Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Africa Water, Sanitation Jan -Feb 2014 Vol.10 No1 | Page 14

New Products

Davis & Shirtliff Develops a Range of
Mobile Water Treatment Systems

Davis & Shirtliff team led by CEO Alec Davis are pictured handing over mobile water treatment trucks to Athi Water Services Board Chief Engineer John
Muiruri at the Davis & Shirtliff premises.

D

ue to the increasing incidence of emergency
situations in the region caused by floods, draught,
conflict, disease outbreaks and population displacement
there is a growing need for innovative and effective
solutions that can be quickly deployed to provide high
quality treated water. Davis & Shirtliff, the region’s leading
water treatment specialists, has many years of experience
in all types of water treatment and in response to this
need has developed a range of mobile water treatment
systems that are specially designed to give pure water in
various emergency situations. These units provide costeffective and sustainable solutions from a wide variety of
feed sources including saline, turbid or highly mineralized
water and produce potable drinking water to international
standards.
Davis & Shirtliff is proud that the units are designed
entirely in-house and also manufactured and assembled in
their well-equipped Nairobi factory. Of particular note is
the large number of components that are manufactured in
house including GRP media filters, chemical tanks, frames
and control units with other key items like the treatment
modules, pumps and specialised fittings being directly
imported. This enables costs to be minimized and also,
importantly, provides excellent serviceability compared
with alternative imported units as all components are
available as spares and operational issues are quickly
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resolved. The specification of quality components is an
important design feature with the water treatment modules
being sourced from world-leader Dow, high-efficiency
Dayliff and Grundfos pump fitted and other key items
being made of stainless steel. Being designed in Africa for
Africa the units are effective, simple to operate, sustainable
and reliable.
A wide variety of equipment options are available with
most units being made in customised configurations to
meet specific treatment requirements. The systems use a
variety of technologies depending on the customer’s feed
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