WATER MANAGEMENT & TREATMENT
years into the future.
“Nothing beats live data –
on your site, on your
water. Potential
customers are able to
look, see and ask
questions, and have the
assurance that the design
is based on their specific
conditions.”
Lipsett adds that
piloting achieves accuracy
South African water specialist Talbot Consulting
Services has launched a state-of-the-art mobile
unit that enables mining and mineral resources
players to test a highly efficient and cost-effective
water treatment and mineral product recovery
solution, right on site
through VSEP’s ability to salvage usable product,
payback time with a product recovery focus is
typically under six months offering substantial
long-term savings, in addition to water-saving
benefits and environmental compliance.
The mobile treatment facility and laboratory
site operations are essential to develop in-house
technical and financial models, to demonstrate the
potential of utilising VSEP within a given
operation. The information derived serves as the
basis for a full plant design and supports the
preparation of business cases looking five and 10
that desktop design
simply can’t. “We’re able to characterise the
streams of interest, optimise the full plant design,
gain firm details on operating costs and save the
client money by factoring in unknowns. In short,
operations can make a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ call, remove
the risk and maximise the benefits of investing in
innovative technology,” she says.
“Talbot has developed purpose-built financial
models which allows us to assess the life-cycle
cost and long-term viability of each project. We
comprehensive set of economic life-cycle
projections, thus enabling clients to make
informed decisions on the short, medium and
long-term benefits with no hidden costs. This
provides a complete offering to our clients
working to make informed decisions on
innovative, market-changing technologies”.
Xylem makes another big Asian
investment
Xylem, the leading global water technology
company, has launched a new multi-disciplinary
centre for water, wastewater and energy
technologies at the company’s regional
headquarters in Singapore. The expanded
headquarters brings the company’s regional R&D
capability into a new Xylem Technology Hub
Singapore (XTHS), alongside its regional
leadership and personnel, the company said.
It explained: “The XTHS represents Xylem’s
work with clients to make their projects cashflow
positive so that savings and product recovery pay
for the plant itself. We also provide the continued investment in sustainable water
technologies, and research at the new centre will
focus on developing breakthrough technologies in
opportunity for clients to rent or lease
equipment,” says Talbot Economist Mike Smith.
Financial projections of conceptual models
designed during the piloting process include not
only the original capital cost of the equipment but water distribution and water and wastewater
treatment.”
Xylem is well known in the mining industry for a
number of mine dewatering and slurry pumps and
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anticipated expenditure on items like membrane
replacement and operational and maintenance
costs. “This provides potential users with a
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