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PUMPS
HOW TO SUPPLY
OVER 20 MILLION
PEOPLE WITH FRESH
DRINKING WATER?
SUSTAINABLE
PUMPING TECHNOLOGY
20% of the world‘s population lives in Hui Nan Zhuang pumping station is Open the photo app on your mobile,
China, which, however, has only 7% of located in the south-west of Beijing. focus on QR code, click on the link
the world‘s fresh water reserves. 40% Over a channel of approximately and read more about this project!
of the surface water in the capital, 1,200 km, the water is transported to
Beijing, is so polluted that it is no lon- the capital city. For this task, it needs
ger usable even for agriculture or in- extraordinary pumps. Thus, ANDRITZ
dustrial use. To get this under control, developed and manufactured the
Chinese authorities have launched world’s largest horizontal double-suc-
massive water diversion projects. The tion split case pumps.
ANDRITZ AG / p +43 316 6902-2509 / pumps@andritz.com / andritz.com/pumps