Ionics renews $5.6M Okla. reservoir deal
Boston Business Journal - November 7, 2002

Water-purification company Ionics Inc. said it received a $5.6 million order from the Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District in Western Oklahoma, a renewal of a relationship that began in the early 1970s, the Watertown-based company said.

About 30 years ago, Foss Reservoir chose Ionics to build what was then the largest water desalination plant in the United States. Since then, the Foss Reservoir desalination plant has been producing fresh drinking water from brackish water sources on a daily basis for up to 15,000 people in the surrounding communities of Clinton, Cordell, Hobart and Bessie, Okla.

Under the new contract, Foss will update its existing electrodialysis system with a new system supplied by Ionics, which will increase its water production from 3 million gallons per day to 4.5 million gallons per day

"We are delighted to give Ionics a new ground-breaking shovel every 30 years -- that is a great track record of performance," said David Berrong, president of Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District, in a statement.