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Thursday, January 14, 2010
The project deploys portable, turnkey water treatment plants to rural villages to purify local water and prevent outbreaks of waterborne illnesses. Typically these plants produce 100 m3 (approximately 26,500 gallons) of clean water per hour.
The Dresser Roots Egyptian distributor, Tartoussieh Engineering of
“ROOTS blowers are very durable and dependable, which makes them ideal for a project when a round-the-clock effort is required to supply people with a basic necessity such as clean water,” said Mohyi Tartoussieh, sales manager for Tartoussieh Engineering.
Supplying clean water to its citizenry is a high priority and an ongoing challenge for the Egyptian government. The
The portable water treatment plants are part of a larger, E£1.3 billion (US $240 million) initiative by the Egyptian government, with support from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the National Organization for Potable Water & Sanitary Drainage. The goal of this environmental initiative is to provide safe drinking water and expand the capacity of the country’s sanitary sewage treatment infrastructure.
About Dresser Roots®
Dresser Roots, a major product brand of Dresser, Inc., is the manufacturer of the original ROOTS™ blower, centrifugal compressors and control systems. ROOTS® air and gas moving equipment is used in a wide variety of applications, including Mechanical Vapor Recompression, water and wastewater treatment, flue gas desulphurization, petrochemical and chemical processes, conveying, and other industrial applications.
About Dresser, Inc.
Dresser, Inc. is a leader in providing highly engineered infrastructure products for the global energy industry. The company has leading positions in a broad portfolio of products, including valves, actuators, meters, switches, regulators, piping products, natural gas-fueled engines, retail fuel dispensers and associated retail point-of-sale systems, and air and gas handling equipment. Leading brand names within the Dresser portfolio include Dresser Wayne® retail fueling systems, Waukesha® natural gas-fired engines, Masoneilan® control valves, Consolidated® pressure relief valves, and ROOTS™ blowers. It has manufacturing and customer service facilities located strategically worldwide and a sales presence in more than 100 countries.
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