African Petrochemicals Edition_16.2

VEOLIA UPGRADES WATER TREATMENT
PLANT FOR MOZAMBIQUE BOTTLING PLANT
Veolia Water Technologies South Africa recently commissioned a
new water treatment plant for Refrigerantes Spar Mozambique Lda,
a bottling plant contracted to bottle Coca-Cola and other soft drink
products in Mozambique.
Veolia replaced the entire water treatment plant, which treats a nominal
flow of 15 m3/hour (with a peak of 20 m3/hour) of water from the municipal
bulk supply, and a supplementing borehole, to the quality standards for
ingredient water required by Coca-Cola.
This included new dual media filters, activated carbon filters, a reverse
osmosis system (including CIP system) and an ultraviolet treatment system.
All ancillary equipment, such as pumps, piping and valves, were also replaced
as part of the plant upgrade.
The new treatment equipment needed to be installed in the existing, limited
plant space, without any civil modifications. The RO, CIP and UV systems are
mounted on skid frames and Veolia executed the necessary re-engineering
to interface the new technologies with the remaining concrete storage
tanks and treated water tank. The RO system is part of Veolia’s standard RO
package, integrated into an engineered solution and modified slightly to
comply with the client’s strict hygiene standards.
Veolia’s UV systems
ensure disinfection and
zero contamination
to meet the quality
standards for
ingredient water
required by Coca-Cola.
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The skid-mounted
reverse osmosis system
was engineered to meet
the requirements of the
bottling plant.
Veolia will also supply the required water treatment
chemicals for the plant, including Hydrex coagulants and
flocculants, RO speciality chemicals (such as antiscalants,
cleaning and CIP chemicals), hygiene chemicals and other
miscellaneous and commodity chemicals. These chemicals
are manufactured at Veolia’s new 6 600 m2 Hydrex® chemical
blending facility in Pomona, Johannesburg.
Veolia will support the plant with specialist maintenance and
other services as required by Refrigerantes Spar Mozambique.
The project is Veolia’s latest water treatment plant installation
in Mozambique, and adds to the company’s expanding
portfolio of projects in the African food and beverage industry.
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With over 171,000 employees worldwide,
the Group designs and provides water, waste and energy
management solutions which contribute to the sustainable
development of communities and industries. Through its
three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to
develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and
to replenish them.
About Veolia
In 2018, the Veolia group supplied 95 million people with
drinking water and 63 million people with wastewater
service, produced nearly 56 million megawatt hours of
energy and converted 49 million metric tons of waste into
new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on
Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €25.91
billion in 2018 (USD 30.6 billion). www.veolia.com
Contact
Gerhard Burger
Tel: +27 (0) 11 974 8161
Email: gerhard.burger@veolia.com
Web: www.veoliawatertechnologies.co.za