Great Britain
Festo Ltd
Applied Automation Centre
Caswell Road
Brackmills Trading Estate
Northampton
NN4 7PY
Phone +44 (0) 800 626422
Fax +44 (0) 1252 775015
E-mail
Ireland
Festo Ltd
Unit 5
Sandyford Park
Sandyford Industrial Estate
Dublin 18
Phone +353 (0) 1 2954955
Fax +353 (0) 1 2955680
E-mail
Water keeps the world moving
The earth has an abundance of the life giving element that is
water. The problem is that it is not always available in the right
place or in the form that humans need most – clean drinking
water. The growing world population and rapidly expanding mega­
cities are placing heavy demands on water treatment plants.
In the face of growing pressure to act, new solutions for the
sustainable use of natural resources are being developed in
urban centres. The automation of water and wastewater
treatment plants is becoming an essential part of sustainable
urban development.
For example, the water treatment plant in Nanjing, China,
uses state-of-the-art automation technology to supply the
city’s six million inhabitants with clean water. Around 4.5 million
cubic metres of water are treated here every day using
innovative Festo technology. This includes controlling the
influent and effluent of sedimentation tanks – as can be seen in
the cover picture – with toothed weirs typically found in the clear
water overflow. Experts believe that the water concepts for
megacities can serve as a model for reliable water supply
worldwide.
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