Pall Awarded Contract to Provide System for North America's Largest Pressurized Ultrafiltration Drinking Water Plant



    Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced that it was awarded a $15.8
    million contract by Minneapolis Water Works to provide a Pall Aria(TM)
    membrane water treatment system for the city's Fridley membrane
    filtration plant. Fridley will be the largest pressurized
    ultrafiltration (UF) plant in North America, with a capacity of 95
    million gallons of water per day. The Pall Aria system will be used to
    provide a reliable supply of safe drinking water to businesses and
    residents of the city of Minneapolis and surrounding areas.

    Minneapolis draws its drinking water from the Mississippi River.
    This poses many challenges due to rapid changes in water quality and
    variations in turbidity, temperature and contamination. To overcome
    them, the City turned to membrane ultrafiltration, one of the most
    advanced technologies available to cost-effectively provide the
    highest quality drinking water. Pall won the contract after
    Minneapolis Water Works completed extensive performance testing of
    competing ultrafiltration membrane pilot scale systems in June. The
    pilot tests demonstrated that the Pall Aria UF membrane system
    successfully and efficiently removed microbial pathogens (viruses,
    bacteria and protozoan cysts) and particulate contaminants from the
    source water.

    "The City of Minneapolis is on the leading edge when it comes to
    implementing state-of-the-art water treatment technologies and
    upgrading its facilities to meet current and anticipated future
    regulations," says Jeff Seibert, President, Pall Water Processing.
    "While Fridley will be the largest pressurized ultrafiltration
    membrane plant in North America, the Pall Aria system is available in
    packaged or custom configurations to provide potable water for
    communities of any size."

    Pall is the leader in membrane technology solutions and provides
    water treatment systems for more than 150 large and small
    municipalities and industrial customers worldwide. In addition to
    serving the $6 billion municipal water market, Pall's filtration
    technology is increasingly becoming a critical step in treating water
    for a wide range of industrial applications. This includes intake and
    process water for food, beverage, chemical, oil, gas, power and
    semiconductor production, among others. Pall's technology enables
    businesses to conserve and reuse water, and to restore wastewater to
    environmentally safe levels before discharge.

    CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, construction and
    operations firm, will design, manage construction and commission the
    Fridley plant, which is expected to be fully operational in 2011.

    About Pall Corporation

    Pall Corporation is the global leader in the rapidly growing field
    of filtration, separation and purification. Pall is organized into two
    businesses: Life Sciences and Industrial. These businesses provide
    leading-edge products to meet the demanding needs of customers in
    biotechnology, pharmaceutical, transfusion medicine, energy,
    electronics, municipal and industrial water purification, aerospace,
    transportation and broad industrial markets. Total revenues for fiscal
    year 2006 were $2.0 billion. The Company headquarters is in East
    Hills, New York with extensive operations throughout the world. For
    more information visit Pall at www.pall.com.

    Editor's Note:

    Photos and additional information about the Pall Aria system can
    be found at www.pall.com/corporate_41496.asp or www.pall.com/water.