LG Chem, supplier of the full line of NanoH₂O^TM reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, announced that over the last two years the company has accrued the most wins for new seawater RO projects with more than 100,000 cubic meters per day capacity, based upon analysis of the database in DesalData published by Global Water Intelligence.

In 2017 and 2018, LG Chem won cumulative total of more than 800 MLD (210 MGD) worth of seawater RO membranes supply contracts from project wins in El Alamein, Ain Elsokhna, East Port Said I,II, El Galalah in Egypt and Salalah in Oman. In 2016, LG Chem signed its first mega-contract with Sohar SWRO LLC for a 250 MLD (66 MGD) seawater desalination project in Oman. The contracts were awarded in recognition of the excellent performance and quality of NanoH₂O^TM RO membranes.

LG Chem currently boasts a market-leading over 1,000 MLD (265 MGD) backlogs of new SWRO projects. For context, 1,000 MLD capacity amounts to the daily average freshwater supply for more than 3.3 million people (assuming a per-capita water demand of 300 liters per day) and is roughly equivalent to the daily water supply for the entire population of San Francisco.

LG Chem is making significant progress in various BWRO markets as well. LG Chem has been awarded three BWRO contracts for major utilities in U.S. recently: Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center in SCVWD (Santa Clara Valley Water District), Ground Water Replenishment System in OCWD (Orange County Water District) and Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in West Basin. Following a successful pilot trial for each project, our BWRO membranes met the stringent municipality standards for permeate quality and product reliability.

With these recent successes, LG Water Solutions was honored with Distinction in the Water Technology Company of the Year category at GWI’s 2018 Global Water Awards. LG Chem is being recognized as a leading contender in the RO industry only after four years of its entrance into the RO business, following the acquisition of California based start-up NanoH₂O Inc. LG Chem will continue to strengthen its market leadership in seawater RO membranes and extend its innovations into the brackish water and residential RO marketplaces.