Crystal Lagoons, the global developer of sustainable crystal-clear lagoon technology expands its North Africa portfolio with 38-hectare lagoon; Egypt a key market for its world-leading leisure amenity with 10 projects.Low construction and maintenance costs supporting sustainability goals in challenging economic environment.Crystal Lagoons to create Idyllic beach lifestyle with a wide variety of water sports, such as swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding at new Egypt projects
Crystal Lagoons, the multinational innovation company and developer of the world’s top amenity patented technology that makes giant crystal-clear lagoons a reality, has announced two new project wins in Egypt, bringing its total portfolio of active and under development projects in the Middle East and India to 15.
Showcasing a range of projects at this year’s Cityscape Global real estate showcase, which will take place at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre from 6-8 September 2016, the company will highlight its latest project in Egypt located within the US$400 million phase two of the 210-hectare Stella Di Mare project in the increasingly popular western Red Sea coastal resort of Ain Sokhna.

A flagship development for Cairo-headquartered REMCO Group, the second phase of this upscale community is designed around a clutch of private islands surrounded by crystalline lagoons and connected by bridges.

“Once completed, the 38-hectare lagoon will be the largest in North Africa and will also encircle the entire development, thus creating a truly unique residential and leisure environment and further underscoring our ability to bring waterfront living to anywhere in the world, even the desert,” said Carlos Salas, Middle East Regional Director, Crystal Lagoons.

The company has also partnered with Misr Italia Group, one of Egypt’s most prominent real estate developers, to deliver two lagoons with a total size of 2.7-hectares within its US$1 billion second home Mousa Coast community located on the Red Sea, just 90 minutes from Cairo.

“Misr Italia’s reputation for developing highly attractive communities with a broad range of leisure amenities, brought us together; and now the two lagoons will be the focal point of this exciting new Red Sea development,” said Carlos Salas,

“With 2,500 units delivered and plans for 16,000 chalets and five luxury hotels, Mousa Coast is positioning itself as a secure, attractive and versatile location, and Crystal Lagoons’ expertise will add further value and a major USP for prospective investors,” he added.

Crystal Lagoons’ technology can use any type of water. When using fresh water up to 30 time less water is used. Crystal Lagoons can also use salt and brackish water, the latter has no alternative use and it can be obtained from underground aquifers, creating a crystal-clear oasis in the middle of the desert.

“Both of these projects will enjoy an idyllic beach lifestyle enabling residents to practice a wide variety of water sports – such as swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding and to enjoy luxurious resort facilities like chalets and standalone villa homes with their own private stretch of beach accessible by boat as well as car,” added Salas.

Crystal Lagoons’ sustainable technology and proven green credentials provide a low cost, low maintenance leisure amenity solution with its ultrasonic filtration system using just 2% of the energy required by conventional filtration systems, positively impacting running costs and dramatically reducing consumption.

The international market has confirmed the value of this technological innovation, with explosive growth that in less than seven years has reached a sizable portfolio of 400 projects worldwide in the urban, tourist, public and industrial sectors, in various stages of development. Today the company is associated with major international real estate companies, with presence in five continents across 60 countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Jordan, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, among others.

Patented in 160 countries, this technology is also revolutionising the international energy and water industries via its applications for the sustainable cooling of thermal power and industrial plants, and low cost water desalination and purification.

Crystal Lagoons is the only company in the world able to offer this innovative technology that enables the economically viable development of giant crystal clear lagoons suitable for swimming and the practice of water sports. These immense bodies of water are an irreplaceable amenity for real estate and tourist projects worldwide, as they add differentiated value and have caused a revolution in the worldwide real estate industry.
These giant crystal-clear lagoons only require water to compensate for evaporation, and have a water consumption level of approximately half that of a park the same size and up to 30 times lower than a golf course.
Conventional swimming pool technology requires high and permanent levels of residual chlorine or other disinfectants to be maintained in the water to provide permanent disinfection to the pool and avoid contamination brought by external agents such as bathers. Crystal Lagoons’ solution is to apply disinfection pulses within the lagoon that do not require a high and permanent disinfection level, but only use controlled pulses of very small quantities of oxidants/micro-biocides applied according to defined algorithms on very specific patterns. The results of Crystal Lagoons’ technology that uses this efficient pulse-based disinfection system are that the overall amounts of additives consumed are up to 100 times less than the amount required for swimming pools. A typical lagoon has about 400 sensors/injectors for such purposes.

Also, as well as these notable improvements to water treatment and disinfection requirements, it is important to remember that conventional swimming pool technology requires the filtration of a pool’s entire volume of water between 1 to 6 times per day (generally 4 times per day depending on regulations), which is achieved by using a traditionally configured centralized filtration unit. Crystal Lagoons’ solution is to apply a combination of different ultrasonic waves to the water in the lagoon, which allows the contaminant particles to agglomerate into larger particles that are easily removed from the system, consuming only 2% of the energy compared to conventional swimming pool centralized filtration systems.