EANS-Adhoc: CHRIST WATER TECHNOLOGY AG / CHRIST wins major municipal desalination orders

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Company Information

08.09.2009

Aqua Engineering GmbH, Mondsee, competence centre for municipal water
treatment and seawater desalination of the Christ Water Technology
Group, is awarded two major orders thus extending its already strong
market position in desalination technologies.

The first order with a total value of USD 38 million was received
from the Federal Electricity & Water Authority, United Arab Emirates,
to Aqua Engineering together with a local partner. The share of Aqua
Engineering is USD 22 million. After a period of construction of 2
years, the technically sophisticated plant with a daily capacity of
32,000 cubic metres will be supplying 150,000 inhabitants of the
Emirate of Ajman on the Persian Gulf with high quality drinking water
according to the regulations of the World Health Organisation.

The second order of EUR 9 million comprises design and delivery of
the electrical and mechanical engineering for two Reverse Osmosis
desalination plants with a combined capacity of 10,000 cubic metres
per day for a project of the National Organisation for Potable Water
and Sanitary Drainage, Kairo, Egypt. After completion, the plants
will supply the cities of Rafah and El Zowayed on the Mediterranean
Coast of Egypt with first grade drinking water.

Both projects were awarded thanks to the state-of-the-art technical
concepts including highest energy efficiency and best environmental
scores. Based on the long term experience and realisation of a high
number of successful projects, Aqua Engineering plans to continue to
seize future opportunities in the growing market of seawater
desalination.

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Further inquiry note:

Christ Water Technology AG

Mag. Ralf Burchert

ralf.burchert@christwater.com

Tel.: 06232/5011-1113

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