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Calgon Carbon UV Technologies to Supply Sentinel® UV Systems to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA)
PITTSBURGH, PA – 11/07/2018
Calgon Carbon Corporation announced today that its UV Technologies business has been awarded a contract by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) to supply Sentinel® Ultraviolet Disinfection Systems (UV systems) for the PWSA Highland Park Microfiltration Plant.
PWSA provides water and sewer service to more than 300,000 customers throughout the City of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. PWSA is the largest combined water and sewer authority in Pennsylvania drawing river water from the Allegheny River, producing an average of 70 million gallons of water daily.
Steve Schott, Calgon Carbon’s President and CEO said, “There’s an extra sense of pride when we are asked to provide products and services to the local communities in which we live and work. That’s especially true in Pittsburgh, our hometown since the very beginnings of Calgon Carbon Corporation. We are pleased that the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority selected our Sentinel® systems to meet their disinfection needs.”
The systems provided for the Highland Park facility include Sentinel® UV reactors, along with associated control equipment. This plant will be capable of disinfecting a peak flow rate of up to 20 million gallons per day. The project will provide PWSA customers with a barrier of protection from waterborne pathogens, with UV technology being particularly effective against chlorine-tolerant organisms such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
Ultraviolet disinfection of water occurs by virtue of a physical process which alters the DNA of harmful organisms, rendering them unable to reproduce and potentially cause illness. The systems apply a carefully controlled dosage of high-intensity UV light to the drinking water.
The Sentinel® UV system is widely deployed for ensuring safe drinking water worldwide and is fully validated by a third party for compliance with US EPA standards. All UV systems are manufactured and tested in Western Pennsylvania at the Calgon Carbon UV Technologies facility in Coraopolis, PA.
About Calgon Carbon Corporation
Calgon Carbon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3405) (Kuraray), is a global leader in the manufacture and/or distribution of innovative coal-, wood- and coconut-based activated carbon products – in granular, powdered, pelletized and cloth form – to meet the most challenging purification demands of customers throughout the world. Complemented by world-class activated carbon and ultraviolet (UV) light purification and disinfection equipment systems and service capabilities, as well as diatomaceous earth and perlites, Calgon Carbon provides purification solutions for more than 700 distinct applications, including drinking water, wastewater, pollution abatement, and a variety of industrial and commercial manufacturing processes.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Calgon Carbon employs approximately 1,300 people and operates 20 manufacturing, reactivation, innovation and equipment fabrication facilities in the U.S., Asia, and in Europe, where Calgon Carbon is known as Chemviron.
Calgon Carbon was acquired by Kuraray in March of 2018. With complementary products and services, the combined organization will continue to focus on providing the highest quality and most innovative activated carbon and filtration media products, equipment, and services to meet customer needs anywhere in the world. For more information, visit calgoncarbon.com.