Pall Corporation and Aqua-Aerobics Launch Unique Technology to Purify Wastewater

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Pall Corporation and Aqua-Aerobics Launch Unique Technology to Purify Wastewater

NEW YORK, EAST HILLS, Sep. 30 -/E-Wire/Business Wire/-- Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) and Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. have joined forces to supply innovative solutions to solve water/wastewater management concerns that are top priority issues for municipalities and industrial plants.

By combining Pall's expertise in filtration and separation processes with Aqua's advanced biological reactor designs, a unique separations technology is now available to transform wastewater to clean water for reuse at a low cost. This process also increases the capacity of active wastewater treatment plants.

Wastewater passes directly to a bioreactor operating at a very high biomass concentration compared to conventional plants. This significantly reduces the physical size of the bioreactor. Further cost savings are realized by passing biomass directly to an advanced design membrane stage which rejects suspended materials and biosolids. It provides effluent that exceeds current EPA guidelines for safe discharge and is ideal for reclaiming water for industry and agricultural applications.

The same Pall Aria(SM) Water Treatment Systems are also widely used by municipalities for processing drinking water to EPA guidelines. The integration of membrane and bioreactor is made user friendly by mounting the membrane stage external to the reactor. This assures uniformity of flow to all membranes and makes servicing the system quick and straightforward.

Please visit Pall Corporation and Aqua-Aerobic Systems at the Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), which will be held in Chicago, Illinois from September 28 to October 2, 2002. Aqua-Aerobics and Pall Corporation will exhibit their technologies at booth 4860 and 5837, respectively.

About Pall Corporation:

Pall Corporation is the leader in the rapidly growing fields of filtration, separations and purification. Pall's business is organized around two broad markets: Life Sciences and Industrial. The company provides leading-edge products to meet the demanding needs of customers in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, transfusion medicine, semiconductors, municipal drinking water and aerospace. Total revenues are $1.5 billion, after giving effect to the FSG acquisition. The Company is headquartered in East Hills, New York and has major operations in more than 30 countries. Further information is available at http://www.pall.com.

About Aqua-Aerobics Systems, Inc:

For more than 30 years, Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc., a privately held company, has been a leader in the water and wastewater treatment industry. A diverse product line of biological systems, filtration systems and rotating equipment provide customized solutions for municipal and industrial facilities, worldwide. The company is based in Rockford, IL USA and employs over 130.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current Company expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; regulatory approval and market acceptance of new technologies; changes in product mix and product pricing and in interest rates and cost of raw materials; the Company's success in enforcing its patents and protecting its proprietary products and manufacturing techniques and in integrating the operations of FSG into the Company's existing business; global and regional economic conditions and legislative, regulatory and political developments; and domestic and international competition in the Company's global markets. Additional information regarding these and other factors is available on the web at http://www.pall.com and is included in the Company's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of such reports can be obtained, without charge, at: http://www.sec.gov.

Please visit our website at: http://www.pall.com

Patrice Radowitz, 516/801-9104 or Aqua-Aerobics Systems, Inc., Kim Williams, 815/639-4456

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