Quick Delivery of Industrial Water
Saving millions of dollars with quick water supply solutions.
Supply Challenges
Curacao Utility Operating Company (CUOC), a private utility operator (PUO) in the Caribbean was experiencing difficulties meeting the water demand of their client, Isla Refinery. It was challenged to keep up with production of the large quantity of water required to operate the refinery due to unscheduled maintenance and down-time of existing thermal distillation and seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) units owned and operated by the PUO. Insufficient water supply has caused unplanned shutdowns which result in millions of dollars a day in lost revenue.
CUOC requested that Seven Seas Water provide an emergency supply of industrial quality water of 1,454,700 gallons per day (GPD) (5,510 M3/D) in the shortest time frame possible to supplement shortfalls and provide a buffer so it could execute a required maintenance program to return their units to the designed capacity.
Flexible Solutions
Seven Seas Water responded to the client’s requirements with a two (2) phased solution consisting of an immediate supply of 451,000 GPD (1,710 M3/D) of containerized capacity delivered to site within two weeks and an additional 1,003,200 GPD (3,800 M3/D) of land based capacity. The Seven Seas Water RO units are a two (2) pass design which produces a product water quality of 25 uS/cm, a significantly higher quality than that used for potable purposes, from Caribbean seawater feed.
Additional pretreatment challenges resolved by Seven Seas were presented as the refineries existing feed water supply is from a slow-moving marsh in a busy harbor with significant oil, grease, and biological content.
NO CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Under a build-own-operate (BOO) arrangement, which required no up front capital investment from CUOC, Seven Seas Water is providing the supplemental water supply for a five (5) year term. With the BOO model, Seven Seas Water finances, designs, builds, operates, and maintains the units on a daily basis and provides a guaranteed quality and quantity of water at a fixed cost with no surprises. The client only pays for the water it uses.
FAST, GUARANTEED RESULTS
In less than two (2) weeks from contract signing, the first phase of the project consisting of 451,000 GPD (1,710 M3/D) of reverse osmosis capacity was shipped to the site. The guaranteed supply was flowing and further water shortages alleviated, in less than two (2) months from delivery
DID YOU KNOW?
It is estimated that 15% of world-wide water use is industrial, which by 2025 is expected to represent about 24% of total freshwater withdrawal. Process and sanitary wastewater can be processed for reuse in industrial and high-purity applications, providing an environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative to using municipal or fresh groundwater supplies. In many instances it is also a more economical alternative.
