Dhekelia,located on the southeast coast of Cyprus,is situated on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. In 1997,Caramondani Desalination Ltd.,the plant'sbuilder,owner and operator,undertook a BOOT (Build,Own,Operate and Transfer) contract for the original desalination facility to produce 40,000m3/day of fresh water. The plant used hollow-fiber membranes. It was the first large scale (10,000 m3/day per train) to employ ERI PX technologywhich was implemented as a retrofit for the original Francis turbines energy recovery solution. Late last year,the Cyprus Desalination Plant initiated an upgrade of its desalination process to achieve a more scalable,more energy efficient operation.The new process which came on line in May 2007 still produces 40,000m3/day of fresh water but consumes considerably less energy than it used to,supplying drinking water to approximately 200000 Cypriots |