Why are more municipalities looking at packaged plant systems, and what does GE offer?
Steve: Packaged plant systems offer significant value for small municipalities, including lower filtration costs, rapid delivery, robust performance and modular components that are easily expandable and can be configured to suit nearly any site. These pre-engineered systems are available for an extensive range of treatment needs. In fact, with the addition of ZENON Membrane Solutions, GE offers the industry’s broadest range of packaged plants that are not just for small applications anymore. Our packaged water treatment offerings stretch from 32,000 gpd up to 6 mgd, while our packaged membrane bioreactor (MBR) plants range from 10,000 gpd to 4 mgd. We’re not aware of any other immersed membrane vendor that can achieve this range of treatment capacities. Whether a growing municipality is looking to expand an aging or underperforming conventional plant or is breaking ground on a new plant, our packaged UF systems provide solutions for superior water and wastewater treatment that can exce