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Aqualia

Bluewater Bio International has signed a five-year binding agreement with Aqualia Gestiόn Integral del Agua S.A., a subsidiary of global infrastructure giant Grupo FCC, which manages water and wastewater related projects in over 850 municipalities on five continents, serving over 26 million people.

Following nine months of close cooperation, including visits to numerous operational sites to see HYBACS in action, we are delighted to be formalising the partnership between aqualia and Bluewater Bio. The Company provides a technology that fulfils both our economic criteria for reduced capital and operational expenditure, whilst also reducing energy, chemical and carbon footprint. Bluewater Bio can help us respond to pressing issues such as water scarcity, climate change, population growth and compliance with ever-tightening environmental regulations.

Pedro Rodríguez, Technical Director, Aqualia Gestiόn Integral del Agua S.A.

Under the agreement, Bluewater Bio will install a proprietary HYBACS plant at a municipal site in Ávila. Aqualia will operate the plant using Bluewater Bio’s HYBACS wastewater treatment process for enhanced nutrient control at a land-constrained facility. The plant will be installed at the site by January 2009, whereupon commissioning will commence.

In addition Bluewater Bio has appointed aqualia as our sole representative for the sale of HYBACS technology in Spain, a market where wastewater re-use is becoming a critical geo-political issue.

As a leading global company in the water sector we have to make a considerable effort in technology innovation so that we can adapt to the ever more demanding requirements of legislation and customers. The agreement that we have just signed with Bluewater, with which we are very satisfied, fulfils our strategy of incorporating the most advanced technologies for waste water treatment.

Fernando Moreno, Director General, Aqualia Gestiόn Integral del Agua S.A.

Daniel Ishag, CEO of Bluewater Bio added:

With global population set to grow from seven billion today to nine billion by 2040, the resulting economic, regulatory and environmental pressures are becoming ever-more stark and the commercial opportunities increasingly attractive. HYBACS can help global companies such as aqualia conserve our most valuable resource, water, by removing harmful pollutants and increasing its re-use in applications such as irrigation and air conditioning projects. Indeed we are already working with aqualia to develop HYBACS as a platform for just such schemes across major markets including the Middle East, in some parts of which a barrel of water is already more valuable than a barrel of oil. We look forward to delivering aqualia improved environmental performance whist avoiding unnecessary compliance penalties and providing the best economic value in terms of CAPEX and lifetime costs.