Darco Water Technologies to relaunch in China
With clever urban planning, Singapore has overcome its limited resources like water. In the 1970s, when many foreign companies took advantage of the country's promotion as a quick start-up location, the modern city-state required entrants to recycle at least 60 per cent of their industrial wastewater.
With clever urban planning, Singapore has overcome its limited resources like water. In the 1970s, when many foreign companies took advantage of the country's promotion as a quick start-up location, the modern city-state required entrants to recycle at least 60 per cent of their industrial wastewater.
Today, Singapore is a global leader in cutting-edge water-recycling systems. A key player behind this positioning is Darco Water Technologies. With more than 30 years of experience, the home-grown system integrator caters to municipalities and industries in Asia. Darco delivers highly customised, end-to-end water recycling solutions, from problem identification and engineering design to commissioning and system maintenance.
"Efficiency is at the core of our corporate identity as we deliver complete reliable systems with the highest quality at an affordable price," says Heather Tan, Darco's executive director. "This commitment is why we have been in the market for so long."
By listening to client feedback and implementing continuous technology upgrades, Darco has kept clients competitive. This approach has made the company the partner of choice of global giants in industries such as electronics, semiconductors, solar energy, petrochemicals and food processing. Its clients include Hewlett-Packard, Seagate Technology, Western Digital, Infineon Technologies and SunPower. Darco complements its state-of-the-art technologies with 24/7 on-call technical support and system optimisation studies.
Alongside its strong presence in Singapore, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries, Darco wants to relaunch its business in China. The company already made a significant head start from 2005 to 2010 with numerous municipal and industrial projects on the mainland, which include the potable water treatment plant in Wukang district in Deqing County. Capable of supplying 160,000 cubic metres of tap water daily, and upgradable to 320,000 cubic metres, Darco used a modern energy-saving automated purification process for the project.
This system produces water up to 10 times clearer than the standard required in China. Excess water is also redirected back to the recycle well for further processing, thus achieving a Zero Liquid Discharge standard and maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.
