Panton McLeod Americas helps out in flooding emergency

LAKEWOOD, CO, August 6, 2007 -- A drinking water treatment firm which has newly launched in the US has seen its profile raised dramatically due to a recent flooding crisis.

Panton McLeod Americas received an unexpected boost for its specialist cleaning products after they helped end an emergency which left 350,000 people without water.

Dramatic footage of catastrophic flooding in Gloucestershire, England, was shown around the world after freak weather left huge areas under water. A major water treatment works was submerged; meaning already stricken customers had no safe drinking water.

As the huge clean up operation started, Severn Trent Water called in Panton McLeod to restore the treatment works. The firm worked round-the-clock for a week to disinfect every square inch of the works -- an area equivalent to four full size soccer pitches.

John Copeland, vice president of Denver-based Panton McLeod Americas, said: "We've already had a very positive response to our products from the American market, but this has helped us catch even more attention.

"In common with the rest of Western Europe, England has some of the toughest drinking water standards in the world. It is heavily regulated and this treatment works couldn't be reopened until it met those exacting standards.

"For our PM88 product to have been used in such a globally high-profile case tells people just how good it is. We're extremely proud of this job in England and I've been amazed by the number of American water specialists who have heard about our involvement."

In June PMA was awarded the coveted NSF Standard 60 certification to supply its five key cleaning and de-biofouling chemicals to the North American drinking water industry. The products, PM 33, PM 55, PM 88, PM 33SP and PM 55SP, are designed for the removal of iron and manganese deposits and bio-fouling from drinking water infrastructure such as storage tanks and towers.

The most powerful of the cleaners is PM88 -- nicknamed the "Oil Buster" because it even removes hydrocarbon contamination -- which was used in the Gloucestershire case.

Panton McLeod Americas is based in Lakewood, CO.

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