WATER SCARCITY RELIEF (DESALINATION AND WATER REUSE)
Abundant Fresh Water for a Thirsty World
Scarcity of fresh water has serious implications. It can slow or stop economic expansion, reduce agricultural output, hamper food independence, and degrade public health and quality of life. Water scarcity relief programs from GE Water & Process Technologies help businesses, communities and nations ensure abundant water supplies at reasonable cost. Our programs include:
Conservation and Reuse
GE built the Sulaibiya Project in Kuwait, the world's largest membrane-based wastewater reclaim facility. We also work with industry and public policy leaders to raise awareness of the need to protect water sources.
Sustainable Supply
We have the world's largest installed base of desalination systems for seawater and brackish waters. GE equipped and operates the largest seawater desalting facility in the Western Hemisphere in Trinidad. In 2007, we will commission the Hamma Project in Algeria, the largest desalination project in Africa.
Urgent Capacity
We operate the world's largest mobile desalination fleet for critical peak demands and emergencies. Our mobile water units aided victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami. We also helped a Thailand chemical plant avoid a production shutdown despite a chronic fresh water shortage.
WATER RECOVERY
Reclaiming, Recycling and Purifying Industrial Water
It's like finding a new source of affordable water for your processes: reclaiming water from condensate, rinsing operations, and low-solid effluents. The innovative combination of membrane, chemical and physical purification methods from GE Water & Process Technologies can extract the hidden value from your process and waste streams - generating savings while helping the environment.
Our unique technologies can help you economically recycle water and even achieve zero liquid discharge. Offerings include:
- Advanced membrane systems
- Chemical treatments
- Fixed-media devices
- Evaporators and crystallizers
- Enhanced Air Flotation (EAF)
GE can help you recover up to 90 percent of the volume of wastewaters that would otherwise be lost through discharge. While conventional membranes operate at up to 110°F, our advanced membranes can perform at up to 170°F (77°C), enabling you to purify hot condensate and conserve up to 75 percent of its energy. Our advanced dual membrane technology combines multiple barrier membrane engineering and chemistry to achieve a robust economical solution to reclaiming clarified effluents.
With GE's advanced water recovery technologies, you can gain value from your process, reduce wastewater discharges, and improve your operations.
