CST Industries, Inc. Introduces AQUUS® PW System
Lenexa, KS – CST Industries, Inc. (CST), the global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of storage tanks and covers, has introduced AQUUS® PW, a modular water treatment system that effectively produces potable water using no moving parts, no energy, and no harmful chemicals.
AQUUS PW utilizes slow sand filtration to produce potable water for use in rural or remote locations, developing areas and locations with limited power. A proprietary AQUUS Prefilter dramatically improves the performance of the slow sand filtration system. Quick to install and significantly less expensive than conventional treatment, the AQUUS PW system provides one of the most cost effective and efficient small to medium sized water treatment options for potable water. The system removes up to 99.99% of bacteria, viruses, Giardia and Cryptosporidium.
"The key advantage to AQUUS PW is a proprietary prefilter, which significantly improves the performance of a traditional slow sand filtration system. The introduction of AQUUS PW allows CST to provide an economical, simple and eco-friendly potable water treatment option to our customers for municipal and industrial applications throughout the world," said Tony Thill, Vice President of Business Development.
The World Health Organization has called slow sand filtration the cheapest, simplest and most efficient method of water treatment. Slow sand filtration is approved world-wide for treatment of surface water by USEPA, WHO, OXFAM and others. AQUUS PW's singular modular unit incorporates settlement, straining, filtration, organism removal, organism inactivation, chemical change, and some storage capacity. It prepares water for subsequent chlorination (if necessary) with maximum efficiency.
The AQUUS PW system includes a proprietary Columbian TecTank epoxy coated modular tank, which provides low up front capital costs and lasts 3-4 times longer than a typical painted steel tank. No pumps or motors are required, as the system uses a gravity flow process. The modular design allows for simple and fast on-site construction.
About CST Industries, Inc.
CST Industries, Inc., headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, is the global leader in the manufacture and erection of factory coated metal storage tanks, aluminum domes and specialty covers. CST's existing company portfolio consists of Columbian TecTank, Engineered Storage Products, TemcorConservatek and CST Vulcan, Inc. Manufacturing facilities and technical design centers are located in Parsons, Kansas; Winchester, Tennessee; DeKalb, Illinois; Conroe, Texas; Gardena, California; Rincon, Georgia and the United Kingdom. Regional sales offices are located throughout North America and in Mexico, Argentina, United Kingdom, Dubai, Singapore and Vietnam.
SOURCE: Columbian TecTank