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In Response To Critical Water Shortage on St. Thomas, Seven Seas Water Delivers SWRO Units in 28 Days

sevenseas — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:33:29 +0000

Seven Seas Water has been contracted to supply the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) with 2 million gallons per day (GPD) of emergency water to resolve critical water shortages. St. Thomas has been experiencing crippling water shortages and had to institute widespread emergency rationing due to equipment failure at the aging WAPA Harley thermal desalination facility. Three containerized seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) units were shipped to the site and delivering 750,000 GPD in record time – 28 days from the date of contract signing. An additional 1.25 million GPD is expected to come on line by the middle of January. Seven Seas Water financed and will operate and maintain the systems under a build own operate agreement with WAPA. The fast track emergency supply will be phased out over the next nine months, as Seven Seas Water begins construction on the 3.3 million GPD permanent land based SWRO facility that was awarded in June of 2010 as the result of an international tender.

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Seven Seas Water & Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority Presented at the 20th Annual CWWA Annual Conference

sevenseas — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:58:43 +0000

SUMMARY

Miles Beamguard, PhD and Mr. Hugo Hodge, Chief Executive Officer of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VI WAPA), presented at the CWWA 20th Annual Conference “The Future of Water and Waste Management in The Region.”

PRESENTATION

Mr. Hodge and Dr. Beamguard compared the financial considerations and process hurdles of transitioning a municipal water supply from thermal desalination to reverse osmosis. The study is based on theoretical and actual operational data; supported by comparisons between the existing VI WAPA thermal units and data from the 1.5 MGD reverse osmosis water supply contracted to Seven Seas Water in 2009. This successful project has resulted in a contract to provide over 7 MGD of potable water to the Territory by transitioning from thermal to reverse osmosis. VI WAPA expects to save nearly 50% compared to their current water production costs.

For more information about the project, download the Case Study.

LOCATION

Palais Des Sports
Gosier
Guadeloupe, FWI

RESOURCES

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Seven Seas Water Enters into Agreement with Hydro Quality To Serve the Chilean Water Treatment Market

sevenseas — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:32:19 +0000

Seven Seas Water has entered into an agreement with Hydro Quality Tratamiento De Aguas Limitada to help serve the Chilean water treatment services market. Since 1999 Hydro Quality has been providing water treatment equipment in Chile to its clients in the industrial, private, municipal and mining sectors. According to Shawn Meyer-Steele, Seven Seas Water’s Sr. VP and Director of Business Development, “Hydro Quality’s knowledge of the local market and it’s history of treating water in Chile combined with the depth of global experience of Seven Seas Water’s seasoned team of veteran water service providers, creates a formidable team. Together with Hydro Quality, Seven Seas Water looks forward to repeating the success and impressive growth we have had in the Caribbean in Chile and South America.”

Seven Seas Water appoints Franklyn Richards and Herman Behr as new Managing Directors of Air-Fin St. Maarten Holding N.V. – Willem Barendsen retires

sevenseas — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:04:35 +0000

Cupecoy – Former Lt. Governor of St. Maarten, Franklyn Richards and international businessman, Herman Behr of Curacao have been appointed as the new Managing Directors of Air-Fin. The announcement was made by John Curtis, President of Seven Seas Water Corporation, who also confirmed that Air-Fin’s Managing Director Willem Barendsen has decided to retire.

Read the full story online at The Daily Herald

Seven Seas Water Announces New President and CFO

sevenseas — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:40:50 +0000

Seven Seas Water announced that John Curtis, who was previously Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed President. Mr. Curtis has worked with Seven Seas Water since 2007 where he has played a critical role in managing its business expansion and implementation of the new management team. Prior to joining Seven Seas Water, Curtis served as COO of Ionics. He enjoyed a 30 year career at Ernst & Young LLP, retiring in 2003 as a Senior International Partner of the firm. Mr. Curtis attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, is a Certified Public Accountant, a graduate of Boston College and holds a master’s degree from New York University Graduate School of Business.

Jeffrey Lentz has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Seven Seas Water. Mr. Lentz joined Seven Seas Water in May of 2007 as Vice President and Controller and since 2009 has served in the capacity of Vice President, Finance and Administration. Lentz has been an integral part of the team that has transformed Seven Seas Water from a small regional company to one of the fastest growing, privately owned water firms in its sector. Before joining Seven Seas, Lentz was the Chief Financial Officer of I-Logix Inc., and a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneurial Services Group. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College and a Master’s of Accountancy degree from Northeastern University.

Doug Brown, Seven Seas Water CEO and Chairman stated, “Seven Seas biggest asset is our employees. As we have grown, we have been able to bring on people with significant experience in water desalination and waste water treatment. Today, our executive team has well over 300 years of combined experience in sea water desalination and our employees represent our most significant advantage over our competition. John and Jeff have overseen Seven Seas Water’s substantial growth and their promotions to President and CFO respectively are a reflection of their strong contributions to our success.”

Seven Seas Water & VI WAPA Donate School Supplies to Children in the US Virgin Islands

sevenseas — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:11:29 +0000

Seven Seas Water and the VI Water & Power Authority donated school supplies to over 250 children in the US Virgin Islands. The Caribbean Friendship Committee held the 2011 Back To School Summer Splash on August 20th on St. Croix. The donated backpacks were filled with folders, pencils, eraser, rulers and more, and distributed to the children to prepare them for the upcoming school year.

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Seven Seas Water Appears in ANEAS Agua y Saneamiento

sevenseas — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:43:35 +0000

ANEAS Agua y Saneamiento recently featured Seven Seas Water in an article based on their successful Public-Private-Partnership with the Government of St. Maarten through a Build, Own, and Operate agreement. The article details how Seven Seas Water successfully expanded an older water treatment facility, reducing energy consumption by almost 40%, and reducing the price of the water - with no costs incurred by the Government.

Seven Seas Water officially entered the Mexican market in 2010 with the goal of providing viable solutions to improve and expand Mexican municipal water plants that are under performing. Seven Seas Water is confident they can replicate the successful partnerships they share with Caribbean clients, in Mexico - by providing reliable water services with no equipment capital costs incurred by the municipality.

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WASA CEO and T&T Public Utilities Minister, visit site in Port Fortin where Seven Seas Water is constructing a 5.5 MGD desalination plant

sevenseas — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:28:14 +0000

Trinidad & Tobago’s Public Utilities Minister and WASA CEO, toured the site where Seven Seas Water is constructing a 5.5 MGD desalination plant. Located on Trinmar’s Point Fortin refinery compound, the plant will bring relief to thousands in La Brea, Guapo, Port Fortin and Siparia.

Read story online from the Trinidad & Tobago Express

Seven Seas Water Observes World Water Day 2011 thru Community Outreach

sevenseas — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:17:07 +0000

In observance of World Water Day 2011, Seven Seas Water, along with the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) and the St. Croix Environmental Association (SEA), offered school children on St. Croix the opportunity to tour the Seven Seas Water 1.5 MGD reverse osmosis desalination plant. In addition to learning about the water resources available on St. Croix, including how the reverse osmosis process works, the students were educated about water conservation and received water conservation kits with useful tools for them to use at home.

On March 22, Seven Seas, WAPA and SEA also held a Town Movie Night where viewings of water related movies where shown and discussed. The panel of professionals consisted of Miles Beamguard, Sr. Design Engineer for Seven Seas Water, Mr. Rupert N. Pelle, Director of Water Distribution VI Water & Power Authority, and Mr. Paul Chakroff, Executive Director of SEA. Members of the community attended and enjoyed movie selections by the International Desalination Association, The Surfrider Foundation and The Chronicals Group.

Seven Seas Water Rapidly Deploys 5.5 Million Gallons Per Day to Water & Sewerage Authority of Trinidad & Tobago

sevenseas — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:14:27 +0000

Seven Seas Water Corporation is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with the Water & Sewerage Authority (WASA) of Trindad & Tobago for the rapid deployment of equipment to supply five and a half million (5,500,000) US GPD of seawater reverse osmosis desalinated water. The water is badly needed to help offset the severe water shortage caused by the extended drought affecting Trinidad and Tobago. Seven Seas Water was able to respond quickly to the emergency water demand by utilizing its fleet of ready-built mobile desalination units, a number of which will be located in the Point Fortin area in the south-west of Trinidad. The use of the Seven Seas units by WASA is one of a number of steps taken to address the present water scarcity. Doug Brown, Seven Seas’ CEO noted, “We are delighted we are able to assist WASA in developing a reliable and cost-effective water supply for Trinidad. Our ability to deploy ready to operate systems rapidly allows us to address the current water shortage in Trinidad as quickly as possible. Our experience operating these systems will ensure the island is receiving the most reliable water supply possible.” Seven Seas Water Corporation operates throughout the greater Caribbean and the Americas with the sole mission of delivering crucial water and waste water solutions for municipal, industrial and private clients. Seven Seas Water’s Build, Own, and Operate (BOO) business model reduces client risk by financing and managing the entire water operation – and offering long-term, economical solutions. From desalination to waste water treatment, Seven Seas Water is dependable, affordable and focused on you.