Large Caribbean Hotel Installs New Batch Treat System

The Rex Halcyon Resort, rated one of the best hotels in Antigua, West Indies, made a decision to improve its sewage treatment system and as a result management contacted the Cromaglass representative for Antigua, Peggy Arrindell of Unique Water and Consolidated Services, Inc. Requesting a quotation they indicated a need for a new system that would enable them to reuse water for the large area of land that surrounds the hotel thus ensuring lush green lawns and plants.

Recognizing that this hotel which was originally built in the early 1960's had grown to the size of 210 rooms by 1994. Chief Engineer of the Rex Resorts along with the resident engineer of Halcyon Mr. Barrymore Gordon, began talks with the Cromaglass representative and in early 1995 a decision was made to purchase the properly sized Cromaglass Batch Treat System.

Equipment was ordered and delivered in the spring of 1995 and by July the installation of five (5) 12,000 gallons per day treatment modules had been completed. This provided for a total new capacity of up to 40,000 gallons per day - the flow expected from all sleeping rooms, restaurants, and laundry facilities.

Rex Halcyon Resort is located on one of the finest beaches in the Caribbean, Dickenson Bay, with not only swimming and water sports as an interest - but the guests also enjoy dining on the Warri Pier located over the beach and sea demanding an even more important pollution-free environment.

The five wastewater treatment modules were placed in a small grass field behind the hotel with the control systems mounted nearby in a utility room and set up for automatic operation of the total system.

Feeding the fiberglass modular tanks is a special distribution component through which wastewater is evenly divided.

The treated water is pumped on a timed sequential basis to large concrete holding tanks for disinfection and storage. From there it is distributed into the property irrigation system with any excess water being pumped to a nursery containing fruit trees. This is another example of how a resort hotel has benefited from the Cromaglass wastewater management program.

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