Calgon Carbon Awarded $2.3-Million Water Treatment Contract

PITTSBURGH, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Calgon Carbon Corporation
(NYSE: CCC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the City
of Scottsdale, Arizona to supply granular activated carbon (GAC) and provide
related services for two new water treatment facilities. The value of the
contract is $2.3 million. The City may renew the contract for up to four
additional years.
Under terms of the one-year contract, Calgon Carbon will supply GAC and
provide reactivation and related services for two new potable water treatment
facilities, the Chaparral Water Treatment Plant and the Central Arizona
Project Water Treatment Plant, which can process approximately 100-million
gallons of water per day.
"Including reactivation services as a component to this contract made
sense not only financially, but environmentally as well," said Arthur Nunez,
water & wastewater treatment director of the City of Scottsdale.
The two water treatment facilities were primarily constructed in response
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts
Rule (DBP Rule) which was promulgated in 2006. The DBP Rule establishes
maximum levels at which disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are permitted to be
present in drinking water. DBPs are potentially harmful compounds that are
formed when chlorine used to disinfect drinking water reacts with naturally
occurring organic materials in the water. By removing the organic materials,
activated carbon prevents DBPs from forming.
The contract from the City of Scottsdale is the first major award to
Calgon Carbon for products and services to control disinfection byproducts in
drinking water. The company estimates that the DBP Rule could result in the
installation of more than 600 new activated carbon systems in the U.S.
Commenting on the announcement, Bob O'Brien, senior vice president of
Calgon Carbon, said, "We are pleased that the City of Scottsdale has chosen
Calgon Carbon's products and services to support its progressive approach for
drinking water treatment. We look forward to providing similar support to
other communities in their efforts to comply with the Stage 2 Disinfection
Byproducts Rule."
Calgon Carbon Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a
global leader in services and solutions for making water and air safer and
cleaner.
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