The Official Liqua News Update: Charting Our Progress
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From detailed spotlights on our latest client projects to announcements about our pioneering sustainable technologies, each story here offers a glimpse into our commitment to excellence. Dive into our updates to see how we are solving tomorrow’s challenges today.
Middle Eastern Hospitality in the Heart of Bali is more than luxury living—it is a showcase of sustainable innovation. When Jumeirah Villas Bali partnered with Gapura Liqua Solutions (GLS), the goal was clear: secure a sustainable seawater desalination system that supports 140 cliffside villas overlooking Jimbaran Bay without overburdening Bali’s limited freshwater sources.
In implementing the Vision of GLS; “to be leader in the region for water and waste and water process company with innovative technology and sustainable solution”as well as our company mission; “to provide the best sustainable solution for water and waste water treatment process combining technical, commercial, technological and environment aspects of the business for our stakeholders”.
GLS yet to finalize another project in one of Nusa Dua jewels; The Vouk Hotel and Suites.
Located in the Hill between Nusa Dua and Sawangan, this 5 star accommodation offers full facility and top-notch service with facilities such as turquoise blue swimming pools for adults and kids, fully equipped gymnasium, Chakra Spa, and many more. With great facilities and gorgeous view of the Indian Ocean, The Vouk Hotel and Suites is a true jewel.
The Vouk appointed GLS to solve their problem in terms of the high level of hardness in the water. The solution to this problem is to install RO water treatment plant to improve water quality. GLS support the property with installing 100 CMD (M3/Day) RO system for drinking water supply, so guests can enjoy high quality water in the premises.
The performance of SWRO system is largely determined by the quality of the pretreatment process. Improper pretreatment process can have an impact on decreasing performance caused by the fouling tendency on SWRO membrane surface. The following case is one of the cases of underperforming pretreatment that causes decreased SWRO system lifetime.
From the documentation above, it can be seen that the media filter (silica sand) turned black because of the contaminants. The filtration media was not able to filter contaminants, so the contaminant reached the cartridge filters, it can be seen from the cartridge filters that turned black. In normal operation, the cartridge filter is replaced every 1-1.5 months. But due to the contaminants has reached cartridge filter, it must be replaced every 2-3 days. The cartridge filter also unable to filter these contaminants, and the ultimate result the black contaminants polluted the membrane. Therefore, it causes membranes blocked.
This issue really affected the operation of the SWRO system, causes low flow of product, high maintenance activity, and high consumable requirement. By replacing the existing media filter to HSFM, the filtration process is able to clear up the black contaminants.
Starting in the beginning of 2019, GLS introduced another breakthrough technology to replace conventional Sand Filter. In the long run sand filter create a habitat for bacteria to reside. Using activated glass, HSFM is more effectively eliminate biofouling, improves biosecurity, and stops channelling. The benefit of using HSFM are longer lifetime and less frequency of cleaning. The service life of HSFM is over 10 years.
GLS has applied this new technology to one of its sites that has most difficult impurity. After application, the water quality is greatly improved. Not only bring the production to a higher rate, but reduce operation cost significantly.
