Severn Trent De Nora's BALPURE® Ballast Water Management System Recommended for Final Approval


Efficacy of the BALPUREballast water management system further confirmed.

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. - The BALPURE® ballast water management system from Severn Trent De Nora has been recommended for final approval at the upcoming International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 61st session, 27 September to 1 October, 2010, by GESAMP BWWG*. The Group agreed to the recommendation after reviewing all the information submitted by Germany in the application for final approval, together with the information received during the 14th GESAMP-BWWG meeting.

Shipboard testing of the BALPURE system currently underway on the California Maritime Academy training ship, the T.S. Golden Bear, is scheduled for completion in December 2010.Type approval of theBALPURE system is expected in early 2011.

BALPURE is a modular, lightweight ballast water management system designed for easy installation into a new or retrofitted vessel. The patented BALPURE system is an effective and economical solution to meet the most stringent ballast water discharge requirements.

Environmentally safe and easy to maintain, BALPURE offers an operating cost of less than USD $0.02 per m3 of ballast water treated. Ideal for high-capacity applications, the BALPURE system can offer energy savings of more than 60 percent compared to competitive technologies.

Severn Trent De Nora is a world leader in the design and manufacture of electrolytic systems to generate biocides (disinfectants) from halide ions present in seawater, saline and estuarine waters. Severn Trent De Nora's proven technology along with 25 years of marine equipment experience has been applied to the treatment of ballast water with the BALPURE system.

* GESAMP-BWWG is the Ballast Water Working Group of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, an advisory body that advises the United Nations system on the scientific aspects of marine environmental protection.

About Severn Trent De Nora, LLC

Severn Trent De Nora, LLC (www.severntrentdenora.com) is a joint venture offering a solid foundation to support marine and offshore industrial water disinfection needs by drawing upon the strength and global resources of Severn Trent Services, Fort Washington, Pa. (www.severntrentservices.com) and Gruppo De Nora, Milan, Italy (www.denora.it). Severn Trent De Nora offers the benefits of enhanced technical solutions and a greater range of services by combining the seawater disinfection capabilities of both companies. Severn Trent De Nora offers products to serve marine wastewater treatment applications and the seawater disinfection needs for the following applications: power generation, desalination facilities, coastal industry, offshore oil and gas facilities, general marine, cruise vessel industry and navies worldwide.

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