WEC Projects to deliver Royal HaskoningDHV’s Nereda wastewater treatment technology in South Africa
January 2016
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International engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV and WEC Projects have signed an agreement for Nereda wastewater treatment technology in South Africa. The agreement was signed in Johannesburg in the presence of the prime minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, as well as a number of South African government ministers and dignitaries including the minister of public enterprises, Lynne Brown, and the minister of water and sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane.
The agreement was signed during November 2015 by Karl Juncker, managing director WEC, and René Noppeney, global director water products & innovation, Royal HaskoningDHV.
Nereda is an innovative wastewater treatment technology that has proved to be more efficient, environmentally friendly and with lower operating costs than conventional methods of wastewater treatment. The plant requires a four times smaller footprint and the process consumes half the energy compared to conventional installations. It is entirely based on natural processes, requiring no chemicals and features aerobic granular biomass with faster settling times than conventional aerobic systems.
Royal HaskoningDHV and WEC are currently cooperating in the implementation of Nereda technology at the Hartebeestfontein wastewater treatment works aimed at improving the capacity of the plant by 5 M/day using existing infrastructure. The Hartebeestfontein plant is currently under construction for ERWAT (East Rand Water Care Association) in Gauteng. This will be the third Nereda plant in South Africa and the first in Gauteng Province – the other two – also 5 M/day each – are at Wemmershoek and Gansbaai in the Western Cape.
For more information contact Kizito Lundu, Royal HaskoningDHV, +27 (0)11 798 6000, [email protected], www.royalhaskoningdhv.com/za
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