CANONSBURG, PA, Aug. 4, 2008 -- Aquatech International Corporation, a leader in the field of desalination, water reuse, and zero liquid discharge, was awarded a Pretreatment System contract by Sandy Creek Power Partners, L.P. (Zachry Industrial Inc./Overland Contracting Inc./Gilbert Power Constructors Co.) for the 900 MW Sandy Creek Energy Station coal fired super critical power plant in Texas. The Engineer for Sandy Creek Power Partners, L.P. is Black & Veatch Corporation.
Owners of the plant are Sandy Creek Energy Associates, LLC, Brazos Sandy Creek Electric Power Cooperative Inc., and Lower Colorado River Authority, and they expect the plant to be in operation in 2012. Sandy Creek Energy Associates, LLC is a joint venture between LS Power and Dynegy.
Aquatech will be supplying a complete system consisting of two Lime Softening Clarifiers each at 5250 gallons per minute, three Multi Media Filters each at 750 gallons per minute, Lime Feeders, Chemical Feed Systems, Sludge Thickening and a Sludge Compaction System. The feedwater to the Sandy Creek Energy Station in Riesel, Texas is gray water.
The treated water from the Pretreatment system will be used as make up to cooling tower and for process use within the power plant.
Aquatech International, headquartered in Canonsburg, PA, specializes in industrial and infrastructure water purification.
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