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News Release from: GE Water & Process Technologies | Subject: Lorne Park ultrafiltration
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 December 2007
Ultrafiltration membranes installed in
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GE Zeeweed ultrafiltration membranes have been selected for the world's largest retrofit and expansion of a municipal drinking water plant
GE ZeeWeed advanced membrane technology has been selected for a 100.4 million gallons per day (MGD) (380 ML/d) retrofit and expansion of the Lorne Park Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in the rapidly growing Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada Once completed, the Lorne Park WTP, which is built largely beneath a community park on the shore of Lake Ontario, will be the world's largest municipal water treatment plant to use ZeeWeed ultrafiltration membranes and will provide water of sufficient quantity and quality to meet the region's needs until 2031
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 19 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The membranes, manufactured by GE Water and Process Technologies, will replace the original granular media filters installed when the plant was constructed in 1975.
The expansion will increase the facility's water treatment capacity by 45% with minimal impact on the waterfront recreational area located above the underground facility.
Existing settling tanks will be retrofitted to accommodate the membrane cassettes and a 16,000 ft2 (1,500m2) extension to an existing building will house the permeate pumps and other ancillary equipment.
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"Water plant upgrades and expansions are posing major challenges for municipalities that are coping with population growth and aging infrastructure," said Jeff Garwood, president and CEO, GE Water and Process Technologies.
"As regions around the globe face similar pressures, our advanced water treatment technologies will continue to bring communities common sense solutions that balance smart growth, reuse existing infrastructure through retrofits, and meet the increasing demand for safe, reliable water supplies".
The introduction of the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act and the development of the Water and Wastewater Servicing Master Plan for the Region of Peel were key factors influencing their decision to expand and upgrade its water treatment capabilities.
Their evaluation of water quality and regulatory trends revealed that water quality issues in the Great Lakes may increase and regulations will become increasingly stringent in the future.
In addition, demand for clean drinking water will increase, as the rapid population growth in the Region is expected to continue.
"The advanced water treatment processes incorporated into our Lorne Park and Lakeview facilities put the Region of Peel at the forefront of municipal water treatment services," said Mark Schiller, Director, Water Division, Region of Peel: "The upgrades and capacity expansions will enable the Region to provide cost-effective delivery of high quality water that protects the public health and will meet all regulations well into the foreseeable future".
The Lorne Park WTP expansion is the second large-scale municipal project for GE with the Region of Peel.
Earlier this year, the Lakeview WTP began operations, a facility that also uses GE ZeeWeed hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membranes to treat up to 96 million gallons per day (363 ML/d) and is currently the world's largest municipal WTP using this technology.
Once completed, the Lorne Park WTP expansion project and Lakeview WTP facility will together provide water to more than a million residential and commercial users in the Region of Peel.
The innovative GE ZeeWeed membrane technology uses immersed hollow-fiber membranes to separate particles from water using microscopic pores.
This technology produces high quality drinking water by removing virtually all harmful pathogens and suspended solids.
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