EESTECH Awards the Exclusive Australian License for their JetWater Desalination to Impulse Hydro
21 July 2009 - 12:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
SYDNEY, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EESTech Inc. (Pink
Sheets: EESH), has awarded the exclusive Australian rights for
their JetWater thermal desalination system to Impulse Hydro. This
follows Impulse Hydro recently securing their first contract using
the JetWater System in the Queensland coal seam gas (CSG) industry
and the extensive interest shown by producers at the recent
'Optimising CSG Production & Utilisation Forum' in Brisbane,
which they sponsored. The first sale made by Impulse Hydro of the
JetWater System, was on the basis of a one-off contract arrangement
that allows for access as a project demonstration site that will be
remotely monitored by EESTech and to provide a platform for the
introduction and testing of future technology enhancements. The new
exclusive arrangement has required a license fee to be paid. The
need to clean contaminated water, which is released as part of the
coal seam gas extraction process, has come about because of a
change in policy by the Queensland State Government. The policy
states that gas producers are not allowed to continue to store
contaminated water in holding ponds or be discharged into waterways
and that existing evaporation ponds will have to be remediated
within three years. Impulse will use a combination of reverse
osmosis and the thermal desalination of the JetWater System to
clean contaminated water, thereby reducing over 90% of evaporation
ponds. EESTECH CEO Murray Bailey said that the first order for the
system and the interest shown by other gas producers validates the
methodology of using both reverse osmosis and the JetWater system
as the most cost effective solution for the problem. "This has
widespread immediate application in the growing coal seam gas
industry in Australia, as well as in other mines which will be
required to clean their waste water before it can be discharged.
"The major benefit of the technology is that it can purify up to 97
per cent of the feed-water, compared to less than 75 per cent by
most membrane systems," said Bailey. Impulse Hydro CEO, Earle
Roberts said, "Because of the efficiency of the combined systems
the eventual market for the units in the coal seam gas industry
could exceed $50 million over the next three years." Impulse
Control (http://www.impulsehydro.com/) is a progressive Australian
based company with 30 years experience in water treatment. EESTech
(which stands for Economically and Environmentally Sustainable
Technologies) owns or holds the rights to three environmentally
sustainable technologies, including the JetWater technology, that
have direct applications to the coal mining and energy industries.
EESTech's JetWater thermal desalination system has been rated in an
international environmental and engineering consultant's report as
being one of the world's leading water purification systems. The
report rated the JetWater technology as one of the best overall in
the market based on both technical and cost criteria. Thermal
desalination of water is based on evaporation, which replicates
nature's own purification process, by heating water and condensing
the steam. Although the JetWater technology is based on well-known
and widely understood chemical and thermo-dynamic principles,
EESTech's development team has refined the processes to greatly
increase effectiveness and efficiency. For further information on
EESTech Inc or its products visit http://www.eestechinc.com/
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