GE’s Water & Process Technologies announced that it will supply its wastewater treatment equipment for an upgrade of the Luo Fang Wastewater Treatment Plant in Shenzhen City, Guang Dong province, one of the largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) plants in China. The Luo Fang facility is responsible for treating municipal wastewater for the city of Shenzhen and once the upgrade is complete, will process 400 million liters of wastewater per day.

The Luo Fang facility is owned by Shen Zhen Water Group and started operation in June 1998. It is one of the biggest wastewater facilities in Shenzhen, serving over 650,000 residents. As the influent water quality is highly variable now compared to the past and due to the growing wastewater treatment capacity needed, Shen Zhen Water Group decided to upgrade the Luo Fang plant.

GE’s ZeeWeed cassettes allow new effluent standards to be met, increasing the capacity while using the existing footprint. Source: GE

The upgrade will enable the Luo Fang Wastewater Treatment Plant to meet new effluent standards while staying within the existing footprint of the facility. Using GE’s ZeeWeed 500D membranes, the plant will increase its capacity by 150 million liters per day and will be able to reuse water.

Specifically, Water & Process Technologies will supply 408 membrane cassettes with 48 ZeeWeed 500D membrane modules, the control system of the MBR, including programmable logic controller panels with instruments. The GE company also will provide engineering design, project management, commissioning and start up of the MBR system to the Luo Fang Wastewater Treatment Plant.

“The new and more stringent effluent requirements in China make our ZeeWeed technology a perfect fit for Shen Zhen Water Group’s expansion of its wastewater treatment plant,” said Kevin Cassidy, global leader, engineered systems GE’s Water & Process Technologies. “More and more municipalities are turning to GE’s solutions for wastewater treatment and water reuse, as our MBR technology offers increased performance in a smaller footprint and is ideal for difficult-to-treat water.”