know how magazine - 2011 volume 14, issue 2 - Pentair

pumpsPump supply for the Huascacocha water transfer project in PeruPentair Nijhuis’ first pumporder in South Americawritten by inge sluijterPentair Nijhuis’ pumps have been selectedas part of the water transfer system to feedthe Peruvian Huachipa drinking watertreatment plant benefitting 2.4 millionresidents in Lima and neighboring Callao.Pentair Nijhuis received an order from theBrazilian construction firm ConstructoraOAS Ltd. for the supply of four 855,000gallons per hour (3,240 m 3 /h) capacity splitcase pumps for this project.The project includes building a 49 foot (15 m) dam wallthat will store almost 21 billion gallons (79million m 3 ) of water and building 14 miles (22.5 km) ofconcrete channel, a 1.3 mile (2,1 km) tunnel and a 3.2mile (5.1 km) long pipe line that is 4.9 feet (1500 mm)in diameter. The water transfer system leads from theHuascacocha Lake, via the Marca III system, to theRímac River in Lima, Peru. The end customer of thisproject is Sedapal, Peru’s state-controlled water utility.“From the Huascacocha facility the Pentair Nijhuispumps feed the Huachipa drinking water plant with acapacity of up to 695 gallons per second (2.63 m 3 /s),”said Damián Sciarra, Product Manager at Pentair’sArgentina sales office. “OAS chose Pentair Nijhuis’pumps, based on low energy consumption and low lifecycle costs for operation over a 25-year period.”“The combined efforts of our partner Enerquímica inPeru, colleagues in the Argentina sales office andPentair Nijhuis to penetrate the South American pumpmarket resulted in the first pump order in this continent,”concluded Frans Staring, Senior Area SalesManager, Pentair Nijhuis.KnowHow Published byPentair Water ProcesTechnologie Holding BVP.O. Box 317620 AA BorneThe NetherlandsEditorial BoardSimone BäroMary GeorgeJohn RighiniDesignSPPRPlease address any questions about thecontent to: info@cptholding.comTo subscribe to KnowHowemail: info@cptholding.com