UPC to Produce Chemical for Water Treatment

The construction of the polyaluminum chloride (PAC) unit of the Urmia Petrochemical Company in West Azarbaijan Province has started and is expected to be completed by 2024, managing director of the company said.
“Considering the country's need for PAC, which is used in water treatment and urban and industrial wastewater industry, it is hoped that the unit will come on stream next fall,” the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana also quoted Pejman Asadi as saying.
PAC is a water chemical made up of the elements aluminum, oxygen, hydrogen and chlorine. It is a yellow colored, water soluble solid. The chemical has many industrial uses but is primarily used in the processes of flocculation in water treatment industries.