desalination the sustainable alternative desalination by SUEZ the stakes a mastered solution for local authorities and industry Nearly 50 years of experience Outstanding advantages Recognised as a pioneer in the Numerous municipal and industrial technology of desalination by reverse projects have enabled SUEZ to osmosis since its first degremont® consolidate its world-leading 3.9 plant was established on the position in the field, in particular billion people affected by water stress by 2030 island of Houat in France in 1969, thanks to: SUEZ has successfully developed • mastery of pre-treatment, reverse and integrated complementary osmosis and remineralisation technologies to make this a processes; A prize-winner at the Global Water Awards 2013 for its technical prowess sustainable solution. • expertise as builder and operator, and environmental integration, the enabling to offer local authorities Victorian Desalination Plant designed and industry competitive solutions and built by SUEZ is one of the biggest reference for the desalination industry 9 7.5% SUEZ’s desalination offer that are adapted to their particular worldwide. of the Earth’s water operating requirements; reserves consist consists on four complementary • comprehensive range of modular of seawater areas of activity: and standardised products to optimise delivery and • Customised design & build to meet commissioning times; specific requirements with seawater • operating support tools to or brackish water desalination safeguard freshwater production plants – small or large, modular or and continuously optimise operating standardised – designed and built costs; 60 % according to site requirements and • introduction of effective energy of the world’s biggest cities water types. recovery systems to reduce energy in coastal areas do not have consumption; access to freshwater • Operation and services solutions • solutions to preserve the Earth’s for daily management, optimisation flora and fauna in general and 1.5 million cubic meters of of desalination plants (pre- marine life in particular, both at desalinated water produced treatment, energy consumption, water intake and on dispersion of by a plant operated by SUEZ washing of membranes, etc.), and brines. The gap between the available water resource and our municipal “à la carte” solutions such as the and industrial needs will reach 40% by 2030, and the number of supply of spare parts, rehabilitation, 100 employee training, etc. 3 people living in regions affected by severe hydric stress is expected Active in R&D million m /day to increase by a billion to 3.9 billion, out of a global population of 8.1 To adapt to future needs and 3.5 is the estimated installed billion. The most severely affected countries and regions will be North • “Packaged” equipment and optimise existing systems, SUEZ is million cubic metres desalination capacity to meet Africa, the Middle East, Northern China, Southern India, Pakistan and technologies to increase or diversify engaged in research on the following of desalinated water municipal and industrial certain parts of the United States and Mexico. pre-treatment or reverse osmosis subjects: produced per day by a performances, or for an easy-to- requirements in 2015. • direct osmosis; degremont® plant operate modular and compact This capacity will have • membrane distillation; Since March 2015, all the Group brands design. doubled in the 10 years from (Degrémont, Ozonia, Aquasource, Ondeo IS, Ameriwater, Infilco, • new membranes; 2005 to 2015 • new membrane engineering; Poseidon…) became SUEZ. Meanwhile, from now own, the Financing through BOT contracts • • alternative energy sources; technologies and know-how of our Treatment Solutions offer will be (Build, Operate, Transfer) for a distinguished with the label degremont®. • alternative processes for treating 10 long-term partnership in which boron; million people supplied SUEZ is fully involved from the • reducing water loss in pretreatment; design through to the plant transfer. • etc. 2 SUEZ - Desalination SUEZ - Desalination 3 a reverse osmosis membrane Only allows water to pass through and retains all the solutes, an offer dedicated to except for a few organic molecules very similar to water. desalination broad range of degremont® products, services and tools innovative technologies to provide relevant technical to optimise processes, and economic solutions for reduce operating costs the needs and challenges and lessen environmental of local authorities and impact industry SWRO Pilot desalination plant Seadaf ™ Seapro™ fully powered by renewable This compact solution for clarification The degremont® range of standard by rapid dissolved air flotation (DAF) reverse osmosis desalination plant energy in Masdar, UAE of saline water replaces the first elements has been developed based To contribute to Masdar city filtration stage. It is useful for water on feedback from its realisations. sustainable growth, SUEZ has that may present occasional peaks in Its main advantages are: reduced Offshore oil & gas Desalination robustness * ControlBuild designed, built and now operates suspension matter and algal bloom. construction time, minimisation of and evaluates an advanced energy- With its expertise in desalination This modelling tool, developed jointly This tool simulates the operation of technical and construction risks, and and engineering know-how specific with ENGIE (Laborelec), offers three a virtual desalination plant, enabling efficient desalination pilot plant general optimisation of costs (civil (104 m3/d) which will be more to offshore oil exploration and advantages: automated systems to be tested and Seaclean™ engineering, construction, equipment, production, SUEZ designs and • identification, by geographic region parameterised upstream before being energy-efficient than the current assembly, etc.). The most recent plant state-of-the-art desalination systems; This dual media (anthracite + sand) supplies units for desalination and worldwide, of six typical seawater validated at the plant. It facilitates filtration technology is ideal for of this type is the Seapro™ 50K, which sulphate removal to equip FPSO compositions and their annual operational start-up on delivery of the and potentially powered by renewable produces 50,000 m3/day, comprising: energy sources. desalination plants of all sizes. It (Floating, Production, Storing and profile; plant and reduces the time needed • water intake; The main aim of the project is to improves the performance of reverse Offloading) vessels. • determination, according to profile, for the commissioning phase (two osmosis membranes, increases their • pre-treatment by Seadaf™ rapid of the optimal dosages of chemicals month reduction at the 450,000 m3/ day demonstrate that a Membrane-based flotation, and ultrafiltration; Advanced Seawater Desalination Plant lifespan, reduces washing equipment to most effectively foresee the Victorian desalination plant, and cuts water loss. • a reverse osmosis pass; quality of the pre-treated water, Melbourne-Australia). The tool can (Industrial Scale) is able to achieve a remineralisation phase. OMOBILE / MobilePro 3 • thereby optimising the robustness also be used during the operational less than 3.6 kWh/m of electrical This plant is flexible in its design These mobile (truck-mounted) Specific Energy Consumption (SEC), desalination units guarantee the of a desalination plant and its phase to simulate optimisation according to local conditions and operating costs; methods and thus continually improve a value below current benchmarks. Ultramarine™ Smartrack™ client’s specific requirements. quality and quantity of water required To do so, 3 different energy This metallic chassis can without capital outlay, anywhere in the • the choice of the best line of performance. optimization solutions are tested: accommodate different types of world and for all types of industry. The pre-treatment to optimise • Optimizing operating conditions of ultrafiltration membrane modules. trucks are rented and are equipped investment and operating costs. current technologies; The system is standardised and with reverse osmosis or ion exchange The tool is based on a statistical • Implementation of a new SWRO industrialised, reducing the time units to produce industrial water. They method using a database containing brine treatment; taken for implementation and allowing guarantee the continuity of industrial over 10 years of data (from pilot trials • Assessing impact of solar energy to master the cost of membranes water production in emergencies and plants). usage on the SWRO process renewal. as well as anticipating purified and defining suitable operating water requirements during planned conditions of the plant. procedures. * The robustness of reverse osmosis plants is defined as the capacity to provide an appropriate flow and quality of drinking water, in accordance with the capacities of the plant and the guarantees of the membrane supplier. 4 SUEZ - Desalination SUEZ - Desalination 5 flagship 255 a pioneer in desalination desalination plants by reverse osmosis, built worldwide realisations SUEZ has built 255 degremont® plants in all four corners of the for local authorities world BARCELONA, Spain RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Innovative treatment of brines and Modular units in containers an optimal environmental footprint 33 brackish water desalination plants were The plant is a key element in the installed in just five months, at 14 sites, to treat supply of drinking water to the the 165,000