ACWA - Air, Water & Effluent Treatment Specialists

January 2008

Liquor treatment design & build for Southern Water

ACWA Services has received a contract to design and construct an AMTREAT® sludge liquor treatment plant for the Southern Water Sludge Treatment Centre in Ashford. The contract was placed by Black & Veatch Ltd, the main contractor responsible for upgrading the site.

November 2007

Award for Nitreat™, innovative nitrate removal technology

At the end of October, Mike Smith, Operations Director at ACWA Services Limited, together with colleagues from Anglian Water Plc, Biwater Treatment Ltd and Puritech Ltd received an award from the Institute of Chemical Engineers in recognition of the successful application of 'NITREAT™', - a novel form of ion exchange for the removal of nitrate from drinking water.

August 2007

Package Reverse Osmosis for Saudi Construction Camps

Two Temporary Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Treatment Plants, designed and built by ACWA Emirates for the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), are providing high quality drinking water for construction workers at the Khursaniyah and Khazna (KPF) Project site camps in Saudi Arabia.

August 2007

Agreement signed for Portugal

In appointing Tratamento De Agua Iberica, Lda (TAI) as sole agents in Portugal, UK–based Water and Effluent Treatment Contractor, ACWA Services has extended its international marketing network to secure potential business on the Iberian Peninsula.

May 2007

Prestigious award for water re-use scheme

International Water, Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Contractor - ACWA Services – has gained a Distinction in the "Water Reuse Project of the Year" category of the Global Water Awards 2007 for its Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater and Sewage Treatment Pant on the Palm Jumeirah Development in Dubai.

December 2006

Water re-use in Dubai

ACWA Emirates LLC - the Middle Eastern arm of ACWA Services - has been awarded the design and supply contract for a Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (sMBR) Plant at the prestigious "The Greens" residential complex in Dubai UAE. The order was placed by Metito (Overseas) Ltd, with EMAAR as the end client.

October 2006

MBR Licensee thoughout Gulf

Skipton-based water, effluent and sewage treatment contractor, ACWa Services, has signed an exclusive license agreement with Kubota Membrane Europe Ltd to sell Submerged membrane technology throughout the Middle East.

August 2006

Orders from Thames & Anglian for Innovative Technology

ACWA Services has successfully installed and commissioned a 'NITREAT' plant for the removal of nitrates at the Sheafhouse WTW of Thames Water and – as part of an agreement with Biwater Treatment Ltd – is currently building six of these plants at various treatment sites of Anglian Water.

August 2006

Design completed for 50 Mld RO desalination plant

ACWA Emirates LLC, a subsidiary of Skipton (UK)-based ACWA Services, has completed the detailed design for a $90 million order to build two identical Seawater Desalination Plants on the crown of the prestigious "Palm Jumeirah" – the palm-shaped development created off the coast of Dubai (UAE). The contract was awarded to ACWA by Palm Water, the utility company for the development.

June 2006

Mobile Sewage Treatment Plants

ACWA Emirates LLC – the Middle East subsidiary of UK-based ACWA Services - has supplied six Containerised, Mobile, Sewage Treatment Plants for use at desert site camps during the construction of two major gasification projects in Abu Dhabi (UAE).

May 2006

Order for six containerised MBR plants

ACWA Emirates LLC – the Middle East subsidiary of ACWA Services - has supplied six Containerised, Mobile, Sewage Treatment Plants for use at desert site camps during the construction of major gasification projects in Abu Dhabi (UAE).

April 2006

$90 million order for desalination UAE

ACWA Emirates LLC, a subsidiary of [Skipton] UK based ACWA Services, has completed the detailed design for a $90 million order to build two identical Seawater Desalination Plants on the crown of the prestigious "Palm Jumeirah" – the palm-shaped development created off the coast of Dubai (UAE). The contract was awarded to ACWA by Palm Water which is the utility company for the development.

January 2006

Submersible membranes for dairy waste

ACWa MBR – the Middle Eastern arm of ACWa Services - has supplied Submersible Membrane Systems for a sewage and effluent treatment plant extension/upgrade project at the Almarai Trading Company's dairy products processing facility in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. The Kubota flat sheet submersible membranes systems were supplied by ACWa to the main contractor for the project, WETICO-Saudi Berkefeld.

November 2005

Water treatment works part of £210 million package for Scottish Water

A new Water Treatment Works - recently installed and commissioned at Ballachulish on the shores of Kinlochleven - is the latest of a series of major projects completed by ACWA Services to meet the on-going expansion initiatives of Scottish Water. The Ballachulish Water Treatment Works forms part of a £l210M package of improvements by Scottish Water to provide the highest quality water supplies for the Highland regions of Scotland.

November 2005

Order for Membrane Bioreactor in Gulf

Aquator Emirates – a subsidiary of Aquator Bahrain - has secured an order to supply submersible membrane units and engineering services for a state-of-the-art underground MBR Water Recycling Plant at Palm Jumeirah off the western coast of Dubai, (United Arab Emirates).