quality Pumping Solutions 

KSB Presents New Variable Speed System 

Free Chlorine Analyzer Provides Accurate Monitoring 

New Hybrid Proseries-M ® MD-3 Metering Pump 

Perkins ® 4000 Series Prime: The Power of Evolution 

Emerson Launches HART ® Vibrating Fork Level Detector 

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GE Provides Monitoring Solutions to STOMO 

Perfect Circles with the TTR Circular Formwork 

Meinhardt Singapore & SEWA Ink MoU for Water Management 

Veolia Contributes to Drinking Water Access in Sri Lanka 

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Events Preview 

Jordan to Host Major Energy Summit 

SODEX Will Bring Together the HVAC-R Industry in Izmir

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أخبار الرشكات 

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BJWSA Receives Partnership for Safe Water Award 

Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer 

Authority’s (BJWSA) Purrysburg 

Water Treatment Plant has received 

the prestigious Presidents Award 

from the Partnership for Safe Water. 

The Partnership is a drinking water 

optimization program sponsored by 

American Water Works Association 

(AWWA), the U. S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) and other 

water organizations, to recognize water 

suppliers that continuously provide 

drinking water quality that surpasses 

regulatory requirements through 

treatment plant and distribution 

system optimization. The Partnership’s 

Presidents Award for Water Treatment 

recognizes plants that meet the 

program’s highly stringent optimization 

goals for individual filter effluent 

turbidity. BJWSA has participated 

in the Partnership’s Treatment Plant 

Optimization program since 1998, 

and has been a Charter subscriber of 

the Distribution System Optimization 

program since 2011. BJWSA received 

the Partnership’s Ten Year Directors 

Award for the Chelsea Water Treatment 

Plant in 2014. In 2017, the Purrysburg 

Water Treatment Plant is celebrating 

both the Presidents Award and the 10- 

year Directors Award. Purrysburg is 

the third water treatment plant in South 

Carolina to receive the Presidents 

Award. The Partnership for Safe Water 

is a self-assessment program for 

water treatment plant and distribution 

system optimization. More than 250 

utility subscribers, collectively serving 

EKKI Integrates Deccan Pumps Pvt Ltd. 

more than 100 million people, commit 

to the Partnership’s goals of providing 

safe, high-quality drinking water by 

achieving operational excellence 

in water treatment or distribution. 

Partnership utility subscribers 

participate in a rigorous selfassessment 

and peer review process, 

developed by industry experts, 

and achieve recognition for their 

commitment to the delivery of safe 

water for their community. BJWSA 

treats an average of 20 million gallons 

of water for consumption and 9 million 

gallons of wastewater each day. 

Coimbatore, India-based pumps and 

systems manufacturer EKKI Group’s 

shareholders have completed the 

acquisition and integration of Deccan 

Pumps Private Ltd, a leading 

provider of sump submersibles, 

monoblocs and surface pumps. Earlier, 

in 2013 Deccan Group’s co-founder 

Arumugam.P successfully completed 

its spin off and acquired Deccan 

Industries assets and facilities through 

Deccan Pumps Private Limited. The 

ownership of the “Deccan” Trademark 

and Brand was also split between 

the two family’s whilst spin off. Post 

the recent integrated structure, EKKI 

Group is 100 percent owned the 

Arumugam’s and has two companies, 

EKKI Pumps and Deccan Pumps 

Pvt Ltd, with two product brands 

EKKI and Deccan. Post Integration, 

the EKKI Group is now a major 

producer of borehole submersibles, 

sump submersibles, monoblocs and 

surface pumps with more than 2500 

models and pumps up to 120 HP. 

The group will continue to be headed 

by its founder and chief executive 

Arumugam.P who has been at the 

helm of affairs since 1981. The group’s 

special projects will be headed by 

Kanishka Arumugam. The company 

will use “EKKI” as the master brand to 

sell pumps and systems internationally 

and also within India. In addition, will 

leverage its Deccan product brand in 

Arumugam.P & Kanishka Arumugam 

the Indian sump submersible market. 

“The acquisition of Deccan’s assets 

and the recent integrated structure 

represents a significant milestone in 

the continued growth of our business. 

We look forward to unlocking 

powerful new opportunities to serve 

our customers through expanded 

operational, sales and service 

platforms,” said Arumugam.P, chief 

executive of the EKKI Group. 


48 DEPARTMENTS 

CORPORATE HAPPENINGS 

Siemens Contributes USD1.23 Billion 

to UAE Economy 

After almost four decades of operating 

in the UAE, Siemens has quantified 

its contribution to society through 

its operations in a report titled ‘In 

the UAE, for the UAE – Making real 

what matters.’ The findings illustrate 

the company’s commitment to the 

country in line with the UAE’s vision 

for a diversified, sustainable future. 

Through its operations across different 

sectors, Siemens contributed USD1.23 

billion in direct and indirect gross 

value added to the economy during 

fiscal 2015. Out of that, 90 percent 

was in non-oil sectors, reflecting its 

support for the country’s strategy 

of economic diversification away 

from hydrocarbons. When it comes 

to job creation, Siemens directly 

employs 2,600 highly-skilled workers 

of more than 80 nationalities and 

enables 15,600 jobs in the UAE. In 

infrastructure, Siemens’ technology 

provides 40 percent of the UAE’s 

power generation capacity, supplying 

electricity to 3.6 million residents. 

It further enables the delivery of 75 

percent of the country’s daily water 

supply. Digitalization is one of the 

company’s key pillars, alongside 

electrification and automation, and 

is implemented across its portfolio. 

The company uses innovative digital 

technology to merge the physical 

and virtual worlds, harnessing data 

to create value for customers. For 

example, Siemens’ customers use over 

2 million data points and 600,000 field 

devices to collect around 1 Terabyte of 

data annually and analyze it to create 

energy-efficient, safe and secure 

buildings and infrastructure for the 

population. “As the UAE approaches 

its 50th anniversary, we recognized 

Integrated Fluid Technology for 

High-Precision Hydraulics 

Dietmar Siersdorfer, CEO of 

Siemens in the Middle East and UAE 

that only by carefully considering what 

is important to the government and 

the people of the UAE could we really 

evaluate our success as a company,” 

said Dietmar Siersdorfer, CEO of 

Siemens in the Middle East and UAE. 

“By bringing energy efficient, resourcesaving 

technology to all our projects, 

our contribution to the UAE’s dynamic 

and visionary journey continues.” 

During the Hannover Messe, VOSS 

Fluid is exhibiting its extensive 

spectrum of ready-to-install hydraulic 

lines and leak-proof connection 

technology in Hall 21, Booth F37. The 

system supplier provides its customers 

everything from one, single source 

ranging from products and advice 

through services. On top of that, the 

fluid specialist is also putting the focus 

on several newly developed solutions 

Voss Fluid’s measuring couplings 

such as the VOSSLok40. The highgrade 

tube forming system is an 

economic alternative to clamping ring 

systems. There are also additional new 

exhibition items including a range of 

measuring couplings with an innovative 

design, hose couplings with overassembly 

protection and a forming 

machine for 90° connection systems. 

“Integrated Industry – Creating Value” 

is the guiding theme for this year’s 

Hannover Messe. But the networked 

high-tech applications of the future 

only become fully effective when all 

system-relevant components function 

reliably. That applies especially to 

hydraulics. During the Hannover 

Messe, VOSS Fluid is demonstrating 

how industrial companies face the 

growing requirements placed on the 

hydraulic circuits of the future. The 

diversified product range covers 

customized tube geometries, a 

comprehensive assortment of tube and 

hose connections, hose couplings, 

flange couplings as well as preassembly 

devices, hydraulic valves, measuring 

couplings and additional useful 

accessories. All metal components from 

VOSS Fluid come standard with VOSS 

coat, our independently developed 

zinc-nickel coating. That makes them 

especially corrosion resistant and tough. 


أقسام 

أخبار إلكرتونية 

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ASPCL’s Mobile Application & E-Payment Website 

Register 1,000 Users 

Reiterating their commitment towards 

providing seamless consumer experiences 

ranging from state-of-art pipeline and 

water treatment solutions to facilitating 

remote interactions with its customers, 

Ajman Sewerage Private Company 

Limited (ASPCL) announced strong 

growth in user-base for its brand new 

Mobile Application and E-Payment website 

that was launched mid-October last year. 

This free application has been made 

available on every connected computer 

or iOS/Android smartphone, and allows 

Ajman Sewerage’s customers to make 

their transactions remotely. The tools have 

been designed to view and pay invoices 

instantly and have also proved helpful with 

ancillary services ranging from submitting 

and tracking requests, reporting issues 

like water leakages, to being informed 

about the company’s latest news. These 

tools have mapped an encouraging 

consumer profile with tech-savvy users 

who value convenience, time and prefer 

gaining multiple benefits that have been 

made available at a click. These tools are 

devoid of any forced social logins, intrusive 

ads, privacy concerns and complex 

registrations. The authentication and 

process is application specific and never 

asks the user for any social or third party 

logins. At the time of registration, the Ajman 

Evoqua’s IP-Pro CEDI Water Purification 

Software Goes Online 

Evoqua’s Ionpure continuous 

electrodeionization (CEDI) technology 

has launched a new predictive 

software tool – IP-Pro Online – to 

assist system designers with module 

type and quantity selection, while 

estimating performance, power 

consumption and associated 

parameters. In switching IP-Pro to 

an online platform, Evoqua Water 

Technologies also took the opportunity 

to simplify the software design to offer 

improved user experience. The initial 

download and install procedure used 

by earlier, desktop-based versions 

is no longer needed and periodic 

software update downloads are 

consigned to the past. “We asked 

what system builders and designers 

wanted to see in a new edition of IP- 

Pro and we are proud of the result”, 

adds Nick Armstrong, Evoqua’s 

Global Product Manager for Ionpure 

CEDI: “Whether it’s via a PC, Mac, 

tablet, iPhone, or an Android mobile 

device, users have 24-hour, password 

protected access to create, save, 

share and even export their own 

Ajman Sewerage’s Mobile Application 

Sewerage app only requires basic user 

details like Ajman Sewerage’s Account 

ID and the user’s email. It also supports 

users to log in as a guest. Confirming 

data privacy and login security, all details 

shared by the users are protected and 

used solely for the application purpose. 

The company confirmed that such 

details are never shared publicly for any 

third party purposes. 

design projects from our secure 

servers.” New program features 

include simple input of cations and 

anions, using a module feed water 

screen that can quickly and accurately 

switch between ionic parts per million 

(ppm) and calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 

) 

ppm. The software also has a new 

Power Calculator that now estimates 

start-up current and voltage in addition 

to CEDI power consumption. A ‘Saved 

Project’ function allows users to open 

and share projections with others and 

an ‘Add Comments’ facility enables 

labeling and specific information to 

be added, as required. Individual 

projects can be saved to a PDF for 

printing, or exported to Microsoft Word 

and Excel files. The Ionpure brand is 

synonymous with sustainable, post-RO 

electrochemical solutions for industrial, 

power generation, pharmaceutical, 

high purity, and reject water recovery. 



PRODUCTS & SERVICES 

Arison Strives to Meet all Customers Needs 

Arison s.a.r.l has been for the past 50 

years one of the well-known specialists 

in water and power fields in Lebanese 

market (seven locations: one head 

office, five showrooms with warehouses, 

centralized center for maintenance, 

production and manufacturing) to 

expand and reach Syria and U.A.E. 

and recently our new branch in Erbil, 

Kurdistan region, IRAQ. Arison has 

succeeded, and will continue to do so, 

because it maintains close contact with 

its customers. The company knows the 

products of its customers, their needs 

and the local trends of the markets in 

which they operate. Arison is its partner 

of choice because it understands their 

business. Even the best products and 

supplies do not sell themselves. The 

products Arison sells are marketed 

sales professionals, supported by highly 

qualified engineers and application 

specialists. The company’s sales teams 

meet regularly with its manufacturers 

Grindex Exhibits at Conexpo-Con/AGG 

in Las Vegas 

Grindex, a world leader in electrical 

submersible pumps, is now exhibiting 

at Conexpo, exhibiting the latest 

product releases from Grindex and 

the innovative digital tool based on 

Augmented Reality. The tool equips 

users with X-ray vision of the products 

and with state-of-the-art tools like this, 

Grindex reaffirms its leading market 

position within submersible drainage 

so that they know what the customers 

need to know about the equipment 

it is selling. To become the partner of 

choice for its customers. Arison’s goal 

is to become our customers’ partner 

of choice. To this end it works with the 

leading manufacturers in the industry to 

provide comprehensive and tailor-made 

pumps and pumping accessories. The 

Augmented reality app was launch 

during Bauma, in 2016 and gave the 

customers a total new experience in 

looking at Grindex product features 

and innovations. With this new app 

all Grindex valued distributors and 

resellers will have a unified base 

for presenting Grindex products. 

“Grindex is giving all partners the 

Arison’s power system 

system solutions. One of the challenges 

the customers face is the need to 

keep pace with constantly changing 

technology. Arison s.a.r.l. staff monitors 

world trends, to the extent that they 

frequently anticipate changes and take 

initiative, so that their clients stay one 

step ahead. 

same technical information and we 

believe this will be of magnificent use 

in informing end users and service 

personnel worldwide, and together 

with sustainability work as a day-to 

day priority we see that this digital tool 

makes less impact than a physical 

cut-away pump that has to be shipped 

around the world,” says Andreas 

Malmport, Managing Director for 

Grindex. Furthermore, Grindex will 

demonstrate at the exhibition, the 

new Milli pump, which enables low 

suction down to only a few millimeters. 

Grindex Milli, a low-suction version 

built on the well-established and 

proven drainage pump Micro. The 

Micro and Milli share all the main 

components and functions for the 

wear parts. Adding a non-return valve 

to the hydraulic parts to prevent a 

backflow, the Milli can pump down to 

a level as low as a few millimeters. 


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منتجات وخدمات 

Lubi Pumps Provides High Quality Pumping Solutions 

Lubi Pumps aims to provide quality 

products & services using a systems 

approach to quality management, 

by understanding the needs of end 

customers and continuously delivering 

products to meet their needs. Lubi 

Industries LLP is committed to 

achieve growth and aims for a 15 

percent annual compounded increase 

in sales turnover with superior quality 

and timely delivery of product. 

The company also intend to cover 

80 percent of potential markets 

and develop markets in untapped 

territories, with a commitment to 

green environment movement by 

offering and continuously improving 

energy efficiency. Lubi Pumps have 

become synonymous to quality 

pumping solutions, by constantly 

providing standard products and 

prompt services. The company 

provides various water pumping 

solutions to more than 80 countries 

in 6 continents. For assuring high 

quality and error free manufacturing 

process of castings at competitive 

prices, the company has used the 

most advanced In-house Cast Iron 

and Bronze foundry technology. Lubi 

Pumps also provides certificates of 

material test for physical and chemical 

analysis of metal, and micro-structure 

evaluation of castings. Located in 

the heart of Gujarat, at Ahmedabad, 

Lubi Pumps was established in the 

year 1966 with a single cast-iron 

foundry and today, has evolved into 

a state-of-the-art high technology 

150 Million USD group. Over the 

years, the company has grown by 

leaps and bounds. It has more than 

20 branch offices and over 2000 

network of distributors & dealers 

across India and Internationally - 

North, Central and South America, 

Lubi’s fire pump 

Europe, Middle East, North Africa, 

Central Africa and South East Asia. 

Lubi Pumps 7 manufacturing facilities 

spread across 3,00,000 sq meters 

with 2500 dedicated employees, 

and manufacturing 7,00,000 pumps 

per annum. All its manufacturing 

facilities are ISO 9001 certified for 

quality and ISO 14001 certified for 

environment management. A wide 

range of products are certified 

with CE or UL certificate and has 

received 5 Star energy efficiency 

rating certified by BEE. 

KSB Presents New Variable Speed System 

KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Germany 

is introducing a new 230 V version of 

its motor-mounted PumpDrive Eco 

KSB Etaline pump in the new 

230 V PumpDrive Eco version 

variable speed system. Available for 

motor ratings ranging from 0.12 to 1.1 

kW, this new version has been specially 

tailored to the requirements of HVAC 

applications. PumpDrive Eco features 

sensorless differential pressure control 

which comes preset for use with Etaline 

L. All key parameters relating to pump 

and motor data are also set at the factory. 

This reduces the time required for pump 

set commissioning. Alongside wireless 

Bluetooth modules for permanent 

installation supplied optionally, Bluetooth 

couplers are now also available. These 

can be plugged onto the service interface 

of PumpDrive Eco from the outside. This 

arrangement improves usability by also 

allowing communication with systems 

that do not have their own BT interface. 

The ‘myPumpDrive’ app enables users to 

communicate with the system and make 

settings via smartphone. The free app 

runs on mobile phones with an Apple iOS 

or Android operating system, ensures 

service friendliness and speeds up pump 

commissioning. It also offers an option 

for managing application-specific data 

records. The app’s commissioning wizard 

supports the installation of basic functions 

such as discharge pressure control or 

differential pressure control. Users also 

have access to the frequency inverter via 

the app and can thus optimize the pump 

system to their specific requirements. 




Free Chlorine Analyzer Provides Accurate Monitoring 

Municipal water engineers and technicians 

who want a more economical and simpler 

way to ensure the disinfection of water with 

chlorine systems will find the FC80 Free 

Chlorine Analyzer from Electro-Chemical 

Devices eliminates the need for expensive 

reagents while providing highly accurate 

measurement performance. The plug-nplay 

FC80 Free Chlorine Analyzer installs 

quickly right out of the box. The FC80’s 

advanced panel mount design includes 

built-in flow control, which eliminates the 

need for complicated pressure regulators 

and rotometers. Built-in automatic pH 

compensation with ECD’s highly intelligent 

S80 pH Sensor also eliminates the 

need for expensive reagents to reduce 

maintenance and life-cycle costs. The 

dependable FC80 Analyzer monitors 

free chlorine in drinking water from 

0.05 – 20 ppm chlorine as the standard 

range or 0.01 - 5.00 ppm with the low 

range sensor. The FC80 is compliant 

with EPA method 334.0 for measuring 

drinking water. It also supports industrial 

applications including rinse water, cooling 

water or other fresh water sampling. The 

FC80’s panel mount design incorporates 

a constant head flow control device, a pH 

sensor, a chlorine sensor and ECD’s T80 

analyzer/transmitter conveniently mounted 

on a PVC panel. Connect the sample 

and drain lines, connect the power and 

outputs and it is ready to use. Calibration 

is accomplished by DPD comparison. 

ECD’s T80 Analyzer is designed with 

an amperometric sensor. This sensor 

measures only the only the hypochlorous 

acid component of the free chlorine and the 

analyzer calculates the balance using either 

the measured pH or a user defined fixed 

value. The use of the pH sensor provides 

accurate compensation for samples 

between pH 6 and pH 9, thus eliminating 

the need for expensive sample conditioning 

systems to control the pH of the solution. 

The free chlorine necessary for disinfection 

exists in solution as a pH dependent ratio 

of hypochlorous acid (~100 percent at 

pH 5) and hypochlorite ion (~100 percent 

at pH 10). Chlorine has been a popular 

disinfectant for water treatment to ensure 

FC80 Free Chlorine Analyzer 

public health. Disease causing organisms 

such as Cholera, Hepatitis A, Typhoid Fever 

and Dysentery are eliminated with Chlorine, 

along with slime bacteria, algae and molds 

that can grow in water storage facilities 

such as reservoirs and storage tanks. 

There have been several other methods 

developed to measure chlorine in drinking 

water applications. Colorimetric systems, 

for example, have been popular, but require 

the use of reagents that must be replaced 

monthly in order to ensure accurate 

measurement. With its amperometric 

sensor design, the FC80 eliminates 

the need for expensive reagents and 

offers an economical operating cost 

for municipal water districts that must 

manage tight budgets. 

New Hybrid Proseries-M ® MD-3 Metering Pump 

Proseries-M ® MD-3 Hybrid Diaphragm 

Chemical Metering Pump is now 

equipped with sonic welded manifolds 

for added durability and protection 

MD-3 Hybrid Diaphragm Chemical Metering Pump 

from chemical leaks. The carefully 

engineered MD-3 provides precision 

chemical metering for treatment of 

Municipal Water and Wastewater. MD-3 

is NSF 61, CE, ETL and NEMA 4X 

certified. MD-3 has 2000:1 turndown, 

and provides smooth chemical dosing 

with no pulsation dampener. With 380 

strokes per minute, MD-3 provides 

steady flow. Output rates to: 58 GPH 

(220 LPH) and pressures to 145 PSI. 

Long service life at high pressures with 

no pressure regulator needed. MD-3 is 

50 percent more energy efficient than 

similar units. Units are sold complete 

with all necessary components for dropin 

place installation. MD-3 is equipped 

with conveniently built-in controls. PVDF 

wetted end fittings allow for over 14 inlet 

and outlet configurations. 




Perkins ® 4000 Series Prime: The Power of Evolution 

The steady evolution of the powerful 

4000 Series has taken place over a 

number of years, thanks to significant 

investment from Perkins. Its 

development means the engine, often 

regarded as a standby source, is also 

being seriously considered for prime 

applications by Original Equipment 

Manufacturers (OEMs) and end users. 

Tough and durable, the 4000 Series 

provides consistent performance in the 

harshest conditions, and has proved 

itself to be a constant, reliable power 

source for prime applications all over 

the world. Over the years Perkins has 

built more than 50,000 4000 Series 

engines for some of the world’s biggest 

businesses; up to 30 percent of which 

are used in prime power installations. 

Constant power is critical to people’s 

lives and livelihoods. And whether 

it’s for powering hospitals, telecoms, 

data centers or manufacturing plants, 

the 4000 Series provides dependable 

power 24/7, 365 days a year. The high 

performance range includes diesel and 

gas engines, from 6 to 16 cylinders, with 

exceptional power-to-weight ratios and 

a compact design. The engines are easy 

to transport, install and maintain. Simon 

Gray, product marketing manager, 

says: “For more than 20 years, Perkins 

Perkins 4000 Series provides consistent power & performance 

has made major investments in the 

design and manufacture of the 4000 

Series. “The 4000 Series platform 

was seen very much as a standby 

only engine in the market. But over 

more than 20 years, Perkins has made 

major investments in the design and 

manufacture of the 4000 Series.” 

Emerson Launches HART ® Vibrating Fork 

Level Detector 

Emerson Automation Solutions 

has launched the Rosemount 2140, 

the world’s first wired HART vibrating 

fork level detector. Offering enhanced 

HART ® vibrating fork 

ease-of-use, smart diagnostics, and 

remote proof-testing capability, the 

device provides reliable level detection 

while helping increase safety and 

efficiency of both plant and workers. 

The Rosemount 2140 performs in 

applications with high temperatures 

and harsh conditions unsuitable 

for other level monitoring devices. 

It is easy to install and maintain 

as there are no moving parts. The 

device is virtually unaffected by flow, 

bubbles, turbulence, foam, vibration, 

sediments content, coating, liquid 

properties and product variations. 

It can be used to monitor not only 

liquids but also liquid-to-sand 

interface, which enables the buildup 

of sand or sludge deposits in a 

tank to be detected. Compatible with 

the HART 5 and HART 7 hosts, the 

Rosemount 2140 enables operators 

to continuously monitor electronic 

and mechanical health. Frequency 

Profiling functionality immediately 

detects any build-up, fork blockage, 

or excessive corrosion, indicating 

maintenance may be required and 

allowing this to be scheduled during 

periods of downtime. In addition, 

Power Advisory functionality monitors 

voltage and current drawn over the 

device’s lifetime with a Process Alert 

for potential issues that could become 

a problem, such as corrosion. An 

optional integral LCD display shows 

switch output states and diagnostics 

so an operator can inspect the device 

locally. Also, selectable Media Density 

and Media Learn functions help 

configure appropriate density settings 

to calculate and maintain optimum 

and consistent switching points in 

fluids of unknown properties so the 

device always switches with the 

highest degree of reliability. 


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مشاريع وتطويرات 

55 

GE Provides Monitoring Solutions to STOMO 

GE’s Power Services signed and 

executed an agreement with Suez- 

Tractebel Operation & Maintenance 

Oman LLC (STOMO) for stator rewinding 

services, high-speed balancing of the 

rotor as well as digital solutions for a 

generator at the Barka II Power and 

Desalination Plant. STOMO provides 

operations and maintenance (O&M) 

services at the strategically important 

Barka II facility, owned by SMN Barka 

Power Company SAOC, which is 

located about 50 kilometers away from 

Muscat and can deliver up to 120,000 

cubic meters per day of potable water 

as well as 678 megawatts (MW) of 

electrical power to the Sultanate of 

Oman. “GE’s deep understanding of 

the industry, technological capabilities 

and advanced suite of digital industrial 

solutions positioned them as a trusted 

partner of choice,” said Jurgen De Vyt, 

chief executive officer, SMN Power 

Holding Company. “The services were 

delivered as per internationally recognized 

standards through proactive, on-theground 

support by GE’s highly qualified 

team of engineers, helping us increase our 

competitiveness,” he added. The contract 

is a first of its kind for GE in the Middle 

East, covering services for a generator 

manufactured by other original equipment 

manufacturers (oOEM). It highlights GE’s 

expanded capabilities to service oOEM 

products following the acquisition of 

Alstom’s energy portfolio in November 

2015, which helped bring onboard 

deep domain expertise in generator 

life extension and repairs and digital 

services. “We are proud to help STOMO 

improve asset use and the reliability of its 

operations,” stated Joe Anis, president 

and CEO of GE’s Power Services in the 

Middle East and Africa. The company is a 

key partner in supporting the Sultanate of 

Oman’s energy production and has had 

an active presence in the country since 

1975. It has an office in Muscat and an 

Electric Submersible Pumps Field Service 

and Repair Center in Nimr. 

Perfect Circles with the TTR Circular Formwork 

A circular water tank with a capacity 

of 3,000 m³ was constructed as part 

of the renovation of the fresh water 

system in the Algerian Province of 

Chlef. Chiali SERVICES Spa, a 

100 percent subsidiary of the Chiali 

GROUP, that has also been carrying 

out public infrastructure construction 

projects for several years, used 

Construction works 

formwork systems from PASCHAL 

for the construction of the concrete 

tank. The long-term and cooperative 

partnership that has existed since 

2008 is characterized by regular 

training courses both on site and at 

PASCHAL’s headquarters. In this way, 

it is ensured that the product upgrades 

and optimizations for the formwork 

and shoring systems are put to the 

best possible use in Algeria. Formwork 

experts from Steinach accompanied 

their Algerian colleagues during the 

first formwork processes for the fresh 

water tank, so that the subsequent 

formwork and concreting work could 

be coordinated independently by the 

Algerian formwork experts. The circular 

reinforced concrete base plate covers 

a surface area of 531 m². The circular 

reinforced concrete wall based on this 

plate rises 7.50 meters into the air 

and is realized with a wall thickness of 

40 cm with an interior diameter of 25 

meters. For the formwork materials, 

Chiali SERVICES Spa is using 310 m² 

of the TTR circular formwork system, 

extended with 204 m² of the Modular 

universal formwork system. Perfect 

circles are guaranteed with the TTR 

Trapezoidal girder formwork, which 

is why it is used all over the world, 

wherever circular reinforced concrete 

constructions are to be built. 



PROJECTS & DEVELOPMENTS 

Meinhardt Singapore & SEWA Ink MoU for Water 

Management 

Meinhardt Singapore, a well-known 

multi-disciplinary engineering and 

project management consultancy, and 

Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority 

(SEWA) have signed a Memorandum 

of Understanding (MOU) to create a 

collaborative platform to assist SEWA 

in its mission to provide world-class 

strategic planning, design, operations 

and management of its water supply 

infrastructure. Held at Meinhardt’s 

headquarters in Singapore, the signatories 

are Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of 

SEWA and Dr. Shahzad Nasim, Group 

Executive Chairman of Meinhardt. This 

ceremony is also graced by the United 

Arab Emirates Ambassador to Singapore, 

Dr. Mohamed Omar Abdulla Balfaqeeh. 

To kickstart this partnership, Meinhardt 

has identified six initiatives to modernize 

the water storage infrastructure in Sharjah; 

these include planning and engineering 

design consultancy services for the 

Strategic Water Storage Reservoirs for 

Water Crisis Management and the capacity 

building for SEWA. Through these training 

programs held in Meinhardt Singapore 

Water Training Centre, the company will 

share their global expertise for efficacious 

implementation and management of 

Sharjah’s water infrastructure. Dr. Shahzad 

Nasim, Meinhardt Group Executive 

Chairman said: “We are excited to partner 

with SEWA to augment the reliability and 

robustness of Sharjah’s water supply 

system. Sharjah is the third largest city 

in the United Arab Emirates and we 

are privileged to develop a long-term 

relationship with SEWA which will benefit a 

population of 2.5 million by 2025. 

Veolia Contributes to Drinking Water Access 

in Sri Lanka 

The signees 

Located in Sri Lanka’s Central 

Province, some 150 kilometers from 

the capital, Colombo, Greater Matale 

is a predominantly agricultural region. 

Veolia, through its subsidiary OTV, has 

just been appointed project manager 

for the construction of five new 

water treatment plants in the region 

along with 12 service reservoirs, five 

pumping stations and more 430 km 

of transmission and distribution pipes. 

This system will ensure drinking water 

quality and secure supply for more 

than 350,000 people. Clarification, 

settling and filtration, the Matale (30,000 

m 3 /d), Ambanganga (18,000 m 3 /d), 

Ukuwela, Udatenna and Rattotta (9,000 

m 3 /d each) water treatment plants will 

incorporate the company’s solutions 

and technology that best suit local 

conditions. Another Veolia subsidiary, 

SADE will act as subcontractor 

to design and build the 433 km 

transmission and distribution network. 

This contract was made possible with 

the support of local French government 

services through a financial scheme 

combining export credit from a 

syndicate of banks (CACIB, Natixis, 

Unicredit and BNP Paribas), with a 

guarantee from the French Ministry of 

Finance and a local commercial loan 

from HNB bank and treasury bonds. 

“Access to water is a key factor in 

the growth of cities, their citizens and 

their economy”, said Claude Laruelle, 

Director of Veolia’s Global Enterprises. 

“Veolia is deeply rooted and involved 

in Asia-Pacific where we have, in 

particular, built more than 250 drinking 

water and wastewater treatment 

plants in the last 20 years. Today, we 

see that in Sri Lanka our solutions are 

helping an entire region’s development 

by making it more competitive. They 

are also contributing to fulfilling our 

mission: resourcing the world.” The 

company is a specialist in optimized 

resource management. 


معارض ومؤمترات 

عرض مسبق ملعارض ومؤمترات 

57 

Jordan to Host Major Energy Summit 

On 2-3 April 2017, Jordan will host the 3 rd 

Jordan International Energy Summit (JIES) 

under the patronage of King Abdullah II 

and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral 

Development. The Summit comes at a 

crucial time for Jordan and as support for 

its Energy Strategy with progress being 

made on several key projects across the 

energy spectrum designed to secure 

Jordan’s energy future. The JIES Summit 

is centered around a world-class program 

with speakers from Governments, 

global energy companies and experts 

in their fields and is combined with an 

international exhibition to allow companies 

to showcase their projects and expertise 

whilst giving Jordan access to the latest 

technologies and products. The Jordan 

International Energy Summit is hosted by 

the Ministry of Energy, Jordan. Dr. Ibrahim 

Al Saif, Minister for Energy & Mineral 

Resources, explains: “With a stable 

background for attracting investment, 

Jordan continues to develop new energy 

technologies and embraces an energy 

policy across the spectrum including 

Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Oil Shale, Mining, 

Oil and Gas. Jordan is a vibrant energy 

hub and the Jordan International Energy 

Summit & Exhibition (JIES) plays a key 

role in providing the invaluable platform 

for insightful debate as to the best energy 

mix for Jordan and the region in addition 

Visitors at JIES 2016 

to providing significant commercial 

opportunities to participating companies. 

We are greatly looking forward to the 

3rd JIES which will include an expanded 

and much-needed exhibition integrated 

with the main conference program. This 

will allow more companies to participate 

and we encourage you all to take up this 

opportunity and join us in April 2017.” 

SODEX Will Bring Together the HVAC-R 

Industry in Izmir 

Hosting the most important meetings of 

the HVAC-R industry, SODEX Exhibitions 

are preparing to bring together the 

industry with the TESKON + SODEX 

(April 19 th - 22 nd , 2017 - IZMIR) following 

the ISK-SODEX Istanbul show which 

SODEX 2016 

achieved significant success with 1,293 

exhibitors and 83,764 visitors. Set to be 

organized by Hannover Messe Sodeks 

Fuarcılık, the events will bring together 

various product groups such as natural 

gas, heating, cooling, air-conditioning, 

pump, valve, plumbing, water treatment, 

geothermal and solar power systems 

under a single roof and allow visitors to 

discover the innovations in the industry. 

Exhibitors will be able to reach their 

existing and potential customers directly. 

Set to be held in Izmir Tepekule Congress 

and Exhibition Center on April 19 th - 22 nd , 

2017, TESKON+SODEX is housing the 

National Sanitary Engineering Congress 

(TESKON) which will be held by UCTEA 

(TMMOB) Chamber of Mechanical 

Engineers. Organized for the first time 

in 1993 and executed by the Izmir 

Branch on behalf of UCTEA Chamber 

of Mechanical Engineers and continued 

simultaneously with SODEX for 10 years, 

the congress brings together many 

prominent academicians, architects, 

engineers, project company officials 

and professionals in the industry under 

TESKON+SODEX and allows them to 

share notable knowledge. 


58 SERVICES 

COMING EVENTS 

2017 

March 

Saudi Arabia 

BUILDEX Dhahran 2017 

Saudi Int’l Building, Construction & Heavy 

Equipment Exhibition 

06 – 09 

Dhahran International Exhibition Center 

Damman – Saudi Arabia 

Info: 

DIEC 

Tel: +966 3 859 1888 

Fax: +966 3 859 0212 

E-mail: info@diec.com.sa 

Web: www.diec.com.sa 

Saudi Arabia 

Saudi Building & Interiors Exhibition 2017 

Saudi Arabia’s Comprehensive Showcase for 

the Building Industry 

18 – 21 

Jeddah Centre for Forums & Events 

Jeddah – Saudi Arabia 

Info: 

ACE Expos 

Tel: +966 (0) 126546384 

Fax: +966 (0) 126546853 

E-mail: ace@acexpos.com 

Web: www.acexpos.com 

April 

Turkey 

TESKON+SODEX 2017 

International HVAC, Refrigeration, Pumps, 

Valves, Fittings, Water Treatment & 

Insulation Exhibition 

19 – 22 

Tepekule Congress and Exhibition Center 

İzmir – Turkey 

Info: 

Özge Doğancoşkun 

Hannover Fairs Turkey Fuarcilik A.S 

Tel: +90 212 334 6972 

Fax: +90 212 334 6934 

E-mail: ozge.dogancoskun@hf-turkey.com 

Web: www.teskonsodex.com 

May 

Turkey 

SODEX ANKARA 2017 

International HVAC, Refrigeration, Pumps, 

Valves, Fittings, Water Treatment & 

Insulation Exhibition 

10 – 13 

ATO Congresium International Convention & 

Exhibition Centre 

Ankara – Turkey 

Info: 

Özge Doğancoşkun 

Hannover Fairs Turkey Fuarcilik A.S 

Tel: +90 212 334 6972 

Fax: +90 212 334 6934 

E-mail: ozge.dogancoskun@hf-turkey.com 

Web: www.sodexankara.com 

Saudi Arabia 

SAUDI POWER 

International Trade Exhibition for Electricity, 

Power Generation, Alternative Energy, 

Water Technology, Lighting & HVAC 

14 – 16 

Riyadh International Exhibition Centre 

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia 

Info: 

Riyadh Exhibition Company Ltd. 

Tel: +966 11 2295604 

Fax: +966 11 2295612 

E-mail: info@recexpo.com 

Web: www.recexpo.com 

Lebanon 

Project Lebanon 

The 22 nd International Trade Exhibition for 

Construction Materials and Equipment for 

Lebanon and the Middle East 

16 – 19 

Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure 

Center – BIEL 

Beirut – Lebanon 

Info: 

Mayssa Nasr 

IFP Expo 

Tel: +961 5 959 111 

Fax: +961 5 955 361 

E-mail: mayssa.nasr@ifpexpo.com 

Web: www.projectlebanon.com 

August 

Egypt 

Watrex Middle East Exhibition 

Trade Fair for Waste Water 

& Water Treatment Technologies 

3 – 5 

Cairo International Conference Center (CICC) 

Cairo – Egypt 

Info: 

Al Awael international Trade Fairs (ATF) 

Tel: +20223580982 

Fax: +20223580982 

E-mail: info@watrexexpo.com 

Web: www.watrexexpo.com 

October 

United Arab Emirates 

WETEX 

Water Management, Environmental and 

Energy Technologies Exhibition 

23 – 25 

Dubai International Convention 

and Exhibition Centre 

Dubai – UAE 

Info: 

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) 

Tel: +971 50 625 4791 

Email: sales_general@wetex.ae 

Web: www.wetex.ae 

If you would like to run your event in this space, kindly send all necessary details to 

services@cph.world 


خدمات 

دليل املشرتين 

59 

NEED VALVES IN A HURRY? 

CONTACT SINGER VALVE MIDDLE EAST 

Phone: +011 (971) 6-557-8116 

Fax: +011 (971) 6-557-8117 

Email: canadian@singervalve.com 

www.singervalve.com 

فرصة لشراء ‏)فرنشايز(‏ معادالت 

كيميائية إسترالية لتصنيع مواد ملعالجة 

املياه والهواء واملنظفات لكل من بلدان 

الدول العربية ‏)بإستثناء لبنان(‏ و تركيا 

since 1974 

in AUSTRALIA 

Automatic 

Screen 

FILTRATION 

SYSTEMS 

Pre-RO 

Cooling Systems 

Seawater 

10 to 1500 micron 

Award Winning V-Series 

Self-Cleaning Filters 

www.vafusa.com 

+1 303 425 4242 

The 40T brings big rig performance to a 

quick moving mobile package. The 40T has 

the options you want, such as hydromatic 

brake, pulldown/holdback, twin engines, 

onboard mud pump, and much more. A 

small rig, with a big impact on your bottom 

line. 

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Enid, Oklahoma 73703 ∙ USA 

Phone: +1 580.548.3756 

www.gefco.com 


60 INFO 

ADVERTISERS’ INDEX 

Advertisers Websites Page # 

3M Industrial Business Group www.3M.com/Membrana 03 

Blue White Industries www.blue-white.com IFC 

C.R.I. Pumps (Pvt) Ltd www.crigroups.com 59 

Caprari SpA www.caprari.com 09 

Fraste SpA www.fraste.com 27 

GEFCO www.gefco.com 37/59 

Huber Technology M.E. www.huberme.com 13 

ISK - SODEX 2018 - Hannover Fairs Turkey Fuarcilik A.S www.sodex.com.tr 53 

Layne Bowler Pompa Sanayi A. S. www.laynebowler.com.tr OBC/59 

Lindsay Corporation www.lindsay.com 45 

Lubi Industries LLP www.lubipumps.com 39 

SAER Elettropompe SpA www.saerelettropompe.com 21 

SAVINO BARBERA SRL www.savinobarbera.com 25 

Singer Valve Inc. www.singervalve.com 43/59 

TAMAR MENA SAL www.tamargroup.com.au 59 

TORMAC Pumps - Naargo Industrial Private Limited www.tormacpumps.com 59 

Tracto-Technik www.tracto-technik.co.uk 31 

VAF Filtration Systems www.vafusa.com 59 

Vansan AS www.vansan.com.tr IBC 

Vesco Plastics Sales www.vesconite.com 59 


خدمات 

معلومات عامة 

61 

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الختامية 62 

الكلمة 

CLOSING LETTER 

Replacing Old AC 

Will Lead to 70% Savings 

in Cost of Energy 

استبدال أنظمة التكييف القدمية 

يوفر 70 يف املئة من 

قيمة الطاقة املستهلكة 

It is estimated that up to 70 percent of residential electricity 

bill comes from the use of air conditioning. Replacing an 

air conditioner may seem like a non-urgent and expensive 

task. But in the long run, according to Daikin, the world’s 

well-known in manufacturing and production of cooling 

and heating solutions, prolonging the use of an old air 

conditioner will result in high energy bills and be detrimental 

to any sustainability and energy conservation initiatives. 

Generally, a high-quality air conditioner can last for up to 15 

years if it is maintained properly through regular servicing 

including the cleaning and changing of filters, coils, and in 

some cases a refrigerant change. However, “This will only 

take you so far,” stressed Nabil Shahin, Director of Product 

Planning and Marketing at Daikin Middle East & Africa. “If 

you have a very old air conditioner, especially one that is 

using HFC refrigerant, it consumes more energy resulting 

in higher operational costs, and emits more CO 2 

into the 

environment. At this point it is better to replace the old unit 

with one that is more efficient on power consumption and 

uses green refrigerants such as R-32 that are considered 

safer for the environment,” he continued. 

Air conditioning has become a necessity in the UAE, 

but its use and consumption leads to large energy bills 

for households and significant pollutant contribution 

to the atmosphere. However, by selecting the correct 

air conditioner, these two issues can be significantly 

reduced without compromising on quality or comfort. 

High efficiency new air conditioning systems can save 

thousands of Dirhams in fuel and thereby energy costs as 

they operate at 90 percent annual fuel utilization efficiency 

(AFUE) compared to older systems that operate at around 

65 percent, with the remaining 35 percent simply lost. “This 

is obviously an efficiency issue leading to energy wastage 

and global warming. The new high efficiency models are 

great for household energy budgets, business profits, and 

the environment,” commented Shahin. 

Nabil Shahin 

Director of Product Planning and Marketing 

Daikin Middle East & Africa 

قد تبدو فكرة استبدال أنظمة تبريد وتكييف الهواء في الشقق السكنية مكلفة وغير 

ضرورية عند التفكير باألمر بشكل عام.‏ ولكن كشفت أحدث الدراسات التي تعنى 

بحساب قيم فواتير الكهرباء السكنية أن ما نسبته 70 في المئة من قيمة فاتورة 

الكهرباء تأتي من استخدام أنظمة تكييف وتبريد الهواء في المنازل.‏ ونظراً‏ لذلك وعلى 

المدى الطويل بحسب شركة ‏)دايكن(‏ المعروفة عالمياً‏ في مجال تصنيع وإنتاج حلول 

التدفئة والتبريد،‏ فإن إطالة أمد استخدام جهاز تكييف الهواء القديم يؤدي إلى رفع 

قيمة الطاقة المستهلكة لتشغيله واإلضرار بمبادرات ترشيد الطاقة واستدامتها.‏ 

ففي الغالب،‏ تدوم مكيفات الهواء عالية الجودة لمدة تصل إلى 15 سنة،‏ إذا تم الحفاظ 

عليها بشكل صحيح من خالل صيانتها بشكل دوري وتنظيف وتغيير الفالتر والنوابض 

المعدنية فيها،‏ وفي بعض الحاالت يتم تغير السوائل والغازات المبردة للهواء.‏ ومع 

ذلك وبحسب مدير تخطيط المنتجات والتسويق في دايكن الشرق االوسط وافريقيا 

السيد نبيل شاهين فإنه هذه الصيانة لن تحقق النتيجة المرغوب بها،‏ متابعاً‏ قوله : ‏"إذا 

كان لديك مكيف هواء قديم جداً،‏ وخاصة تلك التي تعتمد على مبردات )HFC( فإنها 

تستهلك المزيد من الطاقة مما يؤدي إلى ارتفاع الكلف التشغيلية،‏ وانبعاث المزيد من 

غازات ثاني أوكسيد الكربون في البيئة المحيطة.‏ وبهذه الحالة يصبح من األفضل أن 

تستبدل المكيف القديم بآخر جديد،‏ يكون أكثر كفاءة باستهالك الطاقة واعتماد غازات 

التبريد الخضراء مثل )32-R( والذي يصنّف صديقاً‏ للبيئة".‏ 

ونظراً‏ لطبيعة الطقس في دولة اإلمارات،‏ فإن مكيفات الهواء تعد أمراً‏ ضرورياً،‏ ولكن 

استخدامها واستهالكها بشكل خاطئ قد يؤدي إلى فواتير طاقة مرتفعة القيمة،‏ ناهيك 

عما تبثه من ملوثات ضارة في الغالف الجوي.‏ ولكن في حال تم اختيار مكيف الهواء 

الصحيح،‏ فإن هاتين المسألتين ستنخفضان بشكل ملحوظ،‏ ومن دون المساومة على 

الجودة أو الراحة.‏ ولتحقيق أفضل عائد ممكن من استخدام المكيف الصحيح فإن 

باستطاعة أنظمة تكييف الهواء الجديدة أن توفر على المستهلك آالف الدراهم في 

الوقود وبالتالي تخفيض تكاليف استهالك الطاقة لكونها تعمل بكفاءة تصل لحدود 90 

في المئة من قيمة االستهالك السنوي )AFUF( مقارنة مع األنظمة القديمة التي تعمل 

بكفاءة تصل لحوالي 65 في المئة ونسبة ضياع تبلغ 35 في المئة من القيمة الكلية.‏ 

وحول هذا الموضوع قال نبيل شاهين ‏"من الواضح أن أي خلل بمسألة الكفاءة يؤدي 

إلى هدر الطاقة ورفع معدالت االحتباس الحراري،‏ لذلك فإن أنظمة التكييف الجديدة 

التي تعمل بكفاءة عالية توفر معدالت كبيرة من ميزانيات الطاقة المنزلية،‏ او ارباح 

الشركات واالعمال".‏ 

نبيل شاهين 

مدير تخطيط المنتجات والتسويق 

دايكن الشرق االوسط وأفريقيا 


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فوائد اإلشرتاك 

يف مجلة ‏“عامل املياه العريب”‏ 

تُعرف مجلة ‏“عامل املياه العريب”‏ حول العامل بكونها املجلّة املتخصّ‏ صة 

األوىل يف مجال األعامل يف منطقة الرشق األوسط وشامل أفريقيا لخدمة 

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إن اشرتاككم يف مجلة ‏"عامل املياه العريب"‏ سيمكّنكم من االطالع عىل 

األقسام التي تغطي آخر األخبار يف قطاع املياه يف منطقة الرشق األوسط 

وشامل أفريقيا مبا فيها أحدث االبتكارات وآخر التقنيات واألحداث 

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1. عامل اإلنشاءات العريب:‏ تصدر منذ العام 1983 وتغطي قطاعات 

البناء ومعدات اإلنشاءات والطرق والطاقة.‏ 

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3. عامل الصحة للرشق األوسط وشامل أفريقيا:‏ تصدر منذ العام 

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