Water
Wise water use, reuse, recycling and conservation At high levels in Western Cape
Water Purification Solutions( WPS) – headquartered in the Strand in Cape Town – has with the drought conditions in the Western Cape seen a significant escalation in the awareness of water conservation in the Western Cape. The need and interest for assurance in the conservation of water, the quality of water and the reuse of water in all sectors – agricultural, industrial and domestic – is pervasive, and for good reason, with the Western Cape recently being declared a disaster area in terms of water.
The shortages of water has revealed a lot of the facts about water to South Africans in compelling ways, and WPS is definitely seeing this new awareness in their business, as many new clients are coming on-board. For instance, industrial clients – who use water extensively for cooling( like in 24 / 7 data centres) – are starting to put contingency plans in place, for instance looking at boreholes and reuse of water with serious intent. Wine farmers in the Western Cape are particularly keen to conserve and recycle water on the farm and in the wine making processes. However, WPS’ s clients range across a water-saving spectrum – including all sorts of farmers and even water-saving airports!
Design, Build, Commission, Maintain All Water Purification Systems
Purification of water from sources namely:
Rivers Dams Boreholes Municipal Outlets
Water treated for the following uses:
Agricultural Potable water Irrigation
Industrial De-mineralized water Process feed water Waste water recycling
Application specific solutions to various problems such as:
Iron & Manganese( Fe & Mn) Bacteria & Viruses Low Alkalinity( Aggressive water) Brackish water( NaCl— Salt) Odour & Taste
Historically Water Purification Solutions attention was mainly geared towards water purification systems that could process unusable sources such as boreholes, rivers and sea water creating usable, potable water, for clients such as farmers, industry, municipalities.
With an extensive track record in potable water production WPS has adapted the various potable water treatment systems towards industrial waste water treatment systems catering for the reclamation and re-use of industrial waste water.
Highly skilled
WPS, established in 2006, is composed of a highly skilled team of engineers, scientists and allround water fundis. The team is committed to delivering a high quality of work and equipment to their customers.. With water solutions being in high demand, naturally many operators are jumping on the bandwagon. It is prudent to verify, say WPS, water firms’ business credentials and quality.
WPS, however, also work nationally, and have delivered water treatment solutions to groups such as macadamia farmers, in the Eastern Cape.
The water purification systems manufactured by Water Purification Solutions incorporate a variety of technologies suited to the clients’ specific application, like: flocculation, standard filtration, membrane filtration( i. e. micro, ultra & nano), reverse osmosis and sterilising via UV, ozone or other oxidising agents. WPS offer the client the full range and top quality water treatment systems.
WPS’ s Shandor Cylvan says that they have certainly observed the demand for their water treatment services switch into high gear in recent years. Their clients include farmers of all sizes, industry and domestic users. They treat dams, rivers and boreholes, and more, for their clients.
“ WPS as the name suggests offers turnkey water treatment systems for any water related issues. Our core focus being the design, manufacture, installation & operation of industrial water treatment systems,” he says.
WHO specs
The team at WPS work to very high specifications(“ specs”, indeed using the World Health Organisation specifications.
Shandor relates the story of a farmer in the Caledon area who has an excellent yield of water from boreholes but was experiencing terrific problems with dissolved metals such as Iron & Manganese and acid levels. The WPS team assisted in analysing, developing and installing a suitable water treatment plant for the farmer to alleviate these water quality problems.
In general, comments Shandor, farmers have also become more aware of water quality problems, such as salinity and acidity, which can have dire effects on the operability of irrigation systems and even on crops or livestock.“ We have seen more interest from farmers in issues of water quality, which is important to overall health of an environment and is becoming highly pertinent with regards to meeting standards for exporting crops. Increasingly, South African consumers are also becoming highly attuned to matters such as water conservation and quality.”
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SABI | JUNE / JULY 2017