WEB Aruba Signs Water-as-a-Service® BOOT Agreement with Seven Seas Water Group
17 Abril 2024 - 6:19PM
Business Wire
Water-En Energiebedrijf Aruba (“WEB”) and Seven Seas Water Group
(“SSWG”), a multinational provider of Water-as-a-Service® (WaaS®)
solutions, jointly announced today the signing of a 10-year
Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) Agreement. Seven Seas Water
(Aruba) VBA will construct a new seawater reverse osmosis (“SWRO”)
plant, contributing a total of a minimum of 16,500 cubic meters of
daily drinking water per day. The new plant will be part of WEB’s
long-term plan and the Water Roadmap to meet continued demand for
water and will replace a temporary water production facility. SSWG
was awarded the contract after a competitive tender process, which
was issued in 2023. The new water plant will be located on WEB’s
existing facilities and is scheduled to commence operations by
mid-2026.
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From left to right: Chad Schafer, SSWG
CFO, Henry Charrabé, SSWG CEO, Evelyna C. Wever-Croes, Prime
Minister of Aruba, Alfredo A. Koolman, WEB CEO, Lucia A. Werleman,
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WEB Aruba CEO, Mr. Alfredo A. Koolman, commented on the
significance of this agreement, stating, “This project represents a
key milestone for both WEB and Aruba. It will significantly enhance
our water production capacity, ensuring that we can meet the
current and future demand for high-quality drinking water. We take
great pride in supplying top-quality water to our residents and
visitors, and this new plant will sustain our reliability and
affordability. I would like to thank the WEB team for managing the
selection process and working with SSWG on developing this
project.”
Henry Charrabé, CEO of Seven Seas Water Group, expressed his
excitement for collaborating with WEB Aruba, saying, "We are
tremendously honored to have been chosen to provide reliable fresh
drinking water to WEB Aruba on this landmark project. This
significant project is one of the largest public desalination
tenders in the Caribbean over the past decade. We are very
impressed by WEB’s long-term vision and the team’s commitment to
quality, safety, and reliability. Our long-term Water-as-a-Service®
model perfectly aligns with WEB Aruba's strategic objectives, and
we are enthusiastic about strengthening our position as a robust
and reliable local provider of desalinated drinking water in the
region.”
About Seven Seas Water Group
Headquartered in Tampa, with operations across the U.S.,
Caribbean, and Latin America, Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG)
delivers annually over 20 billion gallons of water to industrial,
commercial, governmental, municipal, and hospitality customers.
SSWG designs, builds, owns and operates, delivers new facilities,
or acquires and upgrades existing facilities, with the goal of
optimizing project risk transfer between the public and private
sectors. With an outstanding reputation for decentralized water and
wastewater treatment solutions, the SSWG “Water-as-a-Service®”
approach seeks to help solve global water and wastewater
infrastructure challenges.
About WEB Aruba
WEB has been producing water for the island of Aruba since 1932
and began producing energy for the island in 1958. The average
production, through seawater desalination, per day is ± 36.000 m3.
WEB Aruba’s ISO 17025 accredited laboratory has very stringent
procedures to meet quality requirements for drinking water and
complies with the WHO guidelines in every way. The drinking water
produced at WEB Aruba is pumped to 7 water storage tanks on its own
premises. Besides these tanks, there are 7 water tanks installed at
strategic points on the island. The distribution tanks also serve
as buffers for water pressure as they are located on hill tops with
elevations ranging from 60 to 110 meters above sea level. For more
information, please visit www.webaruba.com.
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