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The company’s Aquabloc® range are containerized compact units, of the “1956” type, composed of containerized modules manufactured according to ISO Intermodal standards and factory pre-equipped to meet the growing drinking water needs of populations of 100,000 to over 1M people. The design of the units, that perform a “1829” conventional treatment (lamella clarification, coagulation, flocculation and pressure filtration) provides drinking water production from 200 to 2,000 m3/hour starting from surface water. The operation of the installations is fully automated, from the point where the raw water is pumped to the distribution network. The production units and the pipes are made of stainless steel allowing the modules to last over 40 years.
Containerized compact units have several advantages: speed of manufacture (3 to 4 months), ease of transportation of the modules by sea and land, reduction of civil works (limited to the construction of a concrete platform) and assembly (1 to 2 months) on site. Units are factory produced in less than 12 months compared to the time necessary for completing a traditional type of plant ranging from 18 to 36 months.
The company has also developed a range of containerized compact units called UCC AQUABLOC SOLAR ® UF for the production of drinking water by ultrafiltration, powered from photovoltaic energy and therefore with no CO² emissions. The range of 5 to 100 m3 / hour allows drinking water to be supplied to villages that have no access to electricity, as well as to people in outer urban areas not connected to the drinking water distribution network.
The range is completed by the UCC Aquabloc® UF (Ultra Filtration), UCC Aquabloc® BWRO & UCC Aquabloc® SWRO (Reverse osmosis) compact units for the desalination of brackish water and seawater.
1829: The effectiveness of this treatment process (decantation and filtration) has been amply demonstrated since the first filtration system made in 1829 under the direction of James Simpson and intended to supply the city of London.
1956: More than just a way to package goods, the container is a real system that Malcolm McLean invented in 1956. A system that took just a dozen years to become a worldwide standard. Two factors were key in this success: first of all the international standardization of containers, which Malcolm Mc Lean understood to be the determining factor of their worldwide success, and for which he campaigned ardently. In 1961, he succeeded in setting the ISO standard for 20, 30 and 40 feet sizes of containers.