Stockholm to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant with GE Technology
March 04 2015 - 8:52AM
- The Henriksdal Wastewater Treatment Plant Will Become the
World's Largest MBR Facility
- Stockholm Vatten Using GE LEAPmbr* Technology to Increase
Capacity and Meet Stringent Requirements Set by the Baltic Sea
Action Plan
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced it will provide Stockholm Vatten with
membrane bioreactor (MBR) equipment for the Henriksdal municipal
wastewater treatment facility to upgrade the existing technology,
making it the largest MBR plant in the world. The Henriksdal
facility is responsible for treating two thirds of the municipal
wastewater for the city of Stockholm, Sweden, and once the upgrade
is complete, will process up to 864 million liters of wastewater
per day.
The City of Stockholm has one of the fastest growing populations
in Europe, and Stockholm Vatten, the city's water company, was
tasked with both expanding the capacity of the facility and
producing effluent of higher quality to meet the country's
environmental commitments under the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP)
and the E.U. Water Directive. The Henriksdal wastewater treatment
plant, located in the center of Stockholm, is one of the world's
largest treatment plants located inside rock. With over 18
kilometers of tunnels blasted into the rock structure, this
presents a huge challenge to expand the facility in the same
relative footprint. These drivers steered Stockholm Vatten to
select GE's LEAPmbr* technology as the right solution for the
retrofit and upgrade.
"We saw the need to update the current wastewater treatment
technology at our Henriksdal facility to meet the demands of a
growing population in Stockholm and new environmental requirements
set by our governing bodies," said Gösta Lindh, managing director
of Stockholm Vatten. "GE's LEAPmbr and ZeeWeed* technology will
help us meet our long-term needs for increased wastewater treatment
capacity and will help us do so in a more energy-efficient and
cost-effective manner."
At the core of LEAPmbr is GE's ZeeWeed 500 membrane, an advanced
ultrafiltration technology that separates solids, bacteria and
viruses from water or wastewater. More than 1,000 plants worldwide
use this technology to produce superior quality water. GE's ZeeWeed
ultrafiltration membranes offer an unmatched combination of
performance, energy efficiency, durability, ease of operation and
reliability.
"Considering the more stringent effluent requirements for
nitrogen and phosphorus removal under the BSAP and E.U. Water
Directive, GE's LEAPmbr technology is the right solution for the
Henriksdal retrofit project," said Yuvbir Singh, general manager,
engineered systems—water and process technologies for GE Power
& Water. "Looking ahead to future demands on the facility and
region, GE's LEAPmbr technology will give the City of Stockholm the
flexibility needed to meet these challenges."
As part of the contract, GE will be delivering a scope that
encompasses the design, supply and servicing of the entire membrane
filtration package. The contract will be completed in multiple
stages and delivered over a period of four to five years. Design
will be completed in 2015 and first shipments will begin in
2016.
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wind and solar; biogas and alternative fuels; and coal, oil,
natural gas and nuclear energy. The business also develops advanced
technologies to help solve the world's most complex challenges
related to water availability and quality. Power & Water's six
business units include Distributed Power, Nuclear Energy, Power
Generation Products, Power Generation Services, Renewable Energy
and Water & Process Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady,
N.Y., Power & Water is GE's largest industrial business.
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GE Power & Water
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