USFilter received $6.6 million contract for wastewater plant in China
The China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation purchased the equipment and services for the Xinxiang Wastewater Treatment Plant, which has an average flow of 150,000 m3/d.
"This contract in China is the result of two full years of intensive relations and continuous work between our engineers and the city of Xinxiang. Our sister company, Vivendi Water in Beijing was a key player in facilitating this contract. As Canadians, we are proud to be a part of the wastewater treatment development in China," said Gilles Filion, president, John Meunier Products
John Meunier Products will provide technology for the inlet and outlet pumping stations, headworks, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal, clarification, sludge pumping and dewatering, and instrumentation and controls.
Services John Meunier Products will be providing include design engineering, design liaison meetings in China and Canada, and supervision and training.
Equipment shipments are expected in February and May 2003, with the commissioning and training occurring November 2003.
United States Filter Corporation, a Veolia Environnement company, is North America's leading water company providing comprehensive water and wastewater systems and services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. Veolia Environnement (Paris Bourse: VIE and NYSE:VE) is the largest environmental services company in the world with more than 295,000 employees, including FCC, in about 100 countries and annual revenues of more than €28.1 billion ($30.5 billion). Visit the company's web sites at www.usfilter.com or www.veoliaenvironnement.com.