As technology partners, Veolia and Masdar have shared the costs to build and operate a pilot plant in the Ghantoot area, which has been producing potable water since August.
The technologies that Veolia has developed and implemented at Masdar include high performance seawater pretreatment combining air floatation and filtration, as well as a new osmosis membrane feed configuration able to deal with high treatment fluxes. A Swiss company, which Veolia has been partnering with, has also been developing new Energy Recovery Devices (ERD) which are being used on the pilot.
Veolia has already lowered the electrical consumption performances by 7% compared to the contractual target initially required by Masdar. In addition, a new pretreatment design can save 25% on civil works and, therefore, reduce the footprint of the plant as well as its CAPEX.
