USFilter has donated the use of two Memcor® microfiltration systems for water purification to the city of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, which is combating contamination of its water supply from Cryptosporidium.
North Battleford’s 14,000 residents have been boiling their tap water since April 25, when the city issued a boil water advisory. As many as 61 residents in the North Battleford region have been diagnosed with Cryptosporidium infection and thousands have suffered nausea, vomiting and stomach cramps.
"We send best wishes for a speedy recovery to those who remain ill," said Andy Seidel, president and chief operating officer of USFilter and Vivendi Water North America.
The microfiltration systems arrived in North Battleford at midnight on May 12 and immediately were installed by tapping into the current water distribution system at Battleford’s Civic Centre and Fire Hall. USFilter staff, local contractors, and city personnel worked through the night to ensure the systems were operational by the next afternoon, providing purified drinking water to residents of Battleford.
The systems work by filtering the water through polymeric membranes with microscopic pores, which trap and remove Cryptosporidium oocysts, Giardia cysts and other pathogens.
USFilter’s representative Mequipco in Winnipeg, Manitoba and engineering firm, MR2 McDonald & Associates of Regina, Saskatchewan were instrumental in the mobilization of the systems to North Battleford.
Source: USFilter
