Texas Governor Rick Perry, City of Laredo Officials and Terrabon Kick-Off New Water Treatment Project

Terrabon Also to be Awarded by Governor Perry and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund for Groundbreaking BioFuel Innovation

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terrabon:

WHAT:	Texas Governor Rick Perry and City of Laredo officials will be joined by Simon Upfill-Brown, chief operating officer of Terrabon (www.terrabon.com), to announce the benefits of an innovative, new water treatment project in Laredo that will restore and purify 50,000 gallons per day of brackish water for potable use. The project will use Terrabon’s AdVE technology that was developed from research and development with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), a member of The Texas A&M University System. AdVE is a water treatment process that removes excess impurities using advanced vapor compression evaporation to produce drinkable water.
	Governor Perry also will be announcing an award from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to Terrabon for its groundbreaking work in the development of biofuel and water treatment technologies such as MixAlco™ and AdVE. MixAlco™ is an advanced bio-refining technology, also developed through TEES, which converts low-cost, readily available, non-food biomass into “green gasoline.”
WHEN:	Friday, July 30, 2010 from 2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Terrabon Project Site: 23710 Mines Road (FM 1472), Laredo, TX 78045
	(PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD OUTSIDE SO DRESS FOR HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS: LIGHT-COLORED LINENS OR COTTONS. ALSO WEAR SHOES SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION-LIKE TERRAIN – COLD BEVERAGES AND A SHADED AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE)
WHO:	Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
	Raul G, Salinas, Mayor, City of Laredo
	Simon Upfill-Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Terrabon
VISUALS:	Governor and local officials, Terrabon water treatment site and AdVE equipment
MEDIA CONTACTS:	-- Molly Smith/Terrabon: 713-869-0707 or [e-mail]
	-- Lucy Nashed/Office of the Governor: 512-463-1826
	-- Xochitle Mora Garcia/City of Laredo: 956-791-7461 or [e-mail]