Trojan's UVSwift product to disinfect Seattle's water
Trojan Technologies Inc TUV
Shares issued 17,647,432 Jan 15 close $6.75
Wed 16 Jan 2002
Mr. Marvin Devries reports
TROJAN SELECTED FOR GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT FOR MUNICIPAL DRIN ...
Trojan Technologies has been selected for a significant project to supply a
drinking water disinfection system to the City of Seattle. The project,
valued at approximately $3-million, includes a total of 13 Trojan UVSwift
units designed to treat up to 180 million gallons per day of drinking
water. The contract will be awarded by CH2MHILL Constructors, Inc., which
was awarded a contract by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) in April, 2001,
for the design, permitting, construction and long-term facility operation
for the City of Seattle's Cedar Treatment Facility design-build-operate
(DBO) project. The Cedar Treatment Facility will treat approximately
two-thirds of the city's current water supply, serving a population of 1.3
million people. The DBO contract for the Cedar Treatment Facility
represents the first large municipal drinking water plant in the United
States to use ultraviolet light in conjunction with ozone for disinfection
purposes and will be the largest UV disinfection system in the world
treating municipal drinking water.
The UV system will be installed in conjunction with other planned
improvements that comprise Seattle Public Utilities' Cedar Treatment
Facility DBO project on its Cedar River water supply. The objective of the
overall project is to build upon SPU's existing multiple barrier approach
to providing reliable public health protection and enhance the water
quality relative to taste and odour. The Trojan UVSwift will be able to
provide inactivation of a wide range of human pathogens including bacteria
and viruses as well as protozoa.
An extensive review process involving other major UV manufacturers was
undertaken by CH2MHILL to select the UV supplier for the Cedar River
project. The evaluation process examined factors such as each supplier's
technical knowledge and expertise related to UV disinfection, technology
offerings, and initial capital and operation costs. Using these criteria,
Trojan was chosen as the supplier of choice for this project.
CH2MHILL representative, Scott Trusler, design manager, said, "The Trojan
UVSwift system was selected for this project due to its compact footprint,
advanced control features, and after extensive validation testing that has
been conducted on the system which in combination best met the DBO project
objectives for the Cedar Treatment Facility DBO project."
"Trojan is very pleased to have been selected for this contract as it
represents the largest municipal drinking water installation in the world,"
said Marvin DeVries, executive vice-president for Trojan Technologies Inc.
The Cedar River project is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate the
advanced features and overall reliability of the Trojan UVSwift. This award
confirms that Trojan UVSwift is an efficient and effective solution for the
needs of the city. We are confident that there will be a very significant
market opportunity as municipalities in North America implement
multibarrier disinfection strategies for their drinking water supplies."
The system is scheduled to become operational in 2004; installation work of
the UV equipment will start in mid-2003.
Ultraviolet light disinfects water by altering the genetic material (DNA)
within bacteria, viruses and protozoa such that they can no longer
reproduce and are effectively killed. Trojan UVSwift, Trojan's municipal
drinking water disinfection product, has been designed specifically for the
North American market in anticipation of new regulations in many
jurisdictions that will require municipalities to implement a multibarrier
disinfection treatment strategy. Trojan UVSwift is a cost-effective
disinfection technology that can be easily retrofitted into existing
drinking water treatment facilities at a fraction of the cost of
alternative technologies.
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