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Introduction We are a privately owned Northern Ireland company formed in 2006. When set up, we initially provided process engineering consultancy to the

major manufacturing, food and drink companies in Northern Ireland. We continue to provide consultancy but we have developed to provide

specialist engineering design, fabrication and commissioning services. We have considerable expertise and experience in borehole pumping

systems, borehole pumping control, borehole performance monitoring and data logging, and remote access.

We are currently involved with control and monitoring of 42 individual production borehole installations for a variety of customers.

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Boreholes Below the ground there exist water

bearing rock structures, known as aquifers.

A borehole is simply a hole drilled into the aquifer to gain access to the water.

Once water has been found, it has to be pumped to the surface using a submersible borehole pump.

When on the surface the water can be treated (as required) to make it fit for the customer’s use.

Borehole water is now widely used to reduce the procurement cost of mains water and minimises risk of only one supply to a site

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Borehole Water Customers Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company – soft drinks Nigerian Bottling Company – soft drinks Dale Farm – major UK dairy processor Moy Park – major Poultry processor Tayto Group – major UK snack manufacturer Linden Foods (Fane Valley) – major UK meat processor Belfast Health and Social Care Trust – Acute Hospitals Queens University – Laboratories & Research Units Hastings Group – Hotel and Leisure Complexes Linergy – major Rendering Facility Radisson Roe – Hotel Complex Small commercial users in micro-brewing, feed processing,

etc.

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CCHBC - Northern Ireland Northern Innovation key personnel have been working with

CCHBC in Northern Ireland since 1996. We have designed, fabricated and installed wellhead plantrooms

and pumping control systems for all active boreholes supplying the new £120 million Knockmore Hill Facility.

We are responsible for monitoring overall borehole performance and reporting back on performance trends and recommending improvements.

We currently provide ongoing maintenance services for all of the boreholes suppling the factory including the transfer pipelines to the factory.

Bottled water production demands very high standard of borehole design, aquifer protection, water quality and ground water monitoring

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Nigerian Contracts First introduced to NBC (Nigerian Bottling

Company) by Zenith International in 2014. 2015 – Supplied pumps and borehole head

control system for 2 new boreholes in Ikeja and commissioned plant.

2016 – Supplied pump and borehole head control system for 3rd new borehole in Ikeja.

Currently working on pump and control system for a new borehole in Port Harcourt.

Provide a borehole monitoring service to investigate performance and alarm activations.

Average borehole output of 80m3/hr at 30°C 13 factories in Nigeria

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Nigerian Bottling Company - Ikeja - 2015

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Borehole head kit with field instruments

Control system installed

Completed borehole headworks

Borehole Control System We have developed our unique borehole

control system over the past 20 years. The system controls the borehole pump

output based on delivery pressure and borehole pumping level

It maximises production from borehole under all conditions and automatically responds to seasonal aquifer fluctuations, production demands, etc.

The system has a data logging facility which records all operating parameters remote access facility for data logging and data retrieval

Remote access for control for diagnostic and maintenance purposes

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Remote Access

Our remote access facility operates through data modem over existing 4G mobile phone network.

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It uses proprietary hardware and software as a foundation.

Water Treatment Options

Borehole raw water quality and intended use of water on the site determine treatment required.

Filtration Iron/Manganese Removal Softening Chlorine Dosing

Chlorine Dioxide Sodium Hypochlorite

UV Sterilisation To meet European Drinking Water

Directive requirements

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Benefits Maximises available water supply and provides sustainable and reliable control

Our system will maximise water abstraction from all existing and new boreholes.

Maximises cost benefit of borewell water to a site under all operating conditions

It allows water drawdown level to fall to within 1.0 metre of the pump without damage.

It will protect the aquifer from over-abstraction thus ensuring sustainability and reliability of water output.

System allows multiple boreholes to be used to supply a single site and regulates flow from each to meet optimum abstraction profiles

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System Configurations

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Our systems can be supplied to suit your requirements.

We can supply systems as a kit of parts or a complete turnkey plantroom.

Water Procurement – GroundStream Ltd. To enable companies to realise the benefits of a borehole water supply

without the need for capital investment, we have formed a subsidiary company.

GroundStream Ltd. offers a water procurement contract over a 3 – 5 year period.

A borehole is drilled on the customers site and equipped to supply water of the required standard to the customer at no cost to the customer.

The customer pays monthly for every cubic metre of water pumped from the borehole.

As borehole water costs are significantly lower than mains water costs, the customer benefits from the savings with no investment.

At end of contract period the complete borehole pumping and treatment installation can be purchased for a nominal figure by the customer

GroundStream has one contract in operation and two others at discussion phase.

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Contact DetailsNorthern Innovation (NI) LimitedMaryland Industrial Estate286 Ballygowan RoadMoneyreaghNewtownardsNorthern Ireland BT23 6BL

Norman Ferguson, Managing Directornorman@northerninnovation.com Mobile: +44 (0) 7768 323359Office: +44 (0) 2890 449776Fax: +44 (0) 2890 449019

Website: www.northerninnovation.com

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