Fluidra equips a seawater desalination plant on a refinery in Iraq

Fluidra is broadening the horizons of its business area devoted to the treatment of
industrial water. The new project in Iraq, built at a cost of 1.5 million euros, is managed
through Fluidra Middle East. The refinery in Basra owned by the South Refineries
Company will have a seawater desalination plant fitted out by the Spanish
multinational.
Through its specialised company Astramatic, Fluidra built the desalination plant with
the following equipments: pre-treatment equipment – screen filtration, hypochlorite
dosing, chlorine reducer dosing, sulphuric acid dosing; osmosis equipment – safety
filtration, inverse osmosis equipment, membrane washing and cleaning equipment,
automatic water mixing system; and post-treatment and distribution equipment –
hypochlorite dosing, pH correction, regulator storage tank and a distribution pumping
system.
With its two facilities that that work in parallel to process 2,500 m 3 /day of water, the
desalination plant is able to provide 5,000 m 3 /day of water for the refinery’s industrial
processes.
This project once again proves that Fluidra’s internationalisation and diversification
strategy places the multinational in a leading position in the water treatment sector.