Mobile drinking water treatment plant M6: fit for service worldwide

The water technology company Berkefeld presented a new, mobile water treatment plant to about 80 guests, especially military personnel and staff of civil aid organizations from many countries around the world. The system, named Berkefeld M6, produces with the aid of a combination of various process steps – including ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis – and depending on the salt content 6 cubic metres of clean drinking water per hour. To demonstrate the plant’s easy transportability and handling it was flown to the Celle military airfield suspended from a Type MI8 helicopter as an external load, set down in front of the guests and within only a few minutes assistants had connected it and put it into operation.

The main advantage of the newly presented Berkefeld M6 drinking water treatment plant is its high efficiency along with its very compact and robust structure, as well as its very flexible treatment technology. The system was conceived especially to meet the requirements of the military. The plant weighs 2.2 t and its dimensions are 2.1m x 1.5m x 1.95m. As the presentation event demonstrated, it can be suspended from a helicopter as an external load, or transported in the cargo hold of an aircraft or by truck or trailer. Together with a generator and all accessories the Berkefeld M6 can also be installed in an ISO container. The developers also paid special attention to simple handling in commissioning and ongoing operation. The plant has an intuitively operable, intelligent user interface (HMI), and can be run automatically. With its highly effective and flexible long-adjusted system technology and high-grade steel piping, which also fulfills strict hygiene demands, it can treat almost all available raw water. The plant encompasses the system steps of pre-treatment, inline flocculation, pre-filtration, ultrafiltration by a ceramic CeraMem membrane, reverse osmosis, UV and disinfection. Depending on the raw water quality, the respective system steps required can be optimally actuated and combined with each other. Even from sea water with a salt content of 46,000 ppm, the plant can with the reverse osmosis produce about 1.7 m3 of drinking water per hour. The Berkefeld M6 meets the current military standards and can also be deployed in extreme climate zones (A1, B2 and C2 according to STANAG 4370/AECTP-230).

The Berkefeld water technology company trades under the name VWS Deutschland GmbH and is a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. The product offer encompasses solutions for a broad range of applications, from building and swimming baths technology to power stations and industrial companies, such as beverage, food and pharmaceuticals producers, and laboratories, municipalities and international relief organizations.
www.berkefeld.com

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is the Veolia Water subsidiary specialized in technical solutions and design & build projects for water and wastewater treatment, for industrial and municipal clients. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies recorded revenue of €2.4 billion in 2012.
www.veoliawaterst.com

Veolia Water, the water division of Veolia Environnement, is the world leader in water and wastewater services. Specialized in outsourcing services for municipal authorities, as well as industrial and service companies, it is also one of the world's major designers of technological solutions and constructor of facilities needed in water and wastewater services. With 89,094 employees, Veolia Water provides water service to 100 million people and wastewater service to 71 million. Its 2012 revenue amounted to €12.078 billion.
www.veoliawater.com

BERKEFELD
VWS Deutschland GmbH
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
Stefan Jakubik
Press Officer - Marketing & Communication Manager
Tel.: +49 (0) 5141 803 - 174
Mobile: +49 (0) 151 1255 - 9226
stefan.jakubik@veoliawater.com

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