Company Awarded Contract to Provide Equipment for the Everglades Restoration Project

Beers/Skanska Construction and The South Florida Water Management District has awarded The Water Management Group, Inc. (WMG), a contract to provide water treatment systems and services for two new stormwater pump stations to be located in the Florida Everglades. These pump stations are an important part of The Everglades Restoration Project.

The contract, worth approximately $400,000, includes the supply of filters, softeners, strainers, reverse osmosis systems, storage tanks, pumps and other related equipment.

"We are very proud to be chosen as the vendor of choice for the water treatment phase of this important and enormous project," said Jeff Dunn, Vice President of WMG. "Organics laden canal water will be treated by the integrated systems and used for cooling and lubrication of the pumps that are capable of pumping 4000 cfs of water and approximately 2 billion gallons per day. A small percentage of the treated water will be used for potable purposes by plant personnel."

The Water Management Group, Inc. (WMG) provides a wide range of outsourced technical services and equipment for OEMs, engineers, industrial, commercial and municipal clients. Staffed with service technicians, applications and membrane process design professionals, WMG has the capability to handle all of the technical challenges that membrane process systems may present. WMG is a "hands on" company servicing municipal water treatment plants, pharmaceutical and electronics high purity water systems, bottled water systems, boiler treatment systems, industrial wastewater pretreatment plants, managing new installations, installing and commissioning sea water desalination plants, golf course irrigation systems, operating, testing, sampling for pilot plant studies and much more.Source: WMG