ERI® Triples Sales to Become World's Largest SWRO ERD Manufacturer

Acceptance of the ERI PX® into the desalination industry has been dramatic. Over the last five years ERI's annual sales have grown ten-fold, as the PX® has become the industry standard energy recovery solution. And more recently in 2005, the company tripled its sales, with recent expansion of its Technical Center in Florida and office in Spain, making the company the world's largest maker of energy recovery devices (ERD's) for SWRO plants.

Large and small to medium SWRO plants around the globe are recognizing ERI as the industry leader in ERD devices along with providing the most energy cost savings in the market -reducing power costs by up to 60%.

ERI PX® devices deliver guaranteed transfer efficiencies up to 98% range, and because they maintain their high efficiency within a broad flow and pressure range, ERI clients get the energy savings they paid for - EVERY TIME.

PX® device capacity sold since 1997 exceeds 5.2 million m³/day. In fact, large PX® trains are under construction in Australia, Algeria, UAE and Spain that promises to increase power savings to 500 MW.

By making it economically possible to obtain an abundant supply of fresh water from the world's oceans, ERI has proudly become a key part of making the age-old dream of world-wide, affordable water a reality.

Retrofit Now and Save Money

Saving You MORE Energy and Money

We believe there is a no more interesting challenge than helping our clients realize major savings by retrofitting their existing plants with PX® technology. ERI can guarantee higher energy efficiencies and costs savings. We have retrofitted dozens of plants worldwide previously equipped with Peltons, turbochargers, Frances turbines, and other pressure exchanger devices, and plants with no energy recovery devices.

In fact, we have found that plant operators have replaced ERDs, such as their turbochargers with the more efficient PX® devices, have quickly paid for the changeout with energy savings. For example:

• Club Lanzarote and Bonny plants in the Canary Islands reduced consumption from 5.0 to 2.6 kWh/m3 and by 48%, respectively, by retrofitting turbochargers with PX® technology
• The Mazarron, Spain reduced consumption by 0.6 kWh/m3 from its best performance with a turbocharger.

Also, when two installations in Curacao experienced a reduction in turbocharger efficiency to less than 10% after fresh water incursion changed recovery rate, retrofit with PX® technology cut energy consumption by over 40%.

Examples of other results PX® efficiencies have provided include the following:

1. Major BOOT operator in the Caribbean saves over $1.2 million per year in energy and maintenance cost after retrofitting Pelton plants and adopting PX® technology.
2. Major BOOT operator in a Mediterranean island saves over €150,000 per month after retrofitting Francis turbines with PX® technology.
3. Many installations around the world have increased their plants capacity by up to 3 times without any significant additional power requirements.

We encourage you to read the papers below and then contact us so that we can show you how you can enjoy major reductions in your monthly power bill by adopting PX® technology in your SWRO installation.

• Mazarron Retrofit Project- 2005
• Retro-Fitting Existing Systems, Euromed 5-02
• Cyprus Dhekelia Largest SWRO PX® (Pressure Exchanger) In The World
• Dhekelia II Retro-fit 2-03.pdf
• ERI Launches Large Scale Rotor at Vivendi Enerserve in St. Maarten
• Seven Seas Evaluates Cascade Expansion
• Club Lonzarote Retrofit
• Retro-Fit Diagrams and Photographs - (2 Megabytes)
• Errors in Turbo Energy Calculations – Letter to Moch and Harris

The Sales Team
ERI's sales team is focused on providing solutions designed to meet your water demands. With a market-focused structure divided into three primary groups, AG, OEM and Services, we understand that having experience and expertise is critical to a successful installation. ERI's sales professionals can answer any questions or concerns you may have in designing SWRO desalination systems.

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For a sales person near you, please go to Company- Sales offices. Or if you need further assistance, contact us at sales@energy-recovery.com .

Market- Focused Structure
ERI's recent market-focused organizational structure and additions to its management team have also enabled the company to grow and focus its operations strategically in regions across the globe. Key market focus includes:

• ERI Agua Grande is a strategic market- focused group within ERI focused concentrated on serving mega- size SWRO desalination projects totaling over 50,000 m³/day in overall capacity.
  
  
• OEM Projects Group– is based in San Leandro, California and focuses on small-medium sized SWRO projects, managing projects up to 50,000 m³/day.
  
  
• After-Market Services Group– is based in San Leandro and provides exceptional customer service and support to existing SWRO project installations.

Consulting
As an added value to any RO systems solution design, ERI provides consulting services to assist any plant ready to prepare an energy recovery solution. Our services will allow you to prepare a solid and sound decision when reviewing all energy recovery devices currently on the market.

World-Wide Locations
ERI’s headquarters is situated in the San Francisco Bay Area; San Leandro, California USA with offices in every continent of the globe including: Sunrise, Florida; Madrid, Spain; United Arab Emirates; Shanghai, China; and service representatives in Sydney, Australia. As the world demand for clean,
potable water increases; ERI continues to strategically open locations in key cities around the world. With sales representatives already positioned in key parts of the world, ERI is poised to face the global challenges ahead.