- 1. Extending Natures Capacity Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Solutions November 2009
2. Wastewater Treatment Industry Main Trends Environmental
awarenessRegulation(Nutrients & odors) Energy costs Sludge
disposal costs Chemicals costs Fresh water price Fresh water
availability Available land for wastewater treatment
plantsInfrastructure quality (aging) 3. Existing Solutions for
Wastewater Treatment Extensive Intensive Simple to operate
Resistant to shock loads (Industrial wastes) Small footprint Lower
quality effluent Operationalproblems (odors, clogging) Good
treatment capabilities More space required More complex to operate
Less Resistant to shocks Oxidation Ponds Low O&M cost Simple to
operate Lower quality effluent Operationalproblems (odors, vectors)
Real Estate Attached Growth Suspended Growth 4.
- Advanced Biomass Carriers Increased effective surface area
- Unique aeration design (airlift double role)
- Software simulation based design
- Various configurations (MBBR, IFAS, etc)
The Unique AGAR Technology AGAR - Attached Growth Airlift
Reactor 5. Innovation that works: Aqwise Biomass Carriers
- Material:HDPE (virgin or recycled)
- Surface area (effective):650 m/m of carriers
- Geometry: Highly open external surface
6. Versatile AGAR Configurations MBBR MBBR:Moving BedBio-Reactor
IFAS IFAS: Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge 7. Versatile AGAR
Configurations FFAST MBBR-BNR FFAST:Fixed
FilmActivatedSludgeTreatment BNR:Biological Nutrient Removal 8.
Compact Unit Package Plant
- Full containerized solution (with and without nitrogen
removal)
Filtration, disinfection and dewatering as an option Flow,(m 3
/day) Effluent Quality BOD/TSS/TN(mg/l) 50 20/30 10/10/15 100 20/30
10/10/15 9. The AGAR Advantage 10. Municipal Solutions Municipal
WWTPs New Plants Upgraded Plants Small Footprint Future Expansion
Expansion for bigger flows Retrofit for better quality 11.
Industrial Segments Industrial WWTPs Pulp and Paper Food and
Beverage Oil and Gas -Petrochemical, Biofuel refineries
Pharmaceutical AquacultureHigh loads waste streams treatment Small
plants Pre-treatment ZLD 12. A Proven Track Record of Success
- Dozens of installations worldwide
13. Monclova WWTP(58,000 m3/d) Mexico, 2006 AGAR Solution IFAS
Configuration 14. Aqwise CompactSludge Dewatering Solution
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- Plug and Play - fully automatic
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- Prepackaged, skid-mounted or containerized, assembled in site
within hours
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- Lightweight & small foot print
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- No civil, mechanical, electrical or process engineering is
required; all included
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- The technology is in patent pending status
15. Research & Development
- R&D Center in an active WWTP
- Development of new applications
- Development of Drinking Water Treatment solutions
- 4 new Patent Applications in 2008-9
- Receiving Eureka funding (2008)
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- Elron (Nasdaq: ELRN): one of Israels largest Hi-Tech holding
groups, a member of IDB group
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- AHMSA - largest steel integrator in Mexico
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- ICV - Israel Cleantech Ventures
- Headquarters and R&D facilities in Israel, subsidiary in
Central America
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- Engineering, Hydraulics, Chemistry, process, Microbiology
Company Profile 17.
18. CASE STUDY Marines Municipal WWTP Spain, 2007 IFAS
Configuration (380 m 3 /d) 19.
- Upgrade of plant capacity (50%)
- Upgrade of quality (Nitrogen and Phosphorous removal)
- Minimal down time upgrade completed in 5 days (!)
CASE STUDY Marines Municipal WWTP Spain, 2007 IFAS Configuration
(380 m 3 /d) Actual Value (Avg.) Requirement Parameter 5.7 < 20
BOD 5 6.0 < 25 TSS 7.6 < 15 TN 0.9 < 10 NH 4 -N 0.8 < 5
TP 21.0 - COD 3.4 - NO 3 -N 20.
- The AGAR system by Aqwise was deployed
- in just five days. It immediately reached desired
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus biological removal levels
- Aqwises solution stabilized the effluent quality
- below EU requirements, despite food industry
- discharge peaks and 20% flow over design
- Ignacio Bernacer and Francisco Martinez
- Government Municipal WWTPs
- Marines Area Responsible, Valencia, Spain
CASE STUDY Marines Municipal WWTP Spain, 2007 IFAS Configuration
(380 m 3 /d) 21. CASE STUDY - Europaper Italy, 2005 MBBR-RBC
Configuration (2,000 m 3 /d) 22.
- Client : Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti (branch - Foxy )
- Feedstock : Recycled paper
- Wastewater flow: 2,000m 3 /d
- Challenges :Changes in production processes increased organic
load and reduced RBC performance
- Effluent requirement : 60% COD removal
- Results : Process was stabilized and qualityimproved to meet
requirements
CASE STUDY - Europaper Italy, 2005 MBBR-RBC Configuration (2,000
m 3 /d) 23. Tissue production Fiber source: Secondary fibers Q =
2,000 m 3 /d HRT = 4.3 h CASE STUDY - Europaper Italy, 2005
MBBR-MBR Configuration (2,000 m 3 /d) Value 1,450 COD in [mg/l] 100
COD out [mg/l] 24.
25.
- Winner of Israel Technology Fast50 2009 and EMEA Technology
Fast500.
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- The first water technology company ever to win.
- Finalist of Europes Red Herring 100
- Guardians Global Cleantech 100
Brand Recognition 26. Various Business Models 27.
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- DANA ( Dynamic Anaerobic Aerobic Solution)
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- Targeting industrial markets
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- Drinking Water Denitrification
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- Cost-effective biological solution
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- Cooperation with National Water Company
Research & Development - Highlights 28. Research &
Development DANA
- DANA(Dynamic Anaerobic Aerobic System)
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- Cooperation with a Dutch company (WESTT)
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- Access to Anaerobic technology
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- 2 patent applications expected
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- Gradual launch during 2010-11
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- Mainly industrial segments (high organic loads)
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- Will be applicable also formunicipal applications in
somecountries
- Two parallel on-siteindustry pilots planned
Research & Development DANA 30.
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- Thousands of SBR plants installed around the world
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- Both Municipal and Industrial applications
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- Drivers: Implementation of TMDL to small flows
Research & Development SBBR 31.
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- Market: Suitable for small footprint & medium TSS
requirements applications (mainly industrial)
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- Cost effective (no clarifier)
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- Patent application submitted
Research & Development MBCR 32.
- Accessibility to completely new markets
- Drinking Water Denitrification
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- Global water scarcity Nitrate contaminated wells
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- Cost-effective biological solution(CAPEX, OPEX) vs. ED/RO
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- Cooperation with Israeli National Water Company (funding and
Beta trials)
Research & Development Drinking Water 33.
- Drinking Water Iron Removal
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- A major problem in many countries (color, odor &
taste)
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- Reduction in CAPEX and OPEX (energy savings, chemicals savings,
increase in filtration life cycle between backwashes)
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- Cooperation with a leadingfiltration company Amiad
- Removal of other elements (e.g. Perchlorates, Sulphides)
Research & Development Drinking Water