As per the agreed terms, the company will employ its proprietary technologies in the development of the three water treatment plants.
Commenting on the deal, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Latin America chairman and CEO Yvan Liegey said that the company will utilize its technologies, including moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), for the treatment of wastewater, and Actiflo, for the treatment of the process water at the plants.
The first unit, with a capacity of 840 cubic meters per day, will produce demineralized water using ion exchange and condensate polishing to supply the boilers.
With a capacity of 108,000 cubic meters per day, the second plant will treat raw water before it is injected into the pulp production process. This plant employs Actiflo – the company’s clarification system featuring high-speed filters.
Meanwhile, the wastewater from the pulp plant will be treated using MBBR technology in a third unit, developed by Aquaflow, with a capacity of 140,000 cubic meters per day.
The three treatment facilities are expected to be delivered in April 2015.
Veolia Water CEO Jean-Michel Herrewyn said, "The pulp and paper industry consumes large amounts of water and is subject to increasingly strict regulatory constraints all around the world. It needs effective, efficient and reliable technologies."
