It was all smiles at the Newcomb Secondary College graduation celebration on Thursday night Please call us on 1800 070 535 and we’ll help resolve the issue or try again later Any Questions? Please call 1800 070 535 Saturday & Sunday 7:00am – 11:30am (AEST) The police of Limburg in Belgium have arrested a gang of robbers composed of six members Zonhoven and Kuringen. Five people are already in prison while the sixth will appear this Wednesday afternoon before the investigating judge of Hasselt. Limburg police carried out an investigation following a burglary at a house in Beverlo The gang was 'specialised' in house robberies The stolen items consisted mainly of jewellery and money Plenary Session Terminated after Tensions in Assembly Hall Opposition MPs Climbed through Windows to Enter Assembly Offices Tirana-Besiktas Match Suspended Due to Incidents Strong Security Measures for Bill Clinton's Visit in Tirana DP Accuses PM of Ignoring Albanians Living in Survival Conditions • Caribbean island opts for UV instead of chlorine as part of its 'anti chemical' policy The desalination plant is situated in Balashi the site of old gold mill ruins and is located inland of Aruba's capital Operated by Water-En Energiebedrijf Aruba N.V the plant was commissioned in February 2000 and produces over 40 million litres (over 11 million gallons) of water per day Occupying a space equivalent to half the length of a football or soccer field the plant consists of plate heat exchangers in titanium installed in a vessel of considerable size It was constructed in three 20 metre (67 foot) sections in Germany and shipped to Aruba As part of its 'non-chemical' approach to water treatment, W.E.B. opted to use ultraviolet (UV) disinfection technology instead of chlorine to provide an additional treatment step for drinking water prior to distribution UV technology from Dutch company Berson UV-techniek was selected for the project Berson was chosen not just because it is based in the 'home country' (Aruba is an autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands) but because it is at the forefront of UV technology for municipal applications globally A total of ten Berson InLine+ UV systems are currently installed on the island Seven are used for disinfecting drinking water prior to distribution and a further two are used for treating wastewater prior to discharge one system is used by the Dr Horatio Hospital to treat incoming drinking water as a precaution against Legionella Two of the storage tanks situated around the island are also fitted with UV systems which provide an additional disinfection step prior to distribution One of these UV-fitted storage tanks is situated in the harbour and supplies cruise ships with UV treated drinking water It is expected that all the tanks will eventually be fitted with UV systems "Chlorine was originally considered as an alternative to UV but was rejected after concerns over costs and safety Wastewater treatmentAruba is currently served by two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) one at Parkietenbos on the west coast and another Zeewijk on the east of the island The Parkietenbos WWTP processes wastewater brought in by septic tank trucks from the whole of the island while the Zeewijk WWTP treats wastewater from San Nicolas Both WWTPs use UV as a final treatment step prior to discharge following various filtration and treatment steps including grit and fat removal SBR (sequencing batch reactor) biological treatment and tertiary disc-type filtration The Berson InLine+ UV system at Parkietenbos treats up to 75m³/hour while that at Zeewijk treats up to 200m³/hour The quality of the final effluent from both sites is so good that some of the wastewater is used to irrigate two golf courses on the island Strong interest in UV for other applicationsCommenting on the UV installations Berson's Managing Director Andrew Clark says "Since we delivered the UV systems to W.E.B there has been a lot of interest in our non-chemical water treatment technology from other industry sectors on the island a lot of businesses are interested in using UV-treated wastewater for hosing down their buildings so keeping the exterior of buildings clean is actually a bit of a problem -- using desalinated potable water is expensive and wasteful so high quality effluent is a viable alternative." Berson is currently one of the few non-German UV system suppliers capable of providing a complete range of UV systems with capacities between 10 and 10,000 m³/hour certified to the latest German DVGW*** norm 2 & 3 -- the highest standard currently possible in the world The systems are also fully validated in accordance with the USEPA UV Disinfection Guidance Manual (UVDGM)