Basin Water Completes Start-up of New Groundwater Nitrate Removal System in Avondale, Arizona
June 11 2007 - 1:17PM
Business Wire
Basin Water Inc. (NASDAQ:BWTR) announced today that it has
completed permitting and start-up of a turnkey nitrate removal
system for the City of Avondale, Arizona. Using Basin Water�s
proprietary high-efficiency ion exchange technology, the system
will handle a 1,300 gpm (82L/s) flow at the City�s Northeast Pump
Station Well with influent nitrate levels in the 13-16 mg/L range �
lowering nitrate levels below the 10 mg/L level required by State
and Federal regulations. Extremely low waste rates made possible by
Basin Water technology will allow off-site disposal via trucking
and add millions of gallons of additional water to the well�s
capacity. Avondale has entered into a 10-year contract with Basin
Water for a turnkey solution that guarantees the life of the assets
employed, the regulatory performance, the reliability of
compliance, and costs for the life of the contract. This approach
offers the best lifecycle cost for the citizens of Avondale.
According to Orlando Carre�o, Vice President, Western Region of
Basin Water, the relationship with Avondale represents a new
direction in providing reliable and sustainable sources of water in
the face of increasing groundwater contamination. �We are excited
to be working when our technology and expertise combined allow us
to develop water treatment solutions not possible before,� he said.
�In order to meet the needs for high quality drinking water of our
nation�s growing and shifting population demands, we believe our
cost-effective, highly efficient wellhead treatment systems, like
this system in Avondale, will be required all over the United
States. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with the
Avondale Water Resources Department on behalf of the citizens of
this fast growing community,� he said. New business model creates
new opportunities With over 50 installations in the United States
today, Basin Water has refined its groundwater contamination
solutions to offer a number of attractive benefits to both public
and private water purveyors. Basin Water treatment systems are low
profile and have a small footprint, making them ideal for placement
at a wellhead or in residential areas. The design of the systems
means that they can be rapidly built, deployed, and permitted at
the site. They offer very low waste rates compared with
conventional ion exchange systems and other treatment approaches,
allowing disposal of waste via trucking and eliminating the need
for new waste-handling facilities. Automatic operation of these
systems means they require minimal training and operator
supervision for a customer. To these the company adds a long-term
service-based operation and maintenance program that maintains
reliability, guarantees compliance, capital and operations cost as
well as flexible financing options that feature payment based on
performance. The combination of these benefits delivers reliable
water supplies at the lowest cost. Avondale is a rapidly growing
city, located 15 mi west of Phoenix. Within its 54 square miles,
Avondale�s population doubled in the 1990s and doubled again
between 2000 and 2006. With a 2007 population of around 72,000
people, the city is expected to grow to 123,000 people by 2020,
with an estimated build-out population of 170,000 residents.
Providing adequate supplies of drinking water to this population is
critical to the city�s quality of life today and its growth into
the future. The long-term use of fertilizer in its agricultural
sectors has resulted in higher levels of nitrate in groundwater
reserves -- a fact that has become increasingly obvious and a
matter of concern as the city has had to tap more groundwater
resources to meet the needs of its growing population. Two previous
Basin Water projects helped put a �shut-in well� back in service
and provided treatment for a newly drilled well According to Steve
Ruppenthal, Water Operations Superintendent at the City of Avondale
Water Resources Department, Basin Water�s proprietary technology
and flexibility in working with the city were key to meeting the
goals of the community at the Northeast Pump Station Well. �Basin
Water has worked with city of Avondale employees and other
contractors in designing a system that will fit within the existing
structure and simultaneously provide the automated operation and
reliability that we require. This system shows its adaptability to
being housed in a low-profile building that blends aesthetically
with the existing neighborhood,� he said. �This is the third
nitrate removal project we have worked on with Basin Water since
2003 and they have met or exceeded their promises in every
situation,� he added. About Basin Water Basin Water, Inc. is a
provider of reliable, long-term sources of water for many
communities, which includes designing, building and implementing
systems for the treatment of contaminated groundwater. Basin Water
employs treatment technologies including its own proprietary,
scalable ion-exchange wellhead treatment system which reduces
groundwater contamination levels in an efficient, flexible and cost
effective manner. Additional information may be found on the
company's web site: www.basinwater.com. Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements, including expectations relating to future
revenues and income, the company's ability to gain new business and
control costs, involve risks and uncertainties, as well as
assumptions that, if they prove incorrect or never materialize,
could cause the results of the company to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to
various risks and uncertainties, including: the company's limited
operating history, significant operating losses associated with
certain of the company's contracts, the company's ability to
improve its business processes, the company's ability to consummate
any acquisitions of water resource projects and convert non-potable
water into drinking water supplies, the company's ability to
identify and consummate acquisition opportunities that improve the
company's revenues and profitability, significant fluctuations in
its revenues from period to period, its ability to effectively
manage its growth, the success of the company's strategic partners,
its long sales cycles, market acceptance of its technology, the
geographic concentration of its operations and customers, its
ability to meet customer demands and compete technologically, the
company's ability to protect its intellectual property, regulatory
approvals of the company's systems, changes in governmental
regulation that may affect the water industry, particularly with
respect to environmental laws, the company's ability to attract and
retain qualified personnel and management members and the company's
ability to manage its capital to meet future liquidity needs and
the timing of the company's stock repurchases, if any. More
detailed information about these risks and uncertainties are
contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2006 and Quarterly Report on Form 10Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The company assumes no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect
any change in future events.
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