Erwin H.M. Dirkse B. Sc., Managing Director

DMT Milieutechnologie BV - Joure

Het uitvoeren van een watertechnologie project in Cobadin, Constanta County, Roemenië

DMT MemBioRex®

• Introduction

• Opportunity

• Go – No Go Criteria– Potential Locations

– Competitiveness– Affordability

– Financing Possibilities

• Project realisation

• Full scale realisation

• Conclusions

• Questions

Content

Introduction

• Project Partners voor Water

• Projectpartners

• Frisian Wateralliance

• Constanta County Council

• Community of Cobadin

• RAJA

• Frisian Water Alliance; partnership

• Focus on Eastern European countries

• Good contacts in Romania, Constanta CC

• Pilot / demonstration projects

• EU

– 2015 > 10,000 PE

– 2018 > 2,000 PE

– Larger agglomerations enjoy priority

Opportunity

(inter) national

networks

(inter) regional

networks

Companies

main suppliers

in water chain

Authorities

regional,

sector, local

Expertise

high school till

post-academic

Pre-competitive technology, market, project development

Introduction

Market development approach

Idea Investment2-5 years

Costs

Benefit for customer

Extra cost of tools

Technology or project development

time

Standardapproach

Frisian

approach

Pilot plant in Holland

• Rules and Regulations– Danube River Basin District Management Plan

– Water Framework Directive

– Urban Wastewater Treatment DirectiveParameters Concentration Minimum Reduction MTR

(The Netherlands)

BOD 25 mg/l O2 70-90% 5 mg/l O2

COD 125 mg/l O2 75% 125 mg/l O2

TSS 35 mg/l 90% 5 mg/l

Total

phosphorus

2 mg/l P 80% 0,15 mg/l P

Total nitrogen 15 mg/l N 70%-80% 2,2 mg/l N

Effluent goals from Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC).

Opportunity

Potential Locations

Group of AdministrativeUnits

Under 2000

2000-10.000

10.000-25.000

Over25.000

Total De-centralised

Total Centralised

Municipalities & Towns

No. of Localities 1 78 101 85

Population 1.798 543.910 1.500.025 9.366.477

Communes

No. of Localities 461 2189 36 -

Population 681.786 9.049.694 433.165 -

Total

No. of Localities 462 2267 137 85 2866 85

Population 683.584 9.593.604 1.933.190 9.366.477 12.210.378 9.366.477

Localities Romania.Source: Romanian Statistical Yearbook (2004), Population Census (2002)

Potential Locations

• Total number of locations 2866

• Total PE value 12.2 million

• Market size €4.5 billion (based on localities)

• Market size €5.4 billion (based on estimate Romanian Government)

Competitiveness

• Decentralized vs. Centralized

– Centralized WWTP ’s domain of large players

– Dutch Water Sector : SME, niche products

– Small scale WWTP ‘s < 25.000 PE

– Area max. 5 to 7 km

– Low population density, mountainous terrain

– Total solution

Competitiveness

• Niche market; Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)

– Relatively more expensive

– High effluent quality

– Compact

– Future proof

– Modular

– Standardisation / reduction prices membranes

Competitiveness

• Product Strategy

– Decentralized WTTP ‘s

– Niche market, MBR

– Address all problems from planning to

financing to operating

– Partnership, partners are complimentary

– Continuous local presence

Affordability

• Investment cost

• Operational cost

Capacity Total costs /

year

Costs per p.e. /

year

Total costs /

year with

subsidy

Costs per p.e. /

year with

subsidy

500 p.e. (75m3/day) € 53,635 € 107.27 € 25,550 € 51.10

2.500 p.e.(375m3/day) € 191,180 € 76.47 € 92,883 € 37.15

10.000 p.e.(1500m3/day) € 562,876 € 56.29 € 282,028 € 28.20

25.000 p.e. (3750m3/day) €1,356,390 € 54.26 € 682,353 € 27.29

Operational Costs

Affordability

• Willingness to pay

• Ability to pay (4 - 6% of income)

Capacity MBR costs per PE

/ year

Current tariffs Ability to pay (World

Bank)

500 PE (75m3/day) € 51.10 € 8.21 - € 50.92 € 33 - € 50

2.500 PE (375m3/day) € 37.15 € 8.21 - € 50.92 € 33 - € 50

10.000 PE (1500m3/day) € 28.20 € 8.21 - € 50.92 € 33 - € 50

25.000 PE (3750m3/day) € 27.29 € 8.21 - € 50.92 € 33 - € 50

Overview of MBR Costs, Current Tariffs and Ability to Pay.

Financing Possibilities

• European Regional Development Fund

subsidises 70 -75%

• Other 25 - 30%

– European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

– Commercial Loans: Exim Bank, Dexia

Kommunalkredit

– Private Investors: project partners, Noordelijke

Ontwikkelings Maatschapij, Private Equity

Project realisation

• Jan 2006 – Aug 2006; Partnership, finding

location, demonstration plant

• Aug 2006 – Dec 2006; Partners voor Water

• Jan 2007 – June 2007; design & preparations

• Aug 2007 – Jan 2008; construction WWTP

• Feb 2008 – Oct 2008; delay in Romania

• Nov 2008 – Dec 2008; site-construction, start-up

• Jan 2009 – Aug 2009; operation by DMT

• Aug 2009; take-over by RAJA

• 2011 – 2012; building full-scale plant ?

Project realisation

Project realisation

Process flow diagram MBR Cobadin

Project realisation

Project realisation

Lagoon

Drum filter

Bioreactor

UF Filtration

Automatic Controlsystem

Clean permeate

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