RNS Number:9156P
Pall Corporation
24 August 2000




For More Information Contact:
Diane Foster, Pall Corporation
(516) 484-3600, ext. 6109

 
          Pall Corporation Announces Contracts Worth $6.4 Million
                        for Colorado Drinking Water

East Hills, NY (08/10/2000) - - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) has been awarded
two separate contracts for drinking water filtration systems in Colorado.
Together the contracts are worth $6.4 million. The first, a 12 million gallon
per day (MGD) peak flow membrane filtration system was awarded by the City of
Westminster, one of the state's largest cities.  The second, a 5 MGD system
expandable to 10 MGD is for the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District
located in Edwards.

Pall targeted the municipal drinking water market four years ago when membrane
filtration was little known. Sales have more than doubled each year since.
Pall's Aria SM brand water treatment systems have proven to produce the highest
quality drinking water at the lowest cost of ownership. Membrane filtration is
emerging as the industry's new technology standard and Pall is now the major
player.

The new Pall systems will be used to treat surface waters, the primary source of
municipal drinking water in the US. Water in lakes, rivers and reservoirs for
example, is naturally contaminated by virus, bacteria and parasites. Pall's Aria
SM brand membrane systems remove common pathogens and are powerful tools that
help municipalities meet or exceed all current and proposed EPA standards
governing drinking water quality.

The US EPA has been tightening legislation governing drinking water quality with
more stringent and far reaching standards expected to follow. While today's
regulations apply to larger communities, a recent White House press release
makes it clear that the EPA wants all community water sources to be processed
and measured against the same strict standards for safety and quality. These
regulations are driving rapid change within the water industry and have created
a $4 billion market opportunity for Pall's leading-edge technologies.

The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly a million Americans
become sick and a thousand die every year from drinking contaminated water.
Those most at risk from waterborne contamination are the very young, the elderly
and immunocompromised patients. While massive outbreaks like the most recent one
in Walkerton, Ontario or the now infamous Milwaukee, Wisconsin case, when
400,000 people were infected and over 100 died, make the press, the majority of
illnesses occur in isolated incidents. These tragic events underscore the
fragile nature of drinking water, and the inadequacy of older technologies as
treatment methods. While chlorination can "treat" water by killing certain
pathogens, advanced membranes remove targeted pathogens including those not
killed by chlorine and can prevent outbreaks of waterborne illnesses.

For more information on water purification, contact Pall Corporation's
Water Processing Division, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548
in writing, or by telephone at (516) 484-5400 or, outside New York at
(800) 645-6532. Visit Pall Corporation's Web site at
http://www.pall.com/water and  http://www.pall.com/gelman/enviro_sam, 
or dial Pall's Select-A-Fax system at 1-800-664-PALL.

Pall is the acknowledged technology leader in the increasingly complex and
demanding filtration industry and has been for more than 50 years.  The Company
serves more markets with more proprietary products than any other company in the
$18 billion filtration industry. With annual sales of over $1 billion, Pall
Corporation is based in East Hills, New York, USA and operates directly in 30
countries. The Company's shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (PLL).
Further information is available on the Company's web site at
http://www.pall.com.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are
based on current company expectations and are subject to risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially. Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, foreign currency
exchange fluctuations, regulatory approvals, market acceptance of new
technologies, economic conditions and market demand.
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