Specialist water treatment firm Purazur, a subsidiary of Belgium headquartered DEME Group, is building a new water treatment installation for Indaver, the Antwerp-based waste treatment company.

Purazur is responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of the new installation.

Indaver treats industrial hazardous waste in three rotary kiln incinerators. To ensure compliance with the stringent emission requirements, the flue gases from the incineration process are treated in a wet gas scrubber whereby harmful substances are captured by the washing water, which must also meet rigorous discharge standards.

The washing water will be treated separately in the new water treatment installation currently being designed and built by Purazur to replace Indaver's existing water treatment installation, which has reached the end of its useful life.

Pieter Van der Mussele, Business Unit Manager Purazur commented:

"Purazur has extensive experience in the design, construction and operation of water treatment plants for industrial waste water in various sectors. Indaver is an important new client for Purazur, and allows us to consolidate our position as a total solution provider in the field of water treatment."

Jan Timmermans, Project Manager Indaver added:

“The existing water treatment installation needs to be replaced by a new, more efficient installation to ensure the sustainable treatment of hazardous waste at Indaver."

Construction of the plant is scheduled to be completed by August 2017. After a six-month test period, the new plant will be commissioned in early 2018.

Purazur, the water treatment specialist within the DEME Group, focuses on high-tech treatment of industrial and domestic waste water, percolate water from landfills, and contaminated groundwater.

Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is an international market leader for complex marine engineering works. Building on more than 140 years of experience and know-how, DEME has organically moved into several related sectors, including:

• financing of marine engineering and environmental projects
• executing complex EPC related marine engineering projects
• civil engineering works
•  development and construction of renewable energy projects
• services for the oil, gas and energy sector
•  decontaminating and recycling of polluted soils and silts
• harvesting of marine resources

With 4,600 employees worldwide, DEME Group achieved a turnover of €2.35 billion euros in 2015.