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

01/04/12

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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