EDR Technology To Produce 4.5 MGD Of Drinking Water

GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies (W&PT), a unit of General Electric Company, announces a dedication ceremony recognizing Ionics, Inc.'s 3rd generation EDR system, which is producing 4.5 MGD of drinking water for area residents of Oklahoma's Foss Reservoir. This new system was installed to produce potable water from high calcium brackish surface water. This event will be held at the Charles E. Engleman Water Treatment Plant at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April, 28th 2005.

The 3rd generation EDR system was installed to meet the surrounding area's increasing potable water needs and allow the Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District to reduce operating and maintenance costs. The improved EDR technology at Foss Reservoir provides a cost effective solution, higher quality of drinking water and a smaller footprint.

The Foss Reservoir water treatment plant has operated successfully for the last 31 years, having relied on ED (Electrodialysis) technology from Ionics, Inc. (now owned by GE WP&T). EDR has since become a time-proven membrane process for desalinating water and there are over 1,500 EDR-based water desalination systems in operation in both the United States and throughout the world.

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Source: GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies