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Customer Satisfaction Survey

Hydranautics is committed to providing top quality service and products to our customers. It is very important for us to know how we are doing in terms of customer service, product quality, product technology, delivery times, etc. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey that is located in a private on-line directory here. Your responses are very important to us and will be reviewed carefully by our president and COO. They will be held in strict confidentiality. Those respondents who provide a mailing address will each receive a special thank you gift.

If you have any questions or concerns please send them to sgardner@hydranautics.com.

Thank you in advance for your time and feedback!

Singapore opens fourth and largest recycled water plant -- with help from Hydranautics

In March of 2007, Singapore opened its fourth and largest recycle water plant, the Ulu Pandan NEWater plant, which can meet 10 percent of the country's water demand. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced at the opening ceremony that the total four NEWater (new water) plants can meet more than 15 percent of Singapore's water demand, well ahead of the original target date of 2010.

As an island state, Singapore has made great efforts to be self- sufficient in water in the last 40 years. It has so-called "Four National Taps", which are water from local catchments, imported water, new water and desalinized water. "In the last 40 years, we have worked hard to build a secure, reliable, diversified, and sustainable supply of water for Singapore," Lee said, adding that "these four Taps ensure that Singaporeans will always have an adequate and reliable supply of water, and need never go thirsty." Read the original press release here.

SWC5 - Lower Pressure and Higher Performance

An unbeatable combination...

Since 2001, the membrane industry has made significant strides in reverse osmosis technology, especially in seawater reverse osmosis. Hydranautics has been in the forefront of this development. Four years ago, SWC3 was the leading seawater membrane in the industry with a capacity of 5900 gpd and 99.7% average sodium chloride rejection at standard test conditions. Today, the SWC5 leads the industry with the highest combination of flow, overall rejection and boron rejection. For the end user, the SWC5 means lower energy and higher permeate quality – both of which translate into cost savings.

Membrane and Element Improvements

In developing the SWC5, Hydranautics design strategy involved a multi-pronged approach of optimizing membrane chemistry, element design, and element manufacturing. Though the term “membrane” and “element” are often used interchangeably, it is important to remember that the seawater element is comprised of, not only high performance membrane, but other state of the art components as well. Part of the success of the SWC5 comes from focusing attention on the engineering of these other components - including glue line placement, feed spacer configuration, and the selection of the permeate carrier. By optimizing element design and construction, membrane area is increased and pressure losses are reduced - leading to increased element productivity apart from improvements in the membrane itself.
Read the entire Technical Application Bulletin here:

Nitto Denko In The News

Ranks well in Forbes "Global 2000" Ranking of Major Corporations; scores high in the 14th Annual Nikkei PRISM Rankings

Nitto Denko, Hydranautics’ parent company, ranked No. 1,087 in the Forbes magazine "Global 2000" ranking this year. The ranking of major corporations including financial institutions was based on an evaluation of the composite of sales revenue, net income, total assets and market value for 2005, all in US dollar terms. Another requirement was that annual sales must be at least $1 billion and share price at least $5. Market value was calculated for Feb. 28, 2007.

Additionally, Nitto Denko Group once again placed high - ranking 47th - among the 300 "Excellent Companies" in the 14th annual "PRISM" rankings of major Japanese corporations for Fiscal 2006. Every year, Nikkei and its research arm Nikkei Research together choose top 300 firms by using a multilateral evaluation system called "PRISM (Private Sector Multi Evaluation System)" they developed together. In the PRISM evaluation, companies are ranked based on the four factors: 1. Flexibility & Social Responsibility, 2. Profitability & Growth Potential, 3. Research & Development, and 4. Human Resources Youthfulness.
Get to know Nitto Denko Flexible Technology Company here:

Hydranautics Reaches Out

Please join us in lending a helping hand...

Recent World Health Organization data shows that water scarcity affects every continent and four out of every ten people in the world. Population growth, urbanization and an increase in domestic and industrial use contribute to the continuing rapid decline in this situation. Natural disasters, such as the recent Solomon Island Tsunami, further the dangers of scarce supplies and poor water quality – diarrhoeal diseases like cholera, salmonellosis, dysentery, trachoma and typhus are common in stressed regions. Poor water management leads to breeding sites for disease vectors that increase the transmission of malaria and encephalitis.

The WHO predicts that by 2025 nearly 2 billion people will be living under the minimally acceptable health access level of 500 cubic meters of water each year – unless dramatic changes are made, and made quickly. You can help – join Hydranautics in giving generously of your time and resources to the following organizations.

Water for People
Relief International
Red Cross & Red Crescent
Nothing but Nets

New sales offices in United Arab Emirates, India

Hydranautics announces with great pleasure the opening of two new global sales offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Mumbai, India.

Dubai

Middle East Regional Office
Ziad Chreih – Senior Business Development Manager, Middle East
Union Tower, 5th Floor,
Sheikh Zayed Road
POBox 51167
Dubai • United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 343 7622
Fax +971 4 343 9978
Ziad.chreih@btinternet.com

Mumbai
Jayesh Shah – Regional Sales Manager

Indian Subcontinent

407, Palm Springs Center
Link Road,
Malad (West)
Mumbai – 400 064
Maharashtra, India

Tel: +99-67-634-304

jshah@hydranautics.com

Hydranautics Awarded Eight New Municipal Contracts

Membrane elements will supply over 18.5 MGD of municipal drinking water

Hydranautics, the global leader in membrane technology, has been awarded eight new US municipal installation contracts in the spring of 2007. With a combined capacity of 18.5 MGD (70,030 m3/d), these eight installations demonstrate Hydranautics’ broad scope of solutions to a variety of municipal feedwater challenges:

Taunton River, Massachusetts
This Integrated Membrane Design system utilizes 648 CPA3 (Composite Polyamide) high rejection brackish water elements to treat tidal influenced feedwater.
Hutchinson, Kansas
1008 energy saving/high productivity ESPA2 (Energy Saving Polyamide) elements put their superior rejection to work on a tough well-water feed source.
Hardinsburg, Kentucky
A hybrid system, this ESPA1/ESPA2 installation combines 294 energy saving/lower salt passage elements.
Flagler Beach, Florida
Over 400 high performance ultra-low pressure ESNA1-LF (Energy Saving Nanofiltration) are in pilot test with excellent results.
Ormond Beach, Florida
336 energy saving /low-pressure ESPA2 elements in two trains treat brackish feedwater in East Florida’s ‘Birthplace of Speed.’
Dunes Development-Palm Bay, Florida
This RO (reverse osmosis) system uses 112 reduced-maintenance CPA3 elements.
Palm Bay, Florida
185 Hydranautics “workhorse” CPA2 elements treat well-water with day/in-day out reliability.
Poweshiek, Iowa
112 ultra-low pressure ESPA 4 elements are in pilot-test in preparation for a future 500,000 GPD system.

New IMSDesign 2007 Is Here!

Hydranautics, the leader in membrane separations technology, announces its new release of IMSDesign 2007; powerful software created to meet the most demanding needs of the membrane industry professional. Hydranautics provides two software programs free of charge: IMSDesign (Integrated Membrane Solutions design) and ROdataXL. IMSDesign is a comprehensive membrane projection program that allows the user to design an RO or UF system using Hydranautics membranes. ROdataXL is an easy to use normalization program that tracks the performance of any RO system to assure optimum performance.

In addition to the features that make IMSDesign a powerful tool for designing an integrated membrane system, the latest version of IMSDesign includes many features which enhance the user’s ability to quickly design multiple desalination systems, including second pass pH adjustment, the highest Boron rejecting seawater and brackish membranes in the industry, and the ability to design a split partial two pass seawater system. New for 2007 is a “turbo-boost” option, allowing designers to include this compnent in their system parameters. Also new for 2007 is the "summary calculation" function, allowing users to evaluate projections over a range of temperatures, recoveries and ages. Hydranautics is the only company to provide this capability in their system design.

Used to track the performance of an RO system, ROdataXL is a software package which integrates proven normalization equations with the power and versatility of Microsoft EXCEL. Designed with user-friendly forms and controls as well as automatically updated performance graphs, ROdataXL makes it easy to track RO system performance. The program can also be modified and customized by any user familiar with Microsoft EXCEL, making ROdataXL one of the most flexible normalization programs in the industry. To assure the highest standards of data integrity, the normalization program is in compliance with ASTM Standard D 4516-85, "Standard Practice for Standardizing Reverse Osmosis Performance Data." ROdata can be viewed in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese.

Hydranautics was the first membrane company to provide web access to its software without requiring special codes or customer requirements. As the demand for timely, relevant data continues to grow, Hydranautics is committed to providing its customers the latest, most accurate software in the quickest, most convenient way possible. Get IMSDesign 2007.