World's largest UV disinfection facility begins construction

• Facility will triple North American drinking water UV capacity NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 7, 2008 -- The world's largest ultraviolet disinfection facility has begun construction. A joint venture of Malcolm Pirnie/CH2M HILL is serving as the construction management team for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Catskill-Delaware Ultraviolet Disinfection Facility. Located in Westchester County, New York, the facility will use 56 low-pressure, high-output UV reactors to treat an average of 1.3 billion gallons of water daily and will have capacity to treat more than 2 billion gallons daily. Scheduled for completion in September 2014, this single facility will triple the North American drinking water UV capacity. "This is a landmark facility within the drinking water industry,"... [read full story]