Basin Water Awarded New Contract for Uranium and Nitrate Removal in East Valley Water District of San Bernardino County
May 13 2008 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Basin Water, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWTR) announced that it has been awarded
a new contract by the East Valley Water District of San Bernardino
County, CA for simultaneous removal of both uranium and nitrate at
the District�s Well #40. Under the terms of the agreement, Basin
Water will provide its patented ion exchange technology along with
installation, commissioning, system start-up, training of District
staff and residual management services. The ability of the Basin
Water system to efficiently and reliably treat the two contaminants
within a small footprint will allow the District to bring an
out-of-service well back online, rapidly adding to the District�s
drinking water supply using existing resources. The 10-year
services agreement also gives the District a guarantee of system
performance, cost and throughput volume. According to Orlando
Carre�o, Vice President, West Region of Basin Water, the new
contract highlights the company�s focus on offering versatile
drinking water solutions that enable customers to maximize existing
resources. �Efficient groundwater treatment is a crucial aspect of
drinking water supply in many communities, particularly in this
region. When groundwater contaminants interfere with that supply,
water authorities often face difficult choices � including taking
existing wells out of service,� Carre�o said. �By providing
reliable, flexible systems that are custom-designed to each site,
offer low life-cycle costs and fit within a minimal footprint,
Basin Water can help communities quickly increase supply by
utilizing resources already in place, thereby avoiding costly
infrastructure development,� he added. The new system represents
the third technology+services agreement between Basin Water and the
East Valley Water District, and the first for uranium removal.
Designed to deliver a total of 2 million gallons a day (MGD) of
quality drinking water to the District�s customer base of
approximately 65,000 people, the system is expected to begin
installation in June 2008 and come online by summer�s end. The
District will perform operations once the facility is online;
maintenance and residual handling services are to be provided by
Basin Water. New system to remove dual contaminants in a small
space Uranium is a radioactive metal that occurs naturally in
groundwater due to leaching of the element from geological
formations. Uranium levels vary widely from place to place due to
differences in geological makeup and the combination of factors
that contribute to its release into groundwater. Most drinking
water sources have very low levels of uranium contaminants.
However, naturally occurring uranium has been observed to
accumulate to levels of concern in drinking water sources. The
United States EPA has established a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
of 30 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) for uranium in drinking water,
and the state of California has set a standard of 20 pCi/L. Nitrate
is a substance widely found in the environment as a byproduct of
fertilizers, septic systems and groundwater recharge, and thus
migrates easily into drinking water supplies. The EPA has set the
MCL for nitrate at 45 parts per million (ppm). It is estimated that
approximately 8,200 groundwater wells nationally exceed the Federal
MCL for nitrate. Groundwater to be treated at East Valley Water
District�s Well #40 currently contains 50-60 ppm of nitrate and
uranium levels of 25-30 pCi/l. Basin Water�s new system will
guarantee the District effluent levels below 35 ppm for nitrate and
less than 15 pCi/l uranium. The facility will house two treatment
trains for the separate contaminants, with nitrate removal
occurring upstream of the uranium removal process. The entire
installation will fit on a small concrete pad to be built on site
by the District. �We are pleased with the continued success of our
relationship with Basin Water,� Bob Martin, General Manager of East
Valley Water District said. �Their high-efficiency, custom-designed
treatment systems offer our community a quality solution for
meeting drinking water needs by optimizing performance of existing
wells,� he concluded. About Basin Water Basin Water, Inc. is a
provider of reliable, long-term process solutions for a range of
clients, which includes designing, building and implementing
systems for the treatment of contaminated groundwater, the
treatment of wastewater, waste reduction and resource recovery.
Basin Water employs treatment technologies including its own
proprietary, scalable ion-exchange wellhead treatment system, along
with a host of other treatment technologies designed to meet
customer needs 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 identify and
consummate other 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, the company's
ability to manage its capital to meet future liquidity needs,
changes in the board of directors 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, 2007 and
subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The company assumes no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect
any change in future events.
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